Laboratories for Wildlife Disease Diagnostics
The USGS National Wildlife Health Center 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.
Laboratories and Capabilities
Laboratories and Capabilities
Learn more about our diagnostic laboratories and capabilities.
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Diagnostic Case Submission Guidelines
Standard submission criteria for federal, state, and tribal natural resource agency partners The National Wildlife Health Center (NWHC) conducts laboratory diagnostics to determine causes of wildlife morbidity and mortality events. The following guidelines are used to determine which cases we accept for diagnostic evaluation. NWHC only accepts submissions from, or in coordination with, federal...
Report Mortality Events and Submit Specimens
Instructions for reporting wildlife morbidity/mortality and submitting specimens to the USGS National Wildlife Health Center (NWHC).