DISEASE RISK ANALYSIS
Although the principal cause of death for most Australian native mammals undergoing CT is failure to adequately address threatening processes such as predation by introduced predators (Winnard and Coulson 2008; Clarke 2011; Moseby et al.
2011; Clayton et al. 2014; Taggart et al. 2015), disease has the potential to significantly affect the success of native mammal CT programs (Woolford et al. 2009; Sharp et al. 2010). The low genetic diversity of some endangered native mammals, such as the Tasmanian devil, potentially makes them more susceptible to disease (Wait et al. 2017). A comprehensive disease risk analysis (DRA) is therefore recommended. Readers are referred to Chapter 3 in this volume and several recent reviews for detailed approaches to conducting DRAs in CT programs (Ewen et al. 2012; Sainsbury and Vaughan- Higgins 2012; Jakob-Hoff et al. 2014; Ewen et al. 2015; Hartley and Sainsbury 2017). Tables 2.2-2.7 outline diseases that may warrant consideration during DRAs for major taxonomic groups of native mammals for which CTs are most commonly undertaken.4.
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