Look for information and organizations concerned with wildlife-caused human and animal diseases…zoonoses.
Diseases are organized alphabetically by disease and/or affected species group.
General Information
Animal Health – Australia
Animal Health Diagnostic Center – Michigan State Univ.
An Overview of Zoonoses – Los Angeles Co. Public Health
Cage Trapping Safety Procedures – Univ. of Nebraska-Lincoln
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention – Diseases spread between animals and people
Wildlife Disease Manual – Michigan Department of Natural Resources
Field Manual of Wildlife Diseases (online by chapter) – (PDF) USGS, 2015
Journal of Wildlife Diseases – A peer-reviewed journal on all aspects of zoonotic research
Michigan Emerging Disease Issues – Michigan State Government
National Institute of Allergies & Infectious Diseases – U.S. Nat’l Institutes of Health
National Veterinary Services Laboratories – Ames, IA and Orient Point, NY
National Wildlife Health Center – U.S. Geological Survey: An outstanding site providing information on diseases that threaten both wildlife and humans alike.
Public Health Confronts the Chicken, the Hamster, and the Goat – (PDF) by John Pape of Colorado Public Health Dept. (a good introduction to how viruses emerge and mutate.)
Southeastern Cooperative Wildlife Disease Study – Univ. of Georgia
Wildlife Diseases & Humans – 1994 Prevention and Control of Wildlife Damage, University of Nebraska
Wildlife Exposure Factors Hndbk Vol 1 and Vol 2 – (PDF) 1993 EPA
Zoonoses – Texas Dept. of Health
Zoonoses Fact Sheet – 2008. OSHA
Zoonoses – World Health Organization (WHO)
Zoonoses and Communicable Diseases Common to Man and Animals – WHO, 3rd Ed. 2003
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Anaplasmosis
Anaplasmosis Bibliography – (PDF) USDA (APHIS)
Anaplasmosis in Cattle Fact Sheet – (PDF) Texas A&M
Anaplasmosis – Merck Vet Manual
Anaplasmosis – US National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Anaplasmosis – US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Identifying Anaplasmosis in the Cattle Herd – Univ. of Florida Extension
Anthrax
Anthrax in Humans and Animals – 2008. World Health Organization
Anthrax Lecture & Photos – Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison
Anthrax Questions and Answers – 2016. World Health Organization
Anthrax Vaccine – 2018. U.S. FDA
Anthrax Disease and Vaccine – 2022. National Vaccine Information Center
Anthrax – U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Anthrax – National Institute of Health
Arboviral Infections
Avian Botulism
Avian Botulism Fact Sheet – 2014. (PDF) Fish and Wildlife. Alberta, Canada
Avian Botulism – 2018. USGS
Avian Influenza
Avian Influenza – 2018. USGS
Avian Influenza Fact Sheet – 2018. (PDF) Cornell University Wildlife Health Lab
Distribution of Avian Influenza 2021 to 2022 – USGS
EDEN’s Avian Influenza Resources – Extension Disaster Education Network
Avian Influenza in Birds – CDC
Avian Influenza in Humans – CDC
Avian Influenza – 2022. Merck Vet Manual
Avian Influenza – 2018. WHO Fact Sheet
Avian Influenza – 2023. USDA APHIS
Birds
Bird Biosecurity – 2021. USDA APHIS
House Finch Conjunctivitis – 1998. (PDF) Penn State University
Blue Tongue Virus and Hemorrhagic Disease
Blue Tongue Virus – 2002. Purdue University
Blue Tongue – 2011. Florida University
Epizootic Hemorrhagic Disease – Michigan DNR
Hemorrhagic Disease of White-tailed Deer – (2013) Southeastern Cooperative Wildlife Disease University of Georgia
Hemorrhagic Disease of Deer – 2022. Cornell University.
Bovine Tuberculosis
Bovine TB & Deer – (PDF) 2004. National Federation of Badger Groups
Bovine TB – California State Info
Bovine TB Fact Sheet – 2021. (PDF) Cornell University Wildlife Health Lab
Bovine TB – 2022. Michigan State DNR
Brucellosis (Swine)
Feral Swine – (PDF) 1998. USDA
Diseases of Feral