The USGS National Wildlife Health Center (NWHC) conducts laboratory investigations to determine the causes of wildlife mortality events, especially large-scale die-offs or those that are otherwise unusual.
NWHC Diagnostic Services
The NWHC provides diagnostic investigation services to determine causes of wildlife morbidity and mortality events. These services include specialized services in pathology, microbiology, virology, parasitology, and chemistry, and use microbiological, molecular-biological, and descriptive techniques to identify and characterize agents of infectious disease.
Diagnostic Case Submission Guidelines
Report a mortality event and submit specimens
Mortality Event Reporting and Diagnostic Evaluation Workflow
NWHC Laboratories and Capabilities
- Overview
The USGS National Wildlife Health Center (NWHC) conducts laboratory investigations to determine the causes of wildlife mortality events, especially large-scale die-offs or those that are otherwise unusual.
NWHC Diagnostic Services
The NWHC provides diagnostic investigation services to determine causes of wildlife morbidity and mortality events. These services include specialized services in pathology, microbiology, virology, parasitology, and chemistry, and use microbiological, molecular-biological, and descriptive techniques to identify and characterize agents of infectious disease.
Sources/Usage: Public Domain.Scientist inspects a ring-billed gull submitted for avian botulism type E testing. (Credit: Stephanie Steinfeldt, USGS. Public domain.) Diagnostic Case Submission Guidelines
Report a mortality event and submit specimens
Mortality Event Reporting and Diagnostic Evaluation Workflow
NWHC Laboratories and Capabilities