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The Wildlife Disease News Digest regularly brings together wildlife disease topics making the news. Explore the news using the Digest's companion application, the Global Wildlife Disease News Map.
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The condition in bats known as 'white-nose syndrome' was first noted among dead and hibernating bats within several caves near Albany, New York, in February 2007.
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USGS and a network of partners across the country work on documenting wildlife mortality events, in order to provide timely and accurate information on locations, species and causes of death.
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The global spread of H5N1 increases the likelihood that it will eventually be detected in North America. There are a number of pathways through which the virus could be brought to this continent.
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Seventeen years after nontoxic shot requirements were established for hunting waterfowl, attention has shifted to lead poisoning in other species.
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Endangered Black-footed ferrets and prairie dogs are at risk from a sylvatic plague outbreak in South Dakota - USGS scientists are working to protect these animals from infection.
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The mission of the National Wildlife Health Center is to serve the nation and its natural resources by providing
sound science and technical support, and to disseminate information to promote science-based decisions affecting wildlife and ecosystem
health. The NWHC provides information, technical assistance, research, education, and leadership on national and international wildlife health issues.
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