Update for the North American Wildlife and Natural Resources Conference from the USGS National Wildlife Health Center - March 2024
NWHC_NA report_March24.pdf
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Detailed Description
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
Sources/Usage
Public Domain.