Egbetade Adeniyi Olugbenga, Sonibare Adekayode Olanrewaju, Meseko Clement Adebajo, Jayeola Omotola Abiola, Otesile Ebenezer Babatunde
College of Veterinary Medicine, Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Nigeria.
Regional Centre for Avian Influenza and Transboundary Animal Diseases/ Virology Department, National Veterinary Research Institute, Vom, Nigeria.
Pan Afr Med J. 2015 Oct 11;22 Suppl 1(Suppl 1):16. doi: 10.11694/pamj.supp.2015.22.1.6617. eCollection 2015.
The recent Ebola Virus Disease outbreak in some West African countries spanning from late 2013 and currently on as of 13th March, 2015 is the most widespread and fatal with human mortality that has surpassed all previous outbreaks. The outbreak has had its toll on conservation of endangered species. This portends danger for the wild fauna of the country if proactive measures are not taken to prepare grounds for evidence-based assertions concerning the involvement of wild species. To this end, there is an urgent need for sweeping census of reserves, national parks and wetlands. As well as the creation of a system involving reportage by sectors like the industries (extractive and construction) including persons and organisations involved with wildlife related activities. This documentation of die offs and unusual events to collaborating institutions, will help in monitoring trends which hitherto would have gone unnoticed. The importance of bats and primates in agriculture and public health via consumption of vermin insects and seed dispersal cannot be over-emphasized. There is the need for caution on the tendencies to destroy indicator species which could be silent pointers to emerging or re-emerging health and environmental issues. Wildlife resources are still reliably useful and caution is advised in the use of blanket destructive policies like fumigation of caves, indiscriminate culling and poisoned baits to destroy supposedly Ebola Disease Virus wildlife reservoirs. This paper highlights the immediate conservation problems and likely future implications of Ebola saga in Nigeria. It tries to identify the gaps in wildlife researches and makes recommendations for probable workable conservation strategies.
最近从2013年末开始在一些西非国家爆发并持续至2015年3月13日的埃博拉病毒病疫情，是传播最广泛、致死率最高的一次，其导致的人类死亡率超过了以往所有疫情。这次疫情对濒危物种的保护造成了损失。如果不采取积极措施为基于证据的关于野生动物物种卷入情况的论断奠定基础，这将给该国的野生动物带来危险。为此，迫切需要对保护区、国家公园和湿地进行全面普查。同时，要建立一个系统，让各行业（采掘业和建筑业）等部门以及参与野生动物相关活动的个人和组织进行报告。向合作机构记录死亡情况和异常事件，将有助于监测那些原本会被忽视的趋势。蝙蝠和灵长类动物通过捕食害虫和传播种子在农业和公共卫生方面的重要性再怎么强调也不为过。对于破坏指示物种的倾向需要谨慎，因为这些物种可能是新出现或再次出现的健康和环境问题的无声指示物。野生动物资源仍然具有可靠的用途，建议谨慎使用诸如对洞穴进行熏蒸、 indiscriminate culling（此处可能有误，推测为“不加区分地捕杀”）和投放毒饵等全面破坏性政策来消灭所谓的埃博拉病毒野生动物宿主。本文强调了埃博拉事件在尼日利亚当前的保护问题以及可能的未来影响。它试图找出野生动物研究中的差距，并为可行的保护策略提出建议。
