Sciences&Faunes, scientific knowledge in wildlife health

Sciences&Faunes, scientific advice taylored to your needs in animal health and wildlife

In the recent years, several sanitary crises have underlined the importance of monitoring and managing wildlife and its diseases in order to protect not only ecosystems and wild animals but also livestock, domestic animals and humans.

High quality research on wildlife health using modern tools and techniques produces a high quantity of evermore complex information.

Sciences&Faunes was fouded in January 2015. It is a scientific consultancy agency which provides scientific advice and knowledge on wildlife and diseases for all types of organizations that have scientific questions and projects which they would like to take further.

Your scientific advisor: Julien Portier, DVM, PhD

I am a french veterinarian with strong academic and professional background in fields and techniques relevant for wildlife and animal health, including epidemiology, disease monitoring systems, disease management strategies, risk and impact assessment.

As a former project manager for animal health at the French agency for public health (ANSES), I have been in charge of sanitary risk assessments associated with endemic and emerging diseases such as Bovine tuberculosis or Brucellosis.

Since 2015, I habe been providing the same kind of expert and litterature-based advice to a wider community with Sciences&Faunes. In order to provide the most objective and comprehensive scientific advice, I use the same techniques and follow the same guidelines that have made the international reputation of the french agency for public health.

A few collaborations

Mapping the risk of lead poisoning from ammunition for the bearded Vulture (Gypaetus barbatus) in the Alps

Sciences&Faunes has been implicated in the GypHelp European Life program for the preservation of the Bearded vulture (Gypaeatus barbatus) in the Alps. As a scavenger, this rare and emblematic species is potentially exposed to the risk of being poisoned by game carcasses or remains containing lead from hunting ammunition. Sciences&Faunes provided a geographical analysis of this risk for the Haute-Savoie region in France. This analysis should help identify the highest risk areas and implement management measures to limit this risk.

Animal société Aliment and multi-host disease management

Sciences&Faunes was sollicited by the Animal Société Aliment to attend an international workshop to design new guidelines for monitoring and managing diseases implicating wildlife. Sciences&Faunes was in charge of editing the report of this international workshop and of ensuring the scientific communication around the proceedings of this workshop.

The report of this workshop is available here (text and report in french) and an article article was published in BMC veterinary Research.

Publications and awards

Award

EMOP XI : Young Scientist Award, 2nd prize in basic parasitology. J. Portier (2012), Infection by Alaria alata mesocercaria in naturally infected wild boars and experimental infection on mice, EMOP XI, Cluj, Romania

Selected publications

J. Portier, M. P. Ryser-Degiorgis, M. R. Hutchings, E. Monchâtre-Leroy, C. Richomme, S. Larrat, W. H. M. van der Poel, M. Dominguez, A. Linden, P. T. Santos, E. Warns-Petit, J. Y. Chollet, L. Cavalerie, C. Grandmontagne, M. Boadella, E. Bonbon, M. Artois (2019), Multi-host disease management: the why and the how to include wildlife. BMC Vet Res. 2019, 15(1), 295. doi: 10.1186/s12917-019-2030-6. PMID: 31412882; PMCID: PMC6694651.

S. Reynaud, I. A. Worms, S. Veyrenc, J. Portier, A. Maitre, C. Miaud, & M. Raveton. (2012). Toxicokinetic of benzo[a]pyrene and fipronil in female green frogs (Pelophylax kl. esculentus). Environ Pollut, 161, 206-214.

J. Portier, D. Jouet, I. Vallée, H. Ferté, (2012) Detection of Planorbis planorbis and Anisus vortex as first intermediate hosts of Alaria alata (Goeze, 1792) in natural conditions in France : molecular evidence, Vet Parasitol, 190 (1-2), 151-158.

J. Portier, I. Vallée, S. A. Lacour, R. Martin-Schaller, H. Ferté, B. Durand (2014), Increasing circulation of Alaria alata mesocercaria in wild boar populations of the Rhine valley, France, 2007-2011, Vet parasitol, 199 (3-4), 153-159.