Conversations about Health and Conservation from the 25th Congress of the International Primatological Society in Hanoi, Vietnam (Disease and Conservation: Tom Gillespie, Julio-Cesar Bicca-Marques, Joe Bilietzki)

The PrimateCast rolled out its mobile podcasting unit once again to cover the meetings of the International Primatological Society held between August 11-16, 2014. The theme of this year's congress, which was held at the Melia Hotel in Hanoi, Vietnam, was 'meeting the challenges of conserving primate diversity'.The PrimateCast On Location at IPS 2014In the first installment of this five-part podcast series, we introduced some of the graduate students from PRI who helped interview the 20 guests that appear in the series, and then spoke with two of the organizers of IPS 2014, Dr. Bert Covert and Dr. Steve Schapiro. This time around, in the second installment, we discuss why conservationists and welfare advocates need to consider the role of infectious disease in primate population management.For anyone seeking more information about our guests and their activities, please follow the links below.List of Interviews in part 2primate biodiversity conservation, infectious disease transmission between wildlife, domestic animals and local humans, and their links to public health with Dr. Tom Gillespie [Associate Professor] Department of Environmental Studies, Emory UniversityDr. Julio-Cesar Bicca-Marques [Professor] Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul on yellow fever outbreaks in howler monkeys, and how important such outbreaks may be to the future viability of howler monkey populations in Brazil and elsewhere in South Americatransitioning poached animals into sanctuaries or other suitable locations with Dr. Joe Bielitzki [Consultant] Independent Science and Technology ConsultingWe'd like to sincerely thank all of our guests on this episode as well as on the entire series of podcasts from our coverage of the 25th Congress of the International Primatological Society. The PrimateCast is hosted and produced by Andrew MacIntosh. Artwork by Chris Martin. Music by Andre Goncalves. Credits by Kasia Majewski. Connect with us on Facebook or Twitter Subscribe where you get your podcasts Email theprimatecast@gmail.com with thoughts and comments Consider sending us an email or reaching out on social media to give us your thoughts on this and any other interview in the series. We're always happy to hear from you and hope to continue improving our podcast format based on your comments and suggestions. A podcast from Kyoto University and CICASP.