Wildlife Health

Diseases, environmental contaminants, and invasive species are factors that can impact the health of wildlife. Wildlife health is critical for endangered and threatened species, and in the case of zoonotic diseases and environmental contaminants, imperative for human health. Listed below are resources describing what USGS is doing to help improve environmental health conditions

• Amphibian Malformations and Declines (NWHC) (also related to Amphibians and Reptiles )

• Avian Botulism (NWHC) (also related to Birds)

• Avian Cholera (NWHC) (also related to Birds)

• Avian Influenza (also related to Birds)

• Avian Pox (NWHC) (also related to Birds)

• Avian Vacuolar Myelinopathy (NWHC) (also related to Birds)

• Biocomplexity of Introduced Avian Diseases in Hawaii: Threats to Biodiversity of Native Forest Ecosystems (PIERC) (also related to Birds)

• Chronic Wasting Disease (NWHC) (also related to Mammals: Large Species)

• Conservation Genetics in the U.S. Geological Survey. Fact Sheet. Download the File. (922 KB, PDF) (applies to all science centers, although the document is from FRESC) (also related to Birds, Genetics, Imperiled Species, Mammals: Large Species)

• Disease Emergence and Resurgence: The Wildlife-Human Connection (NWHC)

• Duck Plague (Duck Virus Enteritis) (NWHC) (also related to Birds)

• Ecology and Diagnosis of Introduced Avian Malaria in Hawaiian Forest Birds. Fact Sheet. Download the File. (1137 KB, PDF) (PIERC) (also related to Birds, Invertebrates)

• Feral Pigs, Introduced Mosquitoes, and the Decline of Hawaii's Native Birds. Fact Sheet. Download the File. (756 KB, PDF) (PIERC) (also related to Birds, Invertebrates, Mammals: Small Species, Imperiled Species)

• Foot and Mouth Disease (NWHC) (also related to Mammals: Large Species)

• Lead Poisoning in Migratory Birds (NWHC) (also related to Birds)

• Mercury Exposure as a Factor in Common Loon Productivity  (UMESC) (also related to Birds)

• Method Development for Determining Causes, Timing, and Magnitude of Mortality of Common Loon Chicks in Northern Wisconsin (UMESC) (also related to Birds, Radar Ecology)

• National Wildlife Health Center (NWHC) White-Nose Syndrome News (NWHC) (also related to Mammals: Small Species)

• Salmonellosis (NWHC) (also related to Birds)

• Vulture Die-offs in Pakistan (NWHC) (also related to Birds)

• West Nile Virus (NWHC) (also related to Amphibians and Reptiles, Birds, Invertebrates, Mammals: Large Species, Mammals: Small Species)

• White-Nose Syndrome in Bats (FORT) (also related to Mammals: Small Species)