1) The AWHN’s highest priority is to support development of a real-time wildlife health surveillance system for Australia, which includes the ability to detect emerging diseases.
2) Categories of disease agents of highest priority for surveillance by AWHN include:
- OIE list diseases
- Bat viral diseases
- Mass or unusual mortality events
- Salmonella cases
- Arbovirus cases
- Diseases or disease agents wildlife coordinators think are interesting or unusual
The priority is for positive results but negative results also provide valuable data and should be provided where possible.
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1) A mechanism for notification and response to emerging and emergency wildlife diseases in Australia.
2) Assisting Animal Health Australia in update of AUSVETPLANS in which wildlife species are a significant consideration.
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1) A series of specific workshops to identify current level of knowledge, prioritise research questions and identify policy shortfalls for specific diseases with wildlife as part of their ecology that may impact on Australia.
2) Specific projects exploring ecology, epidemiology and management for selected diseases that include, or may include Australian wildlife as part of their ecology (e.g. avian influenza, West Nile virus, Australian bat Lyssavirus).
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1) Development and provision of wildlife health communication and education packages for Australia.
2) A research Masters and quality assurance program in wildlife pathology, wildlife necropsy and investigation course, and wildlife exotic disease recognition/ identification and management course for Australia.
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1) Support a feasibility study examining development of a National Wildlife Research Centre or OIE collaborating centre of excellence on Australian wildlife health and diseases.
2) Support development and implementation of a management strategy and succession plan for the Australian parasitology catalogue and database and the National Insect collection.
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