Coral reef ecosystem health
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Planning underway for a new NWHC Facility
Learn more about the process and how to get involved.
Learn more about the process and how to get involved.
Expanding Distribution of Chronic Wasting Disease
Track the spread of chronic wasting disease in North America.
Track the spread of chronic wasting disease in North America.
Wildlife Health Information Sharing Partnership event reporting system
View current and historic information on wildlife morbidity and mortality events in North America.
View current and historic information on wildlife morbidity and mortality events in North America.
Pathology Case of the Month
Notable wildlife mortality cases at the NWHC are highlighted in the Pathology Case of the Month series.
Notable wildlife mortality cases at the NWHC are highlighted in the Pathology Case of the Month series.
SARS-CoV-2 and North American Wildlife
In partnership with CDC, we are working to assess the prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 and the diversity of other coronaviruses in North American wildlife.
In partnership with CDC, we are working to assess the prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 and the diversity of other coronaviruses in North American wildlife.
National Wildlife Health Center
Welcome to the National Wildlife Health Center! Our mission is to advance wildlife health science for the benefit of animals, humans, and the environment.
Explore SCIENCE to learn more about wildlife diseases, ongoing projects, the Honolulu Field Station, and our services.
Explore WEB TOOLS to access WHISPers, wildlife health bulletins, our field manual, and more.
Honolulu Field Station
Honolulu Field Station
The NWHC HFS provides support to the natural resource communities of Hawaii and the Pacific Basin in the investigation of wildlife diseases.
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Publications
Geographic and taxonomic variation in adaptive capacity among mountain-dwelling small mammals: implications for conservation status and actions
Contemporary climate change is modifying the distribution, morphology, phenology, physiology, evolution, and interspecific interactions of species. Effects of climate change are mediated not only through the magnitude of change experienced (exposure) and an animal's sensitivity to such changes, but also through the ability of the population or species to adjust to climatic variability and change g
Development and application of a qPCR-based genotyping assay for Ophidiomyces ophidiicola to investigate the epidemiology of ophidiomycosis
Ophidiomycosis (snake fungal disease) is an infectious disease caused by the fungus Ophidiomyces ophidiicola to which all snake species appear to be susceptible. Significant variation has been observed in clinical presentation, progression of disease, and response to treatment, which may be due to genetic variation in the causative agent. Recent phylogenetic analysis based on whole-genome sequenci
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Expanding Distribution of Chronic Wasting Disease
Chronic wasting disease (CWD) has been detected in 31 US states and four Canadian provinces in free-ranging cervids and/or commercial captive cervid facilities. CWD has been detected in free-ranging cervids in 31 states and three provinces and in captive cervid facilities in 18 states and three provinces.
WHISPers
WHISPers, the Wildlife Health Information Sharing Partnership - event reporting system, is a web-based repository of basic information on current and historic wildlife mortality (death) and/or morbidity (illness) events reported by partners nationwide. It is also the portal to request diagnostic and epidemiologic services from the USGS National Wildlife Health Center.
Examining PRNP gene frequencies and ‘resistance’ to chronic wasting disease
Multiple studies have demonstrated that various alleles of the cervid prion protein (PRNP) gene affect chronic wasting disease (CWD) progression.