Spatial risk of pathogen transmission from cattle to vulnerable and endangered wild bovids in Thailand

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dc.citation.issue8
dc.citation.volume7
dc.contributor.authorHorpiencharoen W
dc.contributor.authorMarshall JC
dc.contributor.authorMuylaert RL
dc.contributor.authorJohn RS
dc.contributor.authorHayman DTS
dc.date.accessioned2025-08-26T02:44:48Z
dc.date.available2025-08-26T02:44:48Z
dc.date.issued2025-08-12
dc.description.abstractThe interaction between livestock and wildlife causes challenges for wildlife conservation and public health. Mapping interface areas is essential for prioritizing disease surveillance, implementing mitigation measures, and developing targeted control programs to protect threatened wildlife. We used spatial overlays of habitat suitability to predict interface areas with high risk of pathogen transmission for three Thai wild bovids (gaur [Bos gaurus], banteng [Bos javanicus] and wild water buffalo [Bubalus arnee]) and domestic cattle. We assumed that domestic cattle are the reservoir of important bovine infectious diseases and that high cattle density is a proxy for a higher transmission risk. We calculated the interface inside and outside Thai protected areas and classified these by land use types. Then, we counted the number of bovine infectious disease occurrences reported in high-risk areas. Our study indicated that the highest risk areas for these species are at the forest edges where high habitat suitability and cattle densities overlap. Suitable habitats for wild water buffalo had the largest proportion of high-risk areas (9%), while gaur and banteng had similar risk areas (4%). Kuiburi National Park had the largest risk area (274 km<sup>2</sup>) for gaur and banteng, whereas the largest risk area for wild water buffalo overlapped with Huai Thabthan-Had Samran by 126 km<sup>2</sup>. Cropland and unclassified forests had the highest percentage of interface areas, indicating a higher risk of pathogen transmission. Our results highlight how habitat suitability analyses could help infectious disease prevention and control strategies and may also support wild bovid conservation initiatives.
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dc.edition.editionAugust 2025
dc.identifier.citationHorpiencharoen W, Marshall JC, Muylaert RL, John RS, Hayman DTS. (2025). Spatial risk of pathogen transmission from cattle to vulnerable and endangered wild bovids in Thailand. Conservation Science and Practice. 7. 8.
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/csp2.70111
dc.identifier.eissn2578-4854
dc.identifier.elements-typejournal-article
dc.identifier.issn2578-4854
dc.identifier.numbere70111
dc.identifier.urihttps://mro.massey.ac.nz/handle/10179/73421
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherWiley Periodicals LLC on behalf of Society for Conservation Biology
dc.publisher.urihttps://conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/csp2.70111
dc.relation.isPartOfConservation Science and Practice
dc.rights(c) 2025 The Author/s
dc.rightsCC BY 4.0
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subjectcattle
dc.subjectinfectious disease
dc.subjectinterface area
dc.subjectmapping
dc.subjectwildlife
dc.titleSpatial risk of pathogen transmission from cattle to vulnerable and endangered wild bovids in Thailand
dc.typeJournal article
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