Pre-emptive National Monitoring Plan for Detecting the Amphibian Chytrid Fungus in Madagascar

The surveillance and monitoring of disease outbreaks in wildlife populations are particularly relevant today given the scale and rapidity of animal translocation and the associated rise in the emergence and re-emergence of diseases (Jebara 2004). Conservation authorities generally accept that no country is capable of ensuring absolute security of its borders by imposing quarantine measures or import bans on animals and animal products.