Research overview: camera traps and GPS telemetry in felid disease ecology

Modern tracking technologies have transformed how disease is studied in elusive wild cats. This overview surveys the use of camera traps and GPS telemetry to investigate felid disease ecology, from detecting visibly diseased individuals such as mange-affected bobcats to mapping contact opportunities, movement and habitat use that shape transmission. It examines how location data reveal overlap with domestic animals and reservoirs, how survival monitoring quantifies disease mortality, and how remote imagery documents outbreaks without capture. The synthesis connects field technology to epidemiological inference. It aims to help readers appreciate how non-invasive monitoring tools, originally developed for behavior and population studies, have become powerful instruments for understanding how disease spreads through and affects secretive felid populations across large landscapes.