Outcomes of a ‘One Health’ Monitoring Approach to a Five-Year Beaver (Castor fiber) Reintroduction Trial in Scotland

Gidona Goodman; Anna Meredith; Simon Girling; Frank Rosell; Roisin Campbell-palmer

doi:10.1007/s10393-016-1168-y

Outcomes of a ‘One Health’ Monitoring Approach to a Five-Year Beaver (Castor fiber) Reintroduction Trial in Scotland

Gidona Goodman, Anna Meredith, Simon Girling, Frank Rosell, Roisin Campbell-palmer

Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies

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The Scottish Beaver Trial, involving the translocation and release of 16 wild Norwegian beavers (Castor fiber) to Scotland, provides a good example of a ‘One Health’ scientific monitoring approach, with independent monitoring partners on ecology and public health feeding into veterinary health surveillance. Pathogen detection did not prohibit beaver release, although eight beavers were seropositive for Leptospira spp. Six deaths (37.5%) occurred during Rabies quarantine, followed by the death of two animals shortly after release and two wild-born kits due to suspected predation. Two host-specific parasites, the beaver fluke (Stichorchis subtriquetrus) and beaver beetle (Platypsyllus castoris) were also reintroduced.

Original language	English
Journal	Ecohealth
Early online date	21 Sept 2016
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s10393-016-1168-y
Publication status	E-pub ahead of print - 21 Sept 2016

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Castor fiber
Leptospira spp
Stichorchis subtriquetrus
one health

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Outcomes of a ‘One Health’ Monitoring Approach to a Five-Year Beaver (Castor fiber) Reintroduction Trial in Scotland

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