The California Department of Fish & Wildlife and the Karen C. Drayer Wildlife Health Center offer a four-to-six-week externship in Wildlife Medicine to senior veterinary students.
The American College of Zoological Medicine (ACZM) is now offering veterinarians the opportunity to become board certified specialists in Wildlife Population Health.
A recent publication in Journal of Wildlife Diseases described reference intervals for the acute phase proteins Serum-Amyloid A (SAA) and Haptoglobin (Hp) in free-ranging caribou (full article linked below). Acute phase proteins are used widely in domestic animals as an indicator of inflammation (one marker of current health status). This […]
“The Need for More C.A.R. in Wildlife Health: Consequences, Action, and Reverence” — a Special Species Symposium Keynote Lecture presented on March 30, 2025 by Dr. Craig Stephen, a Cornell K. Lisa Yang Center for Wildlife Health Distinguished Speaker. This event was sponsored by the Cornell K. Lisa Yang Center […]
Abstract: Emerging infections and environmental disruptions increasingly threaten wildlife and ecosystem health.Free-ranging wildlife often serve as early indicators of ecological instability, making timely detection ofmorbidity and mortality events critical for early warning. Yet, existing systems lack the analytical capacity forreal-time outbreak detection. We present WildAlert, an AI-driven early warning system […]
WildAlert- an AI-driven early warning system that integrates fine tuned BERT-based natural language processing models with unsupervised anomaly detection framework to
identify unusual wildlife health events using real-time pre-diagnostic clinical data from wildlife rehabilitation
organizations.
GARD Conference to be held in Knoxville, TN June 8-12 2026
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.
Students interested in becoming a free-ranging wildlife veterinarian often abandon this career path when they hit roadblocks early on. This article discusses what a free-ranging wildlife veterinarian does, different job opportunities that exist, and how to get the experience and training you need.
ACZM offers new board certification in Wildlife Population Health 
WildAlert: A Real-Time, AI-Driven Early Warning System for Wildlife Health and Ecological Threat Detection 
Tapeworm (Echinococcus multilocularis) previously not found in the Pacific Northwest has been detected in Washington state’s coyotes 
Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) Updates- May 2026 
Rabbit Hemorrhagic Disease Virus 2 (RHDV2) in the U.S.: Current Updates July 2026 
Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD): Current Updates July 2026 
“Foundations of Wildlife Chemical Capture Course” now available 
Non Human Primate COVID-19 Information Hub 
Wildlife Disease Association (WDA) Annual Conference 2026: Chicago, Illinois July 26-31, 2026 
Global Amphibian & Reptile Disease Conference 2026 
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 Designed by WPZOOM
