Disease Investigation Services
Disease Investigation Services
Learn about National Wildlife Health Center diagnostic and epidemiological services and access all required forms and instructions.
The entire wildlife disease and mortality investigatory process begins with the astute field biologist. Wildlife mortality events need to be discovered before they can be investigated; therefore, the local biologist forms a team with NWHC epidemiologists, pathologists, and laboratory diagnosticians in order to work in concert to successfully carry out a wildlife disease investigation.
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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.
Epidemiological Services
Professionals at the NWHC include wildlife biologists, veterinarians, statisticians, epidemiologists, and informatics specialists. This multidisciplinary group conducts investigations and disease ecology studies of emerging and recurring priority wildlife diseases, maintains and analyzes comprehensive information on wildlife disease events, and provides response and management consultation and...
Report Mortality Events and Submit Specimens
Instructions for reporting wildlife morbidity/mortality and submitting specimens to the USGS National Wildlife Health Center (NWHC).
Diagnostic Services
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.
Surveillance and Special Project Forms and Instructions
Access forms and instructions for surveillance projects and other ongoing special projects.