Wildlife Disease

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Get information on these high profile diseases:

Avian Influenza

Chronic Wasting Disease

Index of Wildlife Diseases

The Wildlife Disease Information Node (WDIN) offers information on specific diseases such as Avian Influenza, Chronic Wasting Disease, and White-Nose Syndrome.

Each disease section includes an overview, a fact sheet, a collection of maps, images and datasets and a bibliography. Every section also includes a list of related web sites and news sources, and links to current research activities.

WDIN welcomes input from its users. If you know of an informative web resource on the topic of wildlife disease or on a particular disease, please send your suggestions by using the feedback form located on the "About the Node" web page.

Image of bird with avian botulism. Photo: Nat'l Wildlife Health Center, Milt Friend.
Bird with avian botulism.
Photo: Nat'l Wildlife Health Center, M Friend.

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Navigate by Type

Bacterial

Prion

Chronic Wasting Disease

Unknown

Viral

Zoonotic

Image of avian influenza. Photo: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Cynthia Goldsmith, Jacqueline Katz, and Sherif R. Zaki

Avian influenza virus. Photo: Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention, C Goldsmith and et al.

Image of deer with chronic wasting disease. Photo credit: Wyoming Fish & Game Department, Dr. Terry Kreeger.

Deer with chronic wasting disease.
Photo: WY Fish & Game Dept., Dr. Terry Kreeger

Navigate by Affected Species

Amphibians

Avian Salmonella

Birds

Mammals

Reptiles

Avian Salmonella

Wildlife Disease - Not Just a Concern for Wildlife

Image representing the health interconnection between domestic animals, humans and wildlife

HUMAN HEALTH CONNECTIONS

Browse this WDIN collection to learn about how wildlife diseases can affect human health and how that information can be integrated into human health surveillance plans.

Find publications, maps, websites and much more here.

DOMESTIC ANIMAL/WILDLIFE INTERFACE

Browse this WDIN collection to learn about how the interface between wildlife and agriculture can facilitate the movement of infectious disease agents, and the mutual need for timely access to disease information within domestic animal populations and wild fauna.

Find publications, maps, websites and much more here.

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