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**AWARDS ISSUED PRIOR TO JANUARY 20, 2025, WERE FUNDED UNDER PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATIONS AND MAY NOT REFLECT THE PRIORITIES AND POLICIES OF THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION.** MOVEMENT DETERMINES CONTACTS AMONG INDIVIDUALS IN WILDLIFE, LIVESTOCK, AND HUMANS ALIKE, AND AS SUCH, IT IS A KEY FACTOR INFLUENCING PATHOGEN AND PARASITE SPREAD WITHIN AND BETWEEN SPECIES. WITHOUT UNDERSTANDING THE MECHANISMS THAT UNDERLIE ANIMAL MOVEMENT (ITS ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL DRIVERS, AND ITS CONSEQUENCES FOR SPECIES DISTRIBUTION), IT IS NOT POSSIBLE TO ACCURATELY PREDICT THE EMERGENCE OF DISEASE OUTBREAKS AT THE WILDLIFE-LIVESTOCK AND WILDLIFE-HUMAN INTERFACE. THE GOAL OF OUR MEETINGS IS TO GATHER EXPERTS IN ANIMAL MOVEMENT FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD TO SHARE GROUNDBREAKING KNOWLEDGE ON THE DRIVERS AND MECHANISMS OF MOVEMENT TO BETTER FORECAST DISEASE TRANSMISSION TO LIVESTOCK AND DEVELOP MANAGEMENT APPROACHES TO MITIGATE TRANSMISSION RISK. SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES RELATED TO THIS GOAL THAT WE PLAN TO ACHIEVE WITH THE SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM OF OUR MEETINGS ARE:IMPROVING OUR MECHANISTIC UNDERSTANDING OF HOW SPATIO-TEMPORAL VARIATION IN THE ENVIRONMENT DETERMINES PATTERNS OF ANIMAL MOVEMENT;IMPROVING OUR ABILITY TO FORECAST HOTSPOTS OF PATHOGEN TRANSMISSION AT THE WILDLIFE-HUMAN AND WILDLIFE-LIVESTOCK INTERFACE;DEVELOPING NOVEL APPLICATIONS THAT FOCUS ON THE MANAGEMENT OF WILDLIFE MOVEMENT TO MANIPULATE AND REDUCE TRANSMISSION RISK TO LIVESTOCK.THE EXCHANGE OF NOVEL IDEAS ON THIS SUBJECT AND THE ESTABLISHMENT OF NEW COLLABORATIONS DURING THE CONFERENCE AND SEMINAR WILL FUEL THE DEVELOPMENT OF APPLIED MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES TO MANIPULATE AND CONTROL THE RISK OF TRANSMISSION TO LIVESTOCK. FOR INSTANCE, A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF HOW WILDLIFE MOVEMENTS RESPOND TO SPATIO-TEMPORAL VARIATION IN RESOURCE AVAILABILITY ACROSS THE LANDSCAPE WILL ALLOW US TO INTERVENE WITH HABITAT MANAGEMENT TOOLS TO PREVENT THE OCCURRENCE OF THOSE CONDITIONS IN PLACES WHERE DISEASE TRANSMISSION RISK TO LIVESTOCK IS HIGH. AS SUCH, OUR MEETING HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PROMOTE LONG-TERM IMPROVEMENT IN AND SUSTAINABILITY OF AGRICULTURE AND FOOD SYSTEMS IN THE U.S. AND THE WORLD.

$25,000FY2023National Institute of Food and AgricultureUSDA

Gordon Research Conferences, East Greenwich RI

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**AWARDS ISSUED PRIOR TO JANUARY 20, 2025, WERE FUNDED UNDER PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATIONS AND MAY NOT REFLECT THE PRIORITIES AND POLICIES OF THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION.** MOVEMENT DETERMINES CONTACTS AMONG INDIVIDUALS IN WILDLIFE, LIVESTOCK, AND HUMANS ALIKE, AND AS SUCH, IT IS A KEY FACTOR INFLUENCING PATHOGEN AND PARASITE SPREAD WITHIN AND BETWEEN SPECIES. WITHOUT UNDERSTANDING THE MECHANISMS THAT UNDERLIE ANIMAL MOVEMENT (ITS ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL DRIVERS, AND ITS CONSEQUENCES FOR SPECIES DISTRIBUTION), IT IS NOT POSSIBLE TO ACCURATELY PREDICT THE EMERGENCE OF DISEASE OUTBREAKS AT THE WILDLIFE-LIVESTOCK AND WILDLIFE-HUMAN INTERFACE. THE GOAL OF OUR MEETINGS IS TO GATHER EXPERTS IN ANIMAL MOVEMENT FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD TO SHARE GROUNDBREAKING KNOWLEDGE ON THE DRIVERS AND MECHANISMS OF MOVEMENT TO BETTER FORECAST DISEASE TRANSMISSION TO LIVESTOCK AND DEVELOP MANAGEMENT APPROACHES TO MITIGATE TRANSMISSION RISK. SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES RELATED TO THIS GOAL THAT WE PLAN TO ACHIEVE WITH THE SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM OF OUR MEETINGS ARE:IMPROVING OUR MECHANISTIC UNDERSTANDING OF HOW SPATIO-TEMPORAL VARIATION IN THE ENVIRONMENT DETERMINES PATTERNS OF ANIMAL MOVEMENT;IMPROVING OUR ABILITY TO FORECAST HOTSPOTS OF PATHOGEN TRANSMISSION AT THE WILDLIFE-HUMAN AND WILDLIFE-LIVESTOCK INTERFACE;DEVELOPING NOVEL APPLICATIONS THAT FOCUS ON THE MANAGEMENT OF WILDLIFE MOVEMENT TO MANIPULATE AND REDUCE TRANSMISSION RISK TO LIVESTOCK.THE EXCHANGE OF NOVEL IDEAS ON THIS SUBJECT AND THE ESTABLISHMENT OF NEW COLLABORATIONS DURING THE CONFERENCE AND SEMINAR WILL FUEL THE DEVELOPMENT OF APPLIED MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES TO MANIPULATE AND CONTROL THE RISK OF TRANSMISSION TO LIVESTOCK. FOR INSTANCE, A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF HOW WILDLIFE MOVEMENTS RESPOND TO SPATIO-TEMPORAL VARIATION IN RESOURCE AVAILABILITY ACROSS THE LANDSCAPE WILL ALLOW US TO INTERVENE WITH HABITAT MANAGEMENT TOOLS TO PREVENT THE OCCURRENCE OF THOSE CONDITIONS IN PLACES WHERE DISEASE TRANSMISSION RISK TO LIVESTOCK IS HIGH. AS SUCH, OUR MEETING HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PROMOTE LONG-TERM IMPROVEMENT IN AND SUSTAINABILITY OF AGRICULTURE AND FOOD SYSTEMS IN THE U.S. AND THE WORLD. · GrantIndex