Wildlife Health Diagnostic Database (DIAGDATA) Metadata
(also available in parsable .txt file)
Metadata:
- Identification_Information:
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- Citation:
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- Citation_Information:
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- Originator: National Wildlife Health Center
- Publication_Date: Unpublished Material
- Title: Wildlife Health Diagnostic Database (DIAGDATA)
- Description:
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- Abstract:
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The diagnostics database is a computerized record of specimens (from serum samples to carcasses) sent to the National Wildlife Health Center (NWHC) for processing and diagnostic workup. Data include history and recordkeeping information (identifier numbers, species, sex, submitter information, etc); types of tests run (virology, bacteriology, parasitology, chemistry, etc.) and some test results for heavy metals, particularly lead; and diagnostic results. The diagnostic coding system is based on SNOMED terminology, with certain modifications and
additions to fit Center needs. SNOMED, the Systematized Nomenclature of Medicine, is a structured nomenclature and classification of the terminology used in human and veterinary medicine. Terms are assigned in any or all of the following six categories for each diagnosis:
topography - detailed anatomic term for the site of interest;
morphology - information on the pathogenic change or process associated with the topography;
etiology - cause or causal agent of the disease or dysfunction;
disease - disease, disease entity or syndrome;
link - qualifier to link one diagnosis to another.
- Purpose:
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DIAGDATA is a computerized record of samples
sent to NWHC. It may not be a representative sample of
mortality for any particular species or group; however, the
database can be used to determine if a disease/syndrome
existed. For example, the database can be used to document
avian cholera in mallards in California at a particular
location or time, but it cannot be used to say that there
was more cholera in 1990 than in 1980, since the number of
specimens submitted for diagnostic workup does not
necessarily reflect the total number of mortalities.
Individuals interested in documenting total mortalities
should reference the Epizootiological Database (EPIZOO),
also maintained at NWHC.
- Supplemental_Information:
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DIAGDATA is not currently accessible outside the Center. However, with
assistance from appropriate Center personnel, searches of the database can be performed on request to the system manager. Interfaces to other portions of the overall NWHC wildlife mortality database (e.g. EPIZOO) are under development.
- Time_Period_of_Content:
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- Time_Period_Information:
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- Range_of_Dates/Times:
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- Beginning_Date: 197507
- Ending_Date: present (ongoing)
- Currentness_Reference: publication date
- Status:
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- Progress: In work
- Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: Continually
- Spatial_Domain:
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- Bounding_Coordinates:
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- West_Bounding_Coordinate: -170.333
- East_Bounding_Coordinate: - 52.667
- North_Bounding_Coordinate:
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+ 83.167ø (incl Canada)
+ 71.383ø (Alaska only)
- South_Bounding_Coordinate: + 17.500
- Keywords:
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- Theme:
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- Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: none
- Theme_Keyword: wildlife
- Theme_Keyword: epizootics
- Theme_Keyword: mortality
- Theme_Keyword: morbidity
- Theme_Keyword: diseases
- Theme_Keyword: avian
- Theme_Keyword: mammals
- Theme_Keyword: endangered species
- Theme_Keyword: birds
- Theme_Keyword: wildlife health
- Place:
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- Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: none
- Place_Keyword:
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range includes all 50 United States, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Irregular submissions have been received from other areas.
- Temporal:
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- Temporal_Keyword: ongoing
- Access_Constraints:
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Outside electronic access to the database is not yet available. Access is limited to written requests for specific information, addressed to the primary contact person. In addition, certain information in the dataset may involve data required for pending litigation and cannot be provided to users.
- Use_Constraints:
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Specific use constraints will be identified/addressed at the time of the request.
Acknowledgement of NWHC is required in products derived from this data.
- Point_of_Contact:
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- Contact_Information:
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- Contact_Person_Primary:
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- Contact_Person: Cathy Acker or Karen Cunningham
- Contact_Organization: National Wildlife Health Center
- Contact_Position: Diagnostic Database Manager
- Contact_Address:
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- Address_Type: mailing and physical address
- Address: 6006 Schroeder Road
- City: Madison
- State_or_Province: WI
- Postal_Code: 53711-6223
- Country: U.S.A.
- Contact_Voice_Telephone: 608-270-2431 , 608-270-2423
- Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 608-270-2415
- Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: cathy_acker, karen_cunningham (use suffix @usgs.gov)
- Hours_of_Service: 8AM-4:30PM weekdays, U.S. Central Time, except holidays.
- Contact_Instructions:
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Please limit requests to written applications for specific data. (email accepted)
- Data_Set_Credit:
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The datafile was developed and is maintained by personnel at NWHC and is the result of years of diagnostic work by Center personnel. However, federal, state, local and private individuals have all been involved as contributors to the system and their assistance should not be ignored.
- Security_Information:
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- Security_Classification_System: none
- Security_Classification: Unclassified
- Native_Data_Set_Environment:
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Microsoft Windows 2000 Version 5.0 (Build 2195) ; ESRI ArcCatalog 8.2.0.700
- Cross_Reference:
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- Citation_Information:
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- Originator: National Wildlife Health Center
- Publication_Date: Unpublished Material
- Title: Wildlife Mortality Database (EPIZOO)
- Cross_Reference:
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- Citation_Information:
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- Originator: College of American Pathologists
- Publication_Date: 1993
- Title:
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SNOMED International: The Systematized Nomenclature of Human and Veterinary Medicine
- Publication_Information:
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- Publication_Place: Northfield, IL
- Publisher: College of American Pathologists
- Other_Citation_Details: 4 volumes
- Data_Quality_Information:
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- Attribute_Accuracy:
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- Attribute_Accuracy_Report:
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Data are verified upon completion by case pathologist. Random subsets of records are verified for all fields on an
intermittent basis.
- Logical_Consistency_Report:
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Tests of valid values upon data entry. When all work is complete, an assigned pathologist/clinician is responsible for reviewing the information, verifying its accuracy, determining a final diagnosis and issuing a
final report. A summary of this information is then incorporated into the master file and becomes a part of the permanent record.
Various NWHC standard operating procedures are utilized during data processing - interested individuals should reference the NWHC SOP manual for specifics. Contact the PROCESS CONTACT listed below for additional information.
- Completeness_Report:
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DIAGDATA is a computerized record of samples sent to NWHC; it may not be a representative sample of mortality for any particular species or group. The
number of specimens submitted for diagnostic workup does not reflect the total number of mortalities. Individuals interested in documenting total mortalities should reference the Wildlife Mortality Database (EPIZOO), also maintained at
NWHC.
- Lineage:
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- Source_Information:
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- Source_Citation:
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- Citation_Information:
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- Originator:
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Federal, state and local agencies, private individuals and foreign governments have all been involved as contributors to the system; all
have submitted samples and/or carcasses for diagnostic evaluation and have provided the history portion of the database.
- Publication_Date: Unpublished Material
- Title: Wildlife Health Diagnostics Database (DIAGDATA)
- Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
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- Time_Period_Information:
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- Range_of_Dates/Times:
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- Beginning_Date: July, 1975
- Ending_Date: ongoing
- Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date
- Process_Step:
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- Process_Description:
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Wildlife specimens are received and logged into the system, then routed for diagnostic evaluation. At each step (necropsy, lab work, records), additional data is both manually and electronically incorporated into the file. When all tests are
complete, an assigned pathologist/clinician is responsible for reviewing the information, verifying its accuracy, determining a final diagnosis and issuing a
final report. A summary of this information is then incorporated into the master file and becomes a part of the permanent record.
Various NWHC standard operating procedures are utilized during data processing - interested individuals should reference the NWHC SOP manual for specifics. Contact the PROCESS CONTACT listed below for additional information.
- Process_Date: 1975 to present (ongoing)
- Process_Contact:
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- Contact_Information:
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- Contact_Person_Primary:
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- Contact_Person: Dr. Scott D.Wright
- Contact_Organization: National Wildlife Health Center
- Contact_Position: Branch Chief, Disease Investigations
- Contact_Address:
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- Address_Type: mailing and physical address
- Address: 6006 Schroeder Road
- City: Madison
- State_or_Province: WI
- Postal_Code: 53711-6223
- Country: U.S.A.
- Contact_Voice_Telephone: 608-270-2460
- Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 608-270-2415
- Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: swright@usgs.gov
- Hours_of_Service: 8AM-4:30PM weekdays, U.S.Central Time, except holidays.
- Contact_Instructions:
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Please limit requests to written applications for specific data. (Email is acceptable.)
- Process_Step:
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- Process_Description: Metadata imported.
- Time_of_Day: 12073600
- Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:
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- Indirect_Spatial_Reference: county FIPS
- Spatial_Reference_Information:
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- Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:
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- Local:
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- Local_Description: Data are referenced to state and county names and FIPS codes.
