Course materials cover basic avian anatomy and physiology and provide you with current best practices for the first phase of raptor rehabilitation—patient stabilization. You will also receive instruction on safe handling methods, how to conduct a physical exam, the art of triage, and basic emergency care.
With late summer being “EHD season,” two recent news reports were published regarding deer mortalities due to EHD in New York and South Dakota.
The study examined left and right medial retropharyngeal lymph nodes from 101 ELISA-positive deer harvested from 2015 to 2019.
Okoniewski, J. C., VanPatten, C., Ableman, A. E., Hynes, K. P., Martin, A. L., & Furdyna, P. (2020). Anticoagulant Rodenticides in Red-tailed Hawks (Buteo jamaicensis) from New York City, New York, USA, 2012–2018. Journal of Wildlife Diseases. Study Highlights: Anticoagulant rodenticides, principally difethialone, brodifacoum, and bromadiolone, were detected in the livers […]
The condition involving swollen muzzles was identified in 25 white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) and 2 mule deer (O. hemionus).
This interdisciplinary course will cover diverse subjects such as basic epidemiology, public health, public policy, basic microbiology, food safety, and security, zoonotic diseases, sanitation and hygiene, antimicrobial resistance, environmental and ecosystem health, and the national and international organizations that oversee health, agriculture, and the environment.
In support of 2020 World Rabies Day on September 28, USDA Wildlife Services released a video to share their work.
Authors review the diversity and natural host range of β-CoVs in bats and examine the risk of humans inadvertently infecting free-ranging bats with SARS-CoV-2.
Biologists are asking the public for help as they investigate a statewide die-off among migratory birds in New Mexico
This is a 3-year Biologist Aide position to be a point of contact for the Chronic Wasting Disease program.
Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) Updates- February 2024 
Rabbit Hemorrhagic Disease Virus 2 in the U.S.: Current Updates – February 2024 
Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD): Current Updates April 2022 
“Foundations of Wildlife Chemical Capture Course” now available 
Non Human Primate COVID-19 Information Hub 
Global Amphibian & Reptile Disease Conference 
Wildlife Disease Association 70th Annual International Conference 2022 
Virtual 36th Annual Wildlife & Exotic Animal Symposium hosted by the students of WAAM & AEMC at UC Davis 
Wildlife Disease Association/European Wildlife Disease Association Joint Virtual Conference 2021 
NWRA Scholarships for Students and Wildlife Rehabilitators Designed by WPZOOM
