Rabbit hemorrhagic disease virus is a highly contagious and fatal disease of wild and domestic rabbits. This disease is caused by several virus strains, including Rabbit Hemorrhagic Disease Virus Serotype 2 (RHDV2).
As of December 2021, Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) has been detected in free-ranging cervids in 26 states.
Read the March 2022 “Pathology Case of the Month” from the USGS National Wildlife Health Center involving a juvenile European Starling.
In September 2021, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources reported a mortality event involving two eastern gray squirrels (Sciurus carolinensis) and three eastern cottontail rabbits (Sylvilagus floridanus) in a residential neighborhood in Wisconsin, U.S.
Read and download the latest Wildlife Health Bulletin from the USGS National Wildlife Health Center, published December 7, 2021.
Test your pathology skills! Read the full case report for a morbidity and mortality event involving both juvenile and adult Wild Turkeys in Wisconsin, USA.
A widespread surveillance effort conducted by the USGS Amphibian Research and Monitoring Initiative contributed to reducing consequence risk by increasing confidence of Bsal absence in high-risk areas.
The global level of HPAI virus detections in wild birds as we begin winter 2020/2021 is similar to the winter of 2014/2015, when HPAI was detected in North American wild birds and heavily impacted domestic fowl.
Talk presented during the June 2020 CDC Zoonoses & One Health (ZOHU) Updates Call. ZOHU Calls are FREE one-hour monthly webinars that provide timely education on zoonotic and infectious diseases, One Health, antimicrobial resistance, food safety, vector-borne diseases, recent outbreaks, and related health threats at the animal-human-environment interface.
The USGS National Wildlife Health Center (NWHC) provides an index of wildlife disease information resources as a starting point to learn about selected wildlife diseases
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
