October 30, 2009

In the Spotlight - Popular Wildlife Disease Web Resources

Current Top Popular Web Resources from the WDIN eLibrary Collection

The NBII Wildlife Disease Information Node (WDIN) selects and evaluates web resources (e.g. maps, web sites, images, and publications) for inclusion in our electronic library. For August and September the following resources were the most visited links.




  1. Learner.org: Emerging Infectious Diseases - Animations and Images
  2. University of Wisconsin: The Why Files - Zoonotic Diseases: Diseases Jumping from Animals to People?
  3. Wildlife Information Network: Gateway to WildPro - An Electronic Library of Wildlife Disease Information
  4. USGS National Wildlife Health Center: Avian Influenza Maps - A Compiled List
  5. NBII Wildlife Disease Information Node: Interactive Mapping of Wildlife Mortality Events
  6. USGS National Wildlife Health Center: Interactive Avian Influenza News Map
  7. Canadian Cooperative Wildlife Health Centre: An Index of Wildlife Health Topics
  8. USGS National Wildlife Health Center: Information on Diseases Being Researched
  9. Australian Dept. of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry: The Australian Wildlife Health Network - A Nationally Integrated Wildlife Health System for Australia
  10. OIE Animal Health Information: Interactive Disease Distribution Maps
  11. OIE Animal Health Information: Interactive Worldwide Disease Outbreak Map
  12. USGS National Wildlife Health Center: Chronic Wasting Disease Distribution in Free-ranging (by County) and Captive Cervids - April 2007
  13. USGS National Wildlife Health Center: Locations of Type C Avian Botulism Outbreaks in the United States [Map] [From the book Disease Emergence and Resurgence: The Wildlife-Human] Connection
  14. USGS National Wildlife Health Center: Disease Emergence and Resurgence: The Wildlife-Human Connection [Book]
  15. Canadian Cooperative Wildlife Health Centre: Maps: West Nile Virus Bird Surveillance

Got a Favorite Site that is Missing?

As a wildlife professional, do you have a favorite web site or tool that you use routinely to help you do your job? Send it on to us at wdin@usgs.gov and we will share it with your colleagues.

The Digest is one of the few places where members of the wildlife health community can easily share information, so please consider forwarding your suggestions and ideas on to us. Your colleagues will appreciate your effort!