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Section Symposium

Medical, Urban, and Veterinary Entomology

Healthy People, Places, and Animals: One Health at the Arthropod Vector-Animal-Landscape Interface

Utilizing a One Health approach for surveillance and management of West Nile Virus in ruffed grouse

Wednesday, November 8, 2023
8:19 AM – 8:33 AM ET
Location: Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center, Potomac D
In-Person
One Health is a transdisciplinary approach to health with the goal of sustainably balanced and optimal health of humans, animals, and ecosystems. A critical concept of the One Health paradigm is the recognition that the health of humans, domestic animals, wildlife, and their environments are linked. Wildlife diseases pose numerous impediments to surveillance and management that can impact success, including poor detection of disease events, lack of validated diagnostic tests, limited existing surveillance infrastructure, and/or a dearth of knowledge on disease ecology and/or host biology. Ruffed grouse (Bonasa umbellus) are gallinaceous gamebirds that are found in forested habitats. Healthy young forests (< 20 years) are ideal habitats for ruffed grouse by providing food and protection from predators and adverse conditions. Although ruffed grouse are the most widely distributed resident gamebird in North America, population numbers in much of the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States have declined in recent decades. Historically, insufficient young forest habitats have been considered the primary driver of these population trends; however, recent research suggests that West Nile virus (WNV) may also be contributing to the decline of ruffed grouse in these regions. Due to the impediments listed above, research to understand the ecology and significance of WNV in ruffed grouse faced many hurdles that were addressed by utilizing a One Health approach. During this talk, we will present data from field- and laboratory-based studies that defined the impacts of WNV on ruffed grouse and served as a basis for developing existing management efforts.