Office of Fish and Wildlife Health and Forensics

Update: Cumberland County Blackbird Mortality - 1/4/17

The Office of Fish and Wildlife Health and Forensics (OFWHF) conducts investigations and research on diseases of captive and free-ranging fish and wildlife. It also performs tests and analyses of biological samples for law enforcement cases. Diagnostic services and treatments of the fish stocks at the Hackettstown and Pequest hatcheries are a continuing function of this office.

INFORMATION and RESEARCH

Epizootic Hemorrhagic Disease (EHD) in New Jersey
Mange in Fox and Coyote
Chronic Wasting Disease Information
Research on Contaminants in River Otters in New Jersey
Mosquito Control and West Nile Virus Information
Bird Flu Information - Updated August 2016
West Nile Virus (WNV) Information (NJ Dept. of Health)
Fish Health in New Jersey
Reporting Dead or Sick Wildlife (pdf, 16kb)

RELATED INFORMATION

Guidance to NJ Residents Who Hunt Deer, Elk or Moose in States Where CWD is Present - 08/21/16
NJ Animal Health Diagnostic Laboratory (AHDL) (NJ Dept. of Agriculture)
Wildlife Disease Fact Sheets (Northeast Wildlife Disease Cooperative)