Parasitology, Harold W. Manter Laboratory of
Date of this Version
1997
Citation
Pages 71-84 in Global Genetic Resources: Access, Ownership, and Intellectual Property Rights, edited by K.E. Hoagland and A.Y. Rossman. Published 1997 by the Association of Systematics Collections. ISBN: 0-79-23-0178-1.
Abstract
Emergence of pathogenic organisms continues as a threat to overall biodiversity and genetic resources. Macroparasites including helminths constitute a potential threat to economically important resources in agriculture and conservation biology. Limitation of this threat can be achieved through survey and inventory for biodiversity and the application of systematics to understand the host range , biogeography and history of faunas. Systematics constitutes the foundation for recognition of endemic and introduced elements of faunas and the basis for predicting the behavior of pathogens introduced to new ecological settings or host groups. The basis for emergence of pathogens has both a deep historical and a contemporary component. These concepts are addressed through an examination of the history of emergence of nematode parasites of ruminants, including Nematodirus battus in sheep and Umingmakstrongylus pallikuukensis in muskoxen. Anthropogenic factors, particularly translocation of hosts and parasites leading to introduction and establishment of exotic species. continue as determinants of emergence. Ownership of biodiversity and genetic resources also constitutes responsibility to control the introduction and dissemination of pathogenic organisms.
Comments
U.S. government work.