In the Spotlight: NWHC Newsletter – Providing Updates on NWHC Research and Wildlife Health Activities

Newsletter of the USGS National Wildlife Health Center

The USGS National Wildlife Health Center (NWHC) is now distributing a biannual newsletter to provide up-to-date information on NWHC research and other relevant wildlife health news.

Below is a sample list of topics covered in this first issue, illustrating the type of useful information offered by the Newsletter of the USGS National Wildlife Health Center.

• New Director for the NWHC
• Research Progress on White-Nose Syndrome of Bats
• Special Report on the Histopathologic Criteria to Confirm White-Nose Syndrome in Bats
• Emaciated Seabirds Wash Up on Bay Area Beaches
• Avian Cholera in Waterfowl in California and Nationwide
• Avian Salmonellosis Mortality Confirmed in Numerous States
• Collaborative Field Study on the Ecology of Avian Influenza in Wild Birds

>>> Access the Summer 2009 issue as a pdf here

The NWHC is looking for comments and content suggestions for future newsletters. Please contact Jennifer Bradsby at 608-270-2443 or by email: jbradsby@usgs.gov.

Other News Bulletins of Interest to Wildlife Health Professionals

• Southeastern Cooperative Wildlife Disease Study: SCWDS Briefs
• Wildlife Disease Association Newsletter
• The Wildlife Society: The Wildlifer
• Indiana Wildlife Disease News
• USGS GeoHealth Newsletter
• Canadian Cooperative Wildlife Health Centre Newsletters
• Wildlife Middle East Newsletter

Are there more?

If we missed a useful wildlife health news publication, please take a moment to email the link to us at wdin@usgs.gov. Your wildlife professional colleagues will appreciate it!