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Wildlife Health Triad

Detailed Description

Wildlife population health is primarily based on a balance of three things: wildlife fitness, quality habitat, and low levels of parasites and pathogens that allow wildlife to co-exist with them or recover after periodic disease outbreaks. When there is an imbalance in those three factors, a significant disease outbreak may occur, affecting the health of the population and potentially the species.  

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Created by Sally House, USGS

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