Update for the North American Wildlife and Natural Resources Conference from the USGS National Wildlife Health Center - March 2024

Update for the North American Wildlife and Natural Resources Conference from the USGS National Wildlife Health Center - March 2024

Contents

• NWHC Updates 
  • LeAnn White appointed NWHC Center Director 
  • How NWHC is challenging its own paradigm 
  • NWHC modernization update 
  • Case definitions for wildlife health  
  • WHISPers and National Wildlife Disease Database (NWDD) update 
• CWD 
  • Plants as vectors for environmental prion transmission 
  • Expanding range of CWD in North America 
• White-nose syndrome 
  • National white-nose syndrome/P. destructans 2023/2024 surveillance season update 
  • White-nose syndrome vaccine research update 
• Coral health 
  • Interagency coordination on coral health 
  • Recent coral disease technical support to partners in Caribbean and Pacific 
• Summary of 2023 avian morbidity/mortality reported to regional Flyway Councils 
• Modeling the response of an endangered rabbit population to RHDV2 and vaccination 
• Paranannizziopsis spp. infections in wild snakes and a qPCR assay for detection of the fungus 
• Recent NWHC Publications