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Using retrospective health data from the Gombe chimpanzee study to inform future monitoring efforts.

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Lonsdorf, EV; Travis, D; Pusey, AE; Goodall, J
Published in: American journal of primatology
September 2006

Disease outbreaks, either in isolation or in concert with other risk factors, can pose serious threats to the long-term persistence of mammal populations, and these risks become elevated as population size decreases and/or population isolation increases. Many chimpanzee study sites are increasingly isolated by loss of habitat due to human encroachment, and managers of parks that contain chimpanzees perceive that disease outbreaks have been and continue to be significant causes of mortality for chimpanzees. Major epidemics at Gombe National Park include suspected polio in 1966; respiratory diseases in 1968, 1987, 1996, 2000, and 2002; and sarcoptic mange in 1997. These outbreaks have led park managers and researchers working in Gombe to conclude that disease poses a substantial risk to the long-term survival of Gombe's chimpanzee population. We surveyed behavioral data records spanning 44 years for health-related data and found a combination of standardized and nonstandardized data for the entire period. Here we present the types of data found during the survey, discuss the usefulness of these data in the context of risk assessment, and describe how our current monitoring effort at Gombe was designed based on our findings.

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American journal of primatology

DOI

EISSN

1098-2345

ISSN

0275-2565

Publication Date

September 2006

Volume

68

Issue

9

Start / End Page

897 / 908

Related Subject Headings

  • Veterinary Medicine
  • Tanzania
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Records
  • Pan troglodytes
  • Disease Outbreaks
  • Behavioral Science & Comparative Psychology
  • Ape Diseases
  • Animals
  • 3109 Zoology
 

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Lonsdorf, E. V., Travis, D., Pusey, A. E., & Goodall, J. (2006). Using retrospective health data from the Gombe chimpanzee study to inform future monitoring efforts. American Journal of Primatology, 68(9), 897–908. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajp.20296
Lonsdorf, E. V., D. Travis, A. E. Pusey, and J. Goodall. “Using retrospective health data from the Gombe chimpanzee study to inform future monitoring efforts.American Journal of Primatology 68, no. 9 (September 2006): 897–908. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajp.20296.
Lonsdorf EV, Travis D, Pusey AE, Goodall J. Using retrospective health data from the Gombe chimpanzee study to inform future monitoring efforts. American journal of primatology. 2006 Sep;68(9):897–908.
Lonsdorf, E. V., et al. “Using retrospective health data from the Gombe chimpanzee study to inform future monitoring efforts.American Journal of Primatology, vol. 68, no. 9, Sept. 2006, pp. 897–908. Epmc, doi:10.1002/ajp.20296.
Lonsdorf EV, Travis D, Pusey AE, Goodall J. Using retrospective health data from the Gombe chimpanzee study to inform future monitoring efforts. American journal of primatology. 2006 Sep;68(9):897–908.
Journal cover image

Published In

American journal of primatology

DOI

EISSN

1098-2345

ISSN

0275-2565

Publication Date

September 2006

Volume

68

Issue

9

Start / End Page

897 / 908

Related Subject Headings

  • Veterinary Medicine
  • Tanzania
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Records
  • Pan troglodytes
  • Disease Outbreaks
  • Behavioral Science & Comparative Psychology
  • Ape Diseases
  • Animals
  • 3109 Zoology