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.
Background
The primary goal is to provide natural resource management partners and the public with timely, accurate information on where wildlife disease events are occurring or have occurred for better awareness and decision making. The information is opportunistically collected by natural resource partners and does not reflect all mortality events in North America.
Natural resource management agencies can also use WHISPers to request diagnostic and epidemiological services from the USGS National Wildlife Health Center.
WHISPers User Guides
Viewing Searching Saving
Roles and Privileges
Fast Track Guide to Creating Events
Creating an Event
Updating and Completing Events
Notifications
Creating Circles of Trust
NWHC Services
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Report Mortality Events and Submit Specimens
Instructions for reporting wildlife morbidity/mortality and submitting specimens to the USGS National Wildlife Health Center (NWHC).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...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.
WHISPers Metadata
Credits
The concept for WHISPers was developed by the USGS National Wildlife Health Center (NWHC), in partnership with federal, state, tribal, non-governmental, and academic partners. System software was initially developed by the NWHC and then refactored by USGS Web Informatics and Mapping, with funding assistance from the Department of Homeland Security’s National Biosurveillance Integration Center and the USGS Ecosystems Mission Area.
- Overview
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.
Background
The primary goal is to provide natural resource management partners and the public with timely, accurate information on where wildlife disease events are occurring or have occurred for better awareness and decision making. The information is opportunistically collected by natural resource partners and does not reflect all mortality events in North America.
Natural resource management agencies can also use WHISPers to request diagnostic and epidemiological services from the USGS National Wildlife Health Center.
WHISPers User Guides
Viewing Searching SavingViewing Searching SavingRoles and PrivilegesRoles and PrivilegesFast Track Guide to Creating EventsFast Track Guide to Creating EventsCreating an EventCreating an EventUpdating and Completing EventsUpdating and Completing EventsNotificationsNotificationsCreating Circles of TrustCreating Circles of TrustNWHC Services-
Report Mortality Events and Submit Specimens
Instructions for reporting wildlife morbidity/mortality and submitting specimens to the USGS National Wildlife Health Center (NWHC).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...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.
WHISPers Metadata
Credits
The concept for WHISPers was developed by the USGS National Wildlife Health Center (NWHC), in partnership with federal, state, tribal, non-governmental, and academic partners. System software was initially developed by the NWHC and then refactored by USGS Web Informatics and Mapping, with funding assistance from the Department of Homeland Security’s National Biosurveillance Integration Center and the USGS Ecosystems Mission Area.
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