Nepal Elephant TB Control and Mgt Action Plan.pdf - Elephant Care ...
Nepal Elephant TB Control and Mgt Action Plan.pdf - Elephant Care ...
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Table of ContentsSummaryAbbreviaonsDefinionsPart I - <strong>TB</strong> Management 1-151.1 Introduc!on 11.2 <strong>TB</strong> Tes!ng Procedures <strong>and</strong> Management Groups 41.3 Descrip!on of Diagnos!c Methods 101.4 Segrega!on Procedures 101.5 <strong>TB</strong> Treatment Protocol 111.6 Human Health Considera!ons 15Part II - Acon <strong>Plan</strong> 17-262.1 Vision 182.2 Goals 182.3 Objec!ves 182.4 Issues, Strategies <strong>and</strong> Program Ac!vi!es 18Issue I: Risk of tuberculosis to the cap!ve elephants 18Issue II: Risk of transmission of <strong>TB</strong> from cap!ve to wild popula!onof elephants, rhino <strong>and</strong> other wildlife species 20Issue III: Risk of transmission of <strong>TB</strong> from human to elephant <strong>and</strong>from elephant to human 21Issue IV: Possibility of impact of <strong>TB</strong> on wildlife tourism in <strong>Nepal</strong> 22Issue V: Insufficient technical <strong>and</strong> managerial capacity 22Issue VI: Insufficient financial resources 23Issue VII: Inadequate research on elephant <strong>and</strong> free ranging wildlife species 232.5 Budget 25Bibliography 27-29Appendices 31-40Appendix I: Sample drug dose <strong>and</strong> cost calcula!ons 32Appendix II: <strong>Plan</strong> cer!ficates 34Appendix III: <strong>Nepal</strong> elephant postmortem protocol 35Appendix IV: Contacts 39