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  • 11 - Host–Parasite Interactions in African Buffalo: A Community- Level Perspective

  • from Part III - Diseases
  • Edited by Alexandre Caron, Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement (CIRAD), France, Daniel Cornélis, Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement (CIRAD) and Foundation François Sommer, France, Philippe Chardonnet, International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) SSC Antelope Specialist Group, Herbert H. T. Prins, Wageningen Universiteit, The Netherlands
  • Book:
    Ecology and Management of the African Buffalo
    Published online:
    09 November 2023
    Print publication:
    23 November 2023, pp 294-319
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  • Summary

    The African buffalo is host to numerous parasites, including microbial pathogens such as viruses, and bacteria and eukaryotic organisms such as worms and protozoa. Because buffalo are an important source of livestock diseases, understanding the ecology of the parasite community within African buffalo populations has both theoretical and applied importance. Competitive and synergetic interactions between parasites occur at both within- and between-host scales, and the African buffalo has served as a wildlife model for understanding how such interactions impact individual host health and parasite population dynamics. We describe the current understanding of the community ecology of parasites in African buffalo, identify general patterns that have emerged across parasite taxa, and describe key future research directions. Throughout the chapter we highlight important tools and techniques for studying parasite communities in wildlife populations.