#805 Lisa Yon: Elephant Welfare, Environmental Pollutants, and Zoonotic Pathogens
RECORDED ON MARCH 13th 2023.
Dr. Lisa Yon is an Associate Professor in Zoo and Wildlife Medicine at the School of Veterinary Medicine and Science at the University of Nottingham. She is Head of the Behaviour Subgroup, and Vice Chair, of BIAZA’s Elephant Welfare Group. She is a member of the Health and Welfare Committee at Twycross Zoo, and served for 8 years as a member of the Ethics Committee for the Zoological Society of London and. She is a member of the IUCN Wildlife Health Specialist Group. She is a member of the Board of Trustees of the Frozen Ark Project. She is a Member of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons. She is interested in the health, welfare and conservation of captive and free-living wildlife (with a particular focus on elephants), which includes a One Health approach looking at the interface between humans/domestic animals/wildlife and their environment.
In this episode, we talk about elephant welfare, environmental pollutants, and zoonotic pathogens. We discuss elephant behavioral ecology, and their welfare in captivity. We talk about studying elephants across different settings; their physiology, and health biomarkers; behavioral assessment tools; and the goals of captive elephant management. Finally, we discuss the One Health approach to environmental pollutants and zoonotic pathogens.
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Intro
Elephant behavioral ecology, and their welfare in captivity
Studying elephants across different settings
Physiology, and health biomarkers
Behavioral welfare assessment tools
The goals of captive elephant management
The One Health approach applied to environmental pollutants and zoonotic pathogens
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Follow Dr. Yon’s work:
Elephant Welfare Project: http://bit.ly/3T8AqJq
Faculty page: https://bit.ly/3DjSbxP
ResearchGate profile: https://bit.ly/3SLhBdy