Directory of Wildlife Resources

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Informative content related to health of wildlife animals.

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• Birds
• Fish
• Reptiles and Amphibians

Resources in This Category

• Amphibian Malformation and Decline

  http://www.nwhc.usgs.gov/disease_information/amphibian_malformation_and_decline/
  Information on this worldwide problem provided by the USGS National Wildlife Health Center.

• Canadian Cooperative Wildlife Health Centre

  http://www.ccwhc.ca/
  Its purpose is to apply the veterinary medical sciences to wildlife conservation and management in Canada.

• CDC Monkeypox

  http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/monkeypox/factsheet2.htm
  Factsheet about this rare viral disease that occurs mostly in monkeys in central and western Africa.

• Center for Ecology and Conservation Biology: White-nose Syndrome

  http://www.bu.edu/cecb/bats/wns/
  Provides information on this devastating fungal disease of bats which first appeared in the US in the winter of 2006/2007.

• Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD)

  http://www.nwhc.usgs.gov/disease_information/chronic_wasting_disease/
  Information on this disease of the nervous system in deer and elk, provided by the USGS National Wildlife Health Center.

• European Wildlife Disease Association

  http://www.ewda.org/
  Provides a forum for the exchange of information on wildlife diseases and their management through networking, collaborative research and training.

• Mountain Gorilla Veterinary Project

  http://gorilladoctors.org/
  Provides information on this project, which focuses on the conservation of the endangered mountain gorillas of central Africa by providing them with veterinary care.

• National Wildlife Health Center (NWHC)

  http://www.nwhc.usgs.gov/
  Provides wildlife health and disease investigative, research and training support to federal, state, local and international conservation agencies. Also maintains wildlife mortality and epizootic information and databases.

• Office of Fish and Wildlife Health and Forensics

  http://www.state.nj.us/dep/fgw/owhfhome.htm
  Conducts investigations and research on diseases of captive and free-ranging fish and wildlife. It also performs tests and analyses of biological samples for law enforcement cases.

• Southeastern Cooperative Wildlife Disease Study (SCWDS)

  http://www.vet.uga.edu/scwds/
  Providing high quality wildlife disease expertise to State and Federal Agencies responsible for wildlife and domestic livestock resources.

• Sylvatic Plague

  http://www.nwhc.usgs.gov/disease_information/sylvatic_plague/
  Information on this bacterial disease transmitted by fleas and attempts at immunization in black-footed ferrets and prairie dogs, provided by the USGS National Wildlife Health Center.

• USGS National Wildlife Health Center: White-Nose Syndrome

  http://www.nwhc.usgs.gov/disease_information/white-nose_syndrome/
  Fungus disease of bats, first identified in October 2008, that is associated with the deaths of over 100,000 hibernating bats in the northeastern United States.

• West Nile Virus

  http://www.nwhc.usgs.gov/disease_information/west_nile_virus/
  Information on this disease and its affect in wild bird and mammal populations, provided by the USGS National Wildlife Health Center.

• Wild Health

  http://www.lovehealth.org/books/animal-healing.htm
  Synopsis of an ethnoveterinary book, available to purchase online, about how wild animals keep themselves well and what humans can learn from them.

• Wildlife Disease Association

  http://www.wildlifedisease.org/
  Aims to gain knowledge about the health and diseases of wild animals in relation to their biology, conservation and interactions with human and domestic animals.

• Wildlife Disease News Digest

  http://wdin.blogspot.com/
  Brings together wildlife health-related news and journal articles from authoritative sources into a concise, easy-to-read format.

• Wildlife Diseases

  http://www.ag.purdue.edu/entm/wildlifehotline/Pages/diseases.aspx
  Provides general information on the precautions to be taken when handling sick animals, and more specific information on a range of diseases.

• Wildlife Diseases and Humans

  http://icwdm.org/handbook/damage/WildlifeDiseases.asp
  Information on zoonotic diseases that are a threat to human health and well-being in the United States.

• Wildlife Diseases and Zoonotics

  http://icwdm.org/diseases/
  Provides information and links to other organizations, providing both general information and details of specific diseases.

• Wildpro

  http://www.wildlifeinformation.org/
  Electronic encyclopaedia and library developed by the Wildlife Information Network to provide information on the natural history, health and management of captive and free-ranging wild animals and on emerging infectious diseases.

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