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  • Publication | 2021

Wildlife–livestock interactions in animal production systems: What are the biosecurity and health implications?

Global Food and Nutrition Security

Highlights

  • Increasing wildlife–livestock interactions enhance opportunities for pathogen transmission and biodiversity erosion.

  • This increases the risk of emerging diseases in wildlife, livestock, and humans.

  • Biosecurity measures are needed, but rethinking of livestock production in high biodiversity regions is also required.

  • A cross-sectoral transdisciplinary approach is required for the effective management of risks at the wildlife–livestock interface.

  • It is urgent to find models and approaches that allow a better balance between protein production and bio-diversity conservation.