Main description:

This multidisciplinary book discusses the manifold challenges arctic marine and terrestrial wildlife, ecosystems and people face these times. Major health threats caused by the consequences of climate change, environmental pollution and increasing tourism in northern regions around the globe are explored. The most common infectious diseases in wild and domesticated arctic animals are reviewed and the impact they could have on circumpolar ecosystems as well as on the lives of arctic people are profoundly discussed. Moreover, the book reviews arctic hunting, herding and food conservation strategies and introduces veterinary medicine in remote indigenous communities.

"Arctic One Health" is authored by experts based in arctic regions spanning from North America over Europe to Asia to cover a broad range of topics and perspectives. The book addresses researchers in Veterinary Medicine, Ecology, Microbiology and Anthropology. The book contributes towards achieving the UN Sustainable Developmental Goals, in particular SDG 15, Life on Land.

Contents:

TOC

INTRODUCTION
1 The arctic region and its inhabitants 2 A holistic approach to One Health in the Arctic 3 Seasonal animal migrations and the Arctic

MAJOR HEALTH THREATS TO ARCTIC ANIMALS AND PEOPLE 4 Climate change in northern regions 5 Loss of untouched land 6 Arctic ecosystems, wildlife and man - threats from persistent organic pollutants and mercury 7 Oil spills in the Arctic 8 Nuclear radiation

ARCTIC ZOONOSES - DISEASES TRANSMITTED FROM ANIMALS TO MAN 9 Rabies in the Arctic 10 Brucellosis in the Arctic and northern regions 11 Anthrax in the north 12 Cystic and alveolar echinococcosis 13 Toxoplasmosis in northern regions 14 Trichinella spp. in the north 15 Cryptosporidiosis and giardiosis in the Arctic: increasing threats in a warmer world? 16 Erysipelas in the Arctic and northern regions 17 Tularemia in the Arctic 18 Orthohantavirus in the Arctic - presence and future 19 Zoonotic marine helminths: anisakid nematodes and diphyllobothriid cestodes 20 Parapoxvirus infections in norhtern species and populations

HARVESTING THE ARCTIC - POTENTIAL HEALTH THREATS FOR ARCTIC
PEOPLE
21 Hunting with lead ammunition - a One Health perspective 22 Traditional conservation methods and food habits in the Arctic

WORKING WITH ARCTIC COMMUNITIES 23 Wildlife health surveillance in the Arctic 24 Dogs and people - providing veterinary services to remote Arctic communities 25 Semi-domesticated reindeer, health and animal welfare