Research Unit in Epidemiology and Risk Analysis Applied to Veterinary Sciences 7

2 Abstract 23 The domestic animals/wildlife interface is becoming a global issue of growing interest. 24 However, despite studies on wildlife diseases being in expansion, the epidemiological role of 25 wild animals in the transmission of infectious diseases remains unclear most of the time. 26 Multiple diseases affecting livestock have already been identified in wildlife, especially in 27 wild ungulates. The first objective of this paper was to establish a list of infections already 28 reported in European wild ungulates. For each disease/infection, three additional materials 29 develop examples already published, specifying the epidemiological role of the species as 30 assigned by the authors. Furthermore, risk factors associated with interactions between wild 31 and domestic animals and regarding emerging infectious diseases are summarized. Finally, 32 the wildlife surveillance measures implemented in different European countries are presented. 33 New research areas are proposed in order to provide efficient tools to prevent the transmission 3