Report to the Western Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies from the USGS National Wildlife Health Center
As announced in the July 10th posting last week, Friday posts will showcase an assortment of interesting or useful nuggets of information. Today in the spotlight is a highly informative report from the USGS National Wildlife Health Center (NWHC).
It provides a concise summary of wildlife disease investigations and research activities:
- Field Investigation Team Summaries: September 2008 to June 2009
- Research progress on white-nose syndrome of bats
- Oral vaccination of prairie dogs against plague via ingestion of vaccine-laden baits
- H5N1 Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza
- Modeling the Dynamics of Avian Influenza in Wild Birds and Potential Transmission with Domestic Fowl
- Experimental Infection of American Kestrels with H5N1 Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza
- Experimental Infection of Dunlin with H5N1 Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza
- Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) Research
