Pangolins and pathogens: Advancing One Health through the tracking and disruption of illegal wildlife trade
Grant Data
Project Title
Pangolins and pathogens: Advancing One Health through the tracking and disruption of illegal wildlife trade
Principal Investigator
Professor Bonebrake, Timothy Carlton
(Project Coordinator (PC))
Co-Investigator(s)
Professor Smith Thomas
(Collaborator)
Ms Genasci Lisa
(Co-Investigator)
Dr Olson David
(Co-Investigator)
Professor Zhu Huachen
(Co-principal investigator)
Professor Lam Tsan Yuk
(Co-principal investigator)
Dr Dingle Caroline Elise
(Co-principal investigator)
Professor Baker David Michael
(Co-principal investigator)
Duration
42
Start Date
2021-03-15
Amount
6914286
Conference Title
Pangolins and pathogens: Advancing One Health through the tracking and disruption of illegal wildlife trade
Keywords
conservation, COVID-19, one health, public health, wildlife trade
Discipline
EcologyPublic Health
Panel
Physical Sciences (P)
HKU Project Code
R7021-20
Grant Type
Research Impact Fund (RIF)
Funding Year
2020
Status
On-going
Objectives
(1) Combine pangolin seizure data with genetic data from seizure samples to quantify trade pathways and identify key source and destination sites in the international trade of pangolin products. (2) Employ stable isotope analysis to pangolin samples to reveal the nutritional and welfare status of pangolins in the market. (3) Assess viral loads of wild pangolins and pangolins from the trade to determine possible pathways of viral transmission. (4) Analyze results from the genetics, stable isotope analysis, and viral sequencing all together to identify relationship between species, source, animal health and human health.