Australian Wildlife Health Network: A Nationally Integrated Wildlife Health System for Australia 
The Australian Wildlife Health Network (AWHN: the Network) is a national initiative of the Commonwealth Government. Its mission is to promote and facilitate collaborative links across Australia in the investigation and management of wildlife health in support of human and animal health, biodiversity and trade. Its vision is for a nationally integrated wildlife health system for Australia.
The AWHN web site provides a number of interesting resources including a searchable pathology database called the Australian Registry of Wildlife Health. Its records can be browsed by common disease names or by interesting cases. A directory of experts is also available. Other notable content includes the Disease Incident Reports section, which lists out summary information on select past disease events that occurred in Australia, along with fact sheets on Australian wildlife health conditions and a searchable bibliography. Members have access to the Wildlife Health Information System (WHIS) for disease surveillance data.
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Resources Shared
California Council for Wildlife Rehabilitators [web site]
White-nose syndrome fungus (Geomyces destructans) in bat, France [journal article] [free full-text pdf available]
Emerg Infect Dis. 2010 Feb; [Epub ahead of print]
SJ Puechmaille et al.
