What is it about?
The Viverridae, a family of small carnivores including genets, civets and linsang. They are commonly traded for human consumption in the global trade in wildlife, are farmed for their meat and in the production of 'civet coffee', kept as pets and in zoos, and are increasingly in contact with people and domestic livestock in periurban areas. However, they are also known to be susceptible to some of the most significant zoonotic and communicable diseases affecting public health today. Here we review the previously published organisms reported for Viverridae and discuss each of these within the context of human and animal health
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Leanne Wicker is an experienced wildlife veterinarian, with over ten years experience investigating wildlife health in Australia and Southeast Asia. She has a Bachelor of Science, a Bachelor of Veterinary Science, and holds a Master of Veterinary Science from the university of Sydney, and is a member of the Australian and New Zealand College of Veterinary Medicine (Health of Australasian Wildlife). She is currently Senior Veterinarian at Healesville Sanctuary, Zoos Victoria, Australia and is a member of the IUCN SSC Pangolin Specialist Group
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This page is a summary of: Potential Pathogens Reported in Species of the Family Viverridae and Their Implications for Human and Animal Health, Zoonoses and Public Health, June 2016, Wiley,
DOI: 10.1111/zph.12290.
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