TY  - JOUR
T1  - Types of Animal Diseases and Their Potential Threats to
Sustainability of Animal Biodiversity
AU - Engdawork, Aweke 
JO  - Journal of Animal and Veterinary Advances
VL  - 18
IS  - 7
SP  - 227
EP  - 238
PY  - 2019
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1680-5593
DO  - javaa.2019.227.238
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=javaa.2019.227.238
KW  - threats
KW  -sustainability
KW  -infectious diseases
KW  -biodiversity
KW  -Animal
KW  -animal
AB  - Animal genetic resource diversity ensures the continuity of biodiversity and their survival as
adaptation to several challenges and agro-ecologies. Animal biodiversity has valuable contribution in animal
products variety and to their ecological balance. Currently, animals and their genetic diversity are being under
several threats, challenging their sustainability and survival. Infectious diseases are emerged as a potential
threat to several animal species and breeds, particularly challenging endangered or at risk animal
species/breeds. There are many animal diseases which are contagious, virulent and epizootics inducing dramatic
mortality and morbidity in both domestic and wild animal population. Invasive infectious diseases are spreading
to susceptible populations unaffected before including to species already being threatened by other factors.
Emerged infectious diseases are already been involved in the extinction of some species while threatening exist
in most of animal species. Generally, animal epizootics affect about 5% of globally threatened birds (67
species) and 26 species (3%) of threatened mammals are impacted by infectious disease. However, huge impact
is observed in amphibians that are particularly affected by disease with 17% (317 species). Different animal
diseases possess a significant threat and can wipe out most or entire susceptible animal breed/species or
multi-species. Rinderpest, Anthrax, African horse sickness, Avian influenza, Newcastle disease, Rabies, Canine
distemper, chytridiomycosis, etc., all these can highly threat susceptible animal species/breed. Rinderpest and
rabies with canine distemper has threatened Ethiopian cattle population and the endangered Ethiopian wolf,
respectively while anthrax outbreak caused threats in herbivores population’s at Mago National Park. Infectious
diseases are one of the constraints in the survival and conservation effort of animal genetic resource diversity.
Therefore, organized diseases surveillance and control strategies should be employed to safeguard the
sustainability of animal biodiversity. Furthermore, advanced studies are required to clarify current distribution
and intensity of diseases impact on global animal biodiversity.
ER  -