Joaquín Vicente

Joaquín Vicente is a prominent professor of Animal Health at the University of Castilla-La Mancha and a researcher at the Institute for Game Resource Research (IREC) of the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC). He specializes in wildlife population management and has been active in studying the dramatic increase in the wild boar population in Spain, which has quadrupled over the past two decades. Vicente's insights are critical in addressing the challenges posed by this population surge, particularly concerning the implications for agriculture, urban coexistence, and disease management, such as the recent outbreaks of African swine fever.