Fish and Wildlife Disease

Infectious disease is an important component of both aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems. Research by the USGS uses the latest tools of molecular biology and genetics to address the ecology of infectious diseases affecting both fish and wildlife. Studies include novel methods for the development of more rapid and sensitive methods for the detection and identification of pathogens and diagnosis of disease, an improved understanding of the factors controlling the epidemiology of fish and wildlife diseases, and the development of novel methods to control losses from infectious diseases, including new generation vaccines as well as predictive tools and management approaches for diseases affecting both captive and wild populations.

Amphibians Chytrid Fungus Birds Avian Influenza, Avian Malaria, Immunity and Climate Change, Scaley-leg Mites, Viral Genetics, West Nile Virus, Wild Bird Avian Cholera Corals Microarray and Coral Disease Fish Bacterial Kidney Disease (BKD), Cyanotoxins in Klamath Lake, Infectious Hematopoietic Necrosis Virus, Northern Snakehead and Risk of Exotic Pathogen Introduction, Pallid Sturgeon Iridovirus, Zoonotic Mycobacteriosis and Adaptive Fishery Managment, Q-PCR Detection of Bacterial Sources of Thiaminase I, Quarantine Mussels to Prevent Disease Transmission to Brook Trout, Non-Destructive Procedures for Bacteria Recovery, Trout: Pathogens and Fish Stocking Practices in National Parks, Viral Hemorrhagic Septicemia Virus, Climate Change and Fish Health Mammals Brucellosis; White-tailed Deer and Chronic Wasting Disease; Influenza; Prairie Dogs, Black-footed Ferrets and Sylvatic Plague; Predicting Parasite Spread among Greater Yellowstone Elk; Sea Otters; White-Nose Syndrome (WNS), Bats Reptiles Mycoplasmosis in Desert Tortoises Diagnostic Protocols Infectious diseases are diagnosed using methods that directly or indirectly detect the infectious agent in a tissue or fluid sample. This website links to USGS protocols for the diagnosis of key fish and wildlife pathogens. Mollusks Indigenous Bacteria in Mussels from Virginia Rivers, Non-Destructive Procedures for Bacteria Recovery, Bacteria from Fusconaia ebena Experiencing Die-Offs, Quarantine Mussels to Prevent Disease Transmission to Brook Trout

• Genetics and Genomics - Epidemiology of Fish and Wildlife Diseases
• NBII Wildlife Disease Information Node
• Field Manual of Wildlife Disease: General Field Procedures and Diseases of Birds
  

Scientists* Atkinson, Carter T. Backlin, Adam R. Banko, Paul C.   Berry, Kristen H. Blehert, David S. Bodkin, James L. Cross, Paul C. Cryan, Paul   Densmore, Christine Derksen, Dirk V. Dusek, Robert J. Elliott, Diane G. Hahn, Caldwell Hall, Jeffrey S. Hansen, Wallace R.   Heisey, Dennis M.   Hershberger, Paul K.   Hill, Nichola J. Hofmeister, Erik K. Ip, Hon S. Iwanowicz, Luke R. Johnson, Christopher J.   Kellogg, Christina A. Kirshtein, Julie Kurath, Gael LaPointe, Dennis A. Lisle, John T.   Miles, A. Keith Muths, Erin Ottinger, Christopher A.   Panek, Frank M. Pilliod, David Purcell, Maureen K. Richter, Catherine A. Rocke, Tonie E. Rosen, Barry Samuel, Michael D. Starliper, Clifford E. Takekawa, John Y. Winton, James R. Wood, Dustin A. Work, Thierry M.

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*this list of USGS scientists involved in fish and wildlife disease is likely to be incomplete