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Bsal National Strategic Plan: Responding to a Continental Threat
PARC National Disease Task TeamUniversity of TennesseeCenter for Wildlife Health
Matthew J. Gray F. Pasmans, Ghent Univ.
Robertville, Belgium
USGS Bsal “National Response” MeetingJohn Wesley Powell Center for Analysis & Synthesis
23-25 June 2015
Mike AdamsEvan GrantErin Muths
Stefano CanessaRachel Katz
https://powellcenter.usgs.gov/
USGS Bsal “National Response” Meeting30 Scientists
18 Gov’t Agencies, 11 Universities, and 4 International Scientists
Brainstorming Sessions
Organizational Structure
TAC Co-Chairs: Dede Olson (USFS), Jenn Ballard (USFWS)
Working Group Interactions
Highly Interdependent
Communication is Essential
Surveillance Working Group
Chair: Mike Adams, USGS Email: [email protected]
Develop standardized protocols for surveillance (e.g., n, sample design) in
captive & wild populations.
List of priority ports & industries (captive), priority regions (wild), and
priority species (captive & wild).
Diagnostics Working Group
Chair: Jenn Ballard, USFWS Email: [email protected]
Develop standardized protocols for sample collection, decontamination, and Bsal testing.
• Biosecurity (disinfectants, animal handling)• Swabbing procedures• Swab preservation• Shipping procedures• Diagnostic laboratories
Bsal Testing• Preferred qPCR Protocol• Confirming Potentially
Positive Cases• Response Team
Response Working Group
Chair: Priya Nanjappa, AFWA & PARC Email: [email protected]
Identify actions that occur if positive cases of Bsal infection or salamander
chytridiomycosis are confirmed.
DevelopGuidelines
State/Provincial Actions Plans
Following WNS Model
Research Working Group
Chair: Reid Harris, James Madison UniversityEmail: [email protected]
Identify priority research areas for Bsal, encourage collaboration, and share findings with working groups and the public quickly.
• Containment • Species Susceptibility• Transmission Pathways• Detection and Diagnosis
Testing Susceptibility• Priority Species List
• Standardized Procedures for Challenges
• Biosecurity Risk
Top Research Directions
Database Working Group
Chair: Dede Olson, USDA Forest ServiceEmail: [email protected]
Develop and maintain a database for Bsal surveillance, monitoring, and research data.
https://mantle.io/grrs
http://amphibiaweb.org/chytrid/Bsal.html
Outreach Working Group
Chair: Joe Mendelson, Zoo AtlantaEmail: [email protected]
Produce outreach communication materials (e.g., fact sheets, press releases, briefs), and help organize Bsal planning meetings as requested.
http://www.parcplace.org/parcplace/resources/disease-task-team.html
Interact with PARC & its Disease Task Teams
Outreach Working Group
Warren Wilson College Asheville NC
11 August 2015
Decision Support Working Group
Chair: Evan Grant, USGSEmail: [email protected]
Produce decision tree models that allow other working groups to make objective-based
decisions given the available information.