- Entity_and_Attribute_Information:
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- Overview_Description:
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- Entity_and_Attribute_Overview:
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A complete description of the data set is provided in the document referenced in 5.2.2 (Diagnostic Database Coding Dictionary), including field lengths, descriptions and attribute value indicators.
- Entity_and_Attribute_Detail_Citation:
- Cleary, K.R. 1995. Diagnostic Database Coding Dictionary.
National Wildlife Health Center, Madison, WI. 66 pp. (may be
retrieved by sending a request to cathy_acker@usgs.gov OR karen_cunningham@usgs.gov
)
- Distribution_Information:
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- Distributor:
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- Contact_Information:
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- Contact_Person_Primary:
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- Contact_Person: Cathy Acker or Karen Cunningham
- Contact_Organization: National Wildlife Health
Center
- Contact_Position: Diagnostic Database Manager
- Contact_Address:
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- Address_Type: mailing and physical address
- Address: 6006 Schroeder Road
- City: Madison
- State_or_Province: WI
- Postal_Code: 53711-6223
- Country: U.S.A.
- Contact_Voice_Telephone:
608-270-2431 ,
608-270-2423
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- Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 608-270-2415
- Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: cathy_acker, karen_cunningham (use suffix @usgs.gov)
- Hours_of_Service: 8AM-4:30PM weekdays, U.S. Central
Time, except holidays.
- Contact_Instructions:
- Please limit requests to written applications for specific
data. (Email is acceptable.)
- Resource_Description:
- The information can be referenced using the descriptor DIAGDATA
to denote the Wildlife Health Diagnostics Database.
- Distribution_Liability:
- Although these data have been processed successfully on a computer
system at the National Wildlife Health Center, no warranty expressed
or implied is made regarding the accuracy or utility of the data
on any other system or for general or scientific purposes, nor shall
the act of distribution constitute any such warranty. This disclaimer
applies both to individual use of the data and aggregate use with
other data. It is strongly recommended that these data are directly
acquired from a National Wildlife Health Center server, and not
indirectly through other sources which may have changed the data
in some way. It is also strongly recommended that careful attention
be paid to the contents of the metadata file associated with these
data. The National Wildlife Health Center shall not be held liable
for improper or incorrect use of the data described and/or contained
herein.
- Standard_Order_Process:
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- Digital_Form:
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- Digital_Transfer_Information:
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- Format_Name: MDB
- Format_Version_Number: Microsoft Access 2000
- Format_Specification: Windows 98/2000
- File_Decompression_Technique: no compression
applied
- Transfer_Size: variable
- Digital_Transfer_Option:
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- Offline_Option:
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- Offline_Media: CD-ROM
- Recording_Capacity:
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- Recording_Density: 650Mb
- Recording_Density_Units: megabytes
- Fees: No fees are charged at this time.
- Ordering_Instructions:
- Written requests for specific information from the Wildlife
Health Diagnostics Database (DIAGDATA) should be addressed to
the primary contact person noted above.
- Turnaround:
- Requests for information will be processed in as timely a
manner as possible. However, NWHC does reserve the right to
rank requests in line with mission priorities, serving its primary
Department of Interior clients first, and all response times
are tied to the availablity of personnel to process and fulfill
the request.
- Available_Time_Period:
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- Time_Period_Information:
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- Single_Date/Time:
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- Calendar_Date: Present
- Metadata_Reference_Information:
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- Metadata_Date: 20020718
- Metadata_Review_Date: 20020718
- Metadata_Future_Review_Date: 20030901
- Metadata_Contact:
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- Contact_Information:
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- Contact_Person_Primary:
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- Contact_Person: Kate Cleary
- Contact_Organization: National Wildlife Health Center
- Contact_Position: Diagnostic Database Manager
- Contact_Address:
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- Address_Type: mailing and physical address
- Address: 6006 Schroeder Road
- City: Madison
- State_or_Province: WI
- Postal_Code: 53711-6223
- Country: U.S.A.
- Contact_Voice_Telephone: 608-270-2424
- Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 608-270-2415
- Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address:
- Hours_of_Service: 8AM-4:30PM weekdays, U.S. Central Time, except holidays.
- Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata
- Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998
- Metadata_Time_Convention: local time
- Metadata_Security_Information:
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- Metadata_Security_Classification_System: None
- Metadata_Security_Classification: Unclassified
- Metadata_Security_Handling_Description: None
- Metadata_Extensions:
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- Online_Linkage: <http://www.esri.com/metadata/esriprof80.html>
- Profile_Name: ESRI Metadata Profile
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