WILDLIFE DISEASE RESEARCH AT THE APHIS NATIONAL WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER

Authors

R. G. McLean, National Wildlife Research Center, Wildlife Services, APHIS, USDAFollow
L. Clark, USDA/APHIS/WS National Wildlife Research CenterFollow
M. R. Dunbar, USDA/APHIS/WS National Wildlife Research Center
K. C. Vercauteren, USDA-APHIS-Wildlife ServicesFollow
T. A. Campbell, USDA/APHIS/WS National Wildlife Research CenterFollow

Date of this Version

January 2005

Abstract

Research on wildlife diseases at the newly formed Wildlife Disease Program (WDP) at the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), Wildlife Services (WS), National Wildlife Research Center (NWRC) concentrates on wildlife diseases of importance to domestic animal and human health. We are conducting studies on wildlife rabies, bovine tuberculosis (TB), chronic wasting disease (CWD), West Nile virus (WNV), pathogenic bacteria of birds, and pseudorabies (PR). The goal of the research is to develop innovative methods for surveillance, intervention, prevention, and control of these diseases.