LION (Panthera leo) BOVINE TUBERCULOSIS DISEASE RISK ASSESSMENT

THE CBSG DISEASE RISK ASSESSMENT WORKSHOP PROCESS (excerpt from report)

CBSG has developed tools to model changes in species caused by risk factors such as
disease impacts. These disease risk modelling tools are not designed to provide statistically
valid, mathematically defensible answers to scientific questions, but rather to better equip the
professionals involved in day to day decision making regarding wildlife management. Animal
health experts, conservation biologists, regulatory and trade officials, and natural resource
agencies are all faced with implementing risk management strategies in the face of relatively
little existing information. Risk analysis is a growing field concentrated on accumulating and
organising existing information in order to prioritise relative risks to support decision-making
in the face of uncertainty.