WDIN Invited to Present at International FAO Workshop

USGS National Wildlife Health Center scientist and NBII Wildlife Disease Information Node (WDIN) project leader Joshua Dein presented "Wildlife Disease Surveillance and Reporting" at an international workshop, "Challenges of National, Regional, and Global Information Systems and Surveillance for Major Animal Diseases and Zoonoses," in Rome, Italy, on November 23-26, 2010. The workshop was sponsored by the Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) of the United Nations. Dein's presentation is during the Session on Regional Animal Health Information Systems; he will be sharing expertise about integrating data on wildlife disease with livestock and human health data. The workshop is part of the FAO program on Emergency Prevention System for Transboundary Animal and Plant Pests and Diseases, which works to provide information, training, and emergency assistance to countries to prevent, contain, and control the world’s most serious livestock diseases while also surveying for newly emerging pathogens.