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2007 Spring Workshop
"Emerging Issues in Wildlife Diseases"
The Chapter hosted a successful two-day workshop on Emerging Issues on Wildlife Diseases on March 21-22, 2007 at the Great falls Discovery Center in Turners Falls, MA. The Silvio O. Conte NWR hosted us at their facility and the USDS APHIS Wildlife Services provided funding for the workshop.
Dr. Mark Pokras of Tufts University opened the workshop with an engaging talk on the emerging field of conservation medicine. This was followed by information sessions on tick-borne diseases, West Nile Virus, and Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE). The second day focused on Chronic Wasting Disease and Avian Influenza.
The workshop, attended by 47 the first day and 39 the second day, brought together a diversity of health, wildlife, veterinary, and resource management professionals. The workshop offered 5.75 and 5.0 TWS continuing education credits per day, respectively.
View the workshop presentations and other resources below for more information.
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March 21 Mosquito & Tick Borne Diseases
Keynote: Conservation Medicine,
Environmental Change
and Emerging Disease (pdf: 2.8 kb)
Mark Pokras, Wildlife Clinic Director, Dept of Environmental and Population Health,Tufts University |
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| Morning Session: Tick-borne Infectious Disease - Detection, Surveillance and Control |
Lyme borreliosis (NOT AVAILABLE)
Dr. Stephen M. Rich, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA |
Tularemia (Rabbit Fever) (pdf: 0.8 mb)
Dr. Sam R. Telford III, Cumming School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University, North Grafton, MA |
Tick Management & Lyme Disease (pdf: 3.1 mb)
Kirby C. Stafford III, Ph.D.,
Vice Director, Chief Entomologist
CT Agricultural Experiment Station |
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| Afternoon Session: West Nile Virus & Eastern Equine Encephalitis |
Ecology, Surveillance, and Status of WNV & EEE in New England (pdf: 0.7 mb)
Jason Stull, Public Health Veterinarian, NH Dept of Health and Human Services
Asst Clinical Prof, Dept of Health Mgmt and Policy,University of New Hampshire |
Detecting Population Effects of an
Emergent Disease in Wild Birds (pdf: 0.9 mb)
Shannon LaDeau, Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center |
Using Integrated Pest Management to Control Mosquitoes That Carry WNV & EEE (pdf: 2.7 mb)
Tadhgh Rainey, Director of the Mosquito & Vector Control Division, Hunterdon County Dept of Health |
Saltmarsh Restoration: New Techniques for Restoring a Critical Habitat & Reducing Local Mosquito Populations (pdf: 8 mb)
Geoff Wilson, Northeast Wetlands Restoration |
March 22 CWD & Avian Influenza
| Morning Session: Chronic Wasting Disease |
Chronic Wasting
Disease: An
Emerging
Wildlife Health
Crisis (pdf: 1.9 mb)
Nicole Hamilton Smith, CWD Biologist, MA Division of Fisheries and Wildlife |
CWD in the New England Region: Status, State and Federal Monitoring Programs, Surveillance Protocols, Collecting and Processing of Samples (pdf: 1.5 mb)
Kent Gustafson, Deer Project Leader, NH Fish & Game Dept |
Overview of Northeast Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies CWD Plan: Goals and Purpose, Risk Factors and Phases of Response (pdf: 0.6 mb)
John Buck, Chairman, Northeast Deer Technical Committee
Additional CWD Resources:
Northeast Association's CWD Plan (complete text - pdf: 0.3 mb)
Northeast Association's CWD Resolution (pdf: 38 kb) |
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| Afternoon Session: Avian Influenza |
Avian Influenza: An Overview from the Manomet Center (pdf: 0.9 mb)
Trevor Lloyd-Evans, Avian Conservation Senior Scientist, Manomet Center for Conservation Sciences |
USDA/APHIS/Wildlife Service
National Wildlife Disease Program:
Avian Influenza Surveillance in Wild Birds (pdf: 0.5 mb)
Seth Swafford, USDA, APHIS, Wildlife Services |
Avian Influenz National Early Detection
Surveillance Program:
State Wildlife Agency Role (pdf: 2.4 mb)
Tom O'Shea, Assistant Director of Wildlife, Mass Wildlife |
Current Surveillance
Strategies in the Commercial
Poultry Industry, Backyard
Flocks, and the Livebird
Marketing System (pdf: 0.6 mb)
Michael A. Kornreich, DVM
USDA, APHIS-Veterinary Services, Poultry Specialist, New England Area |
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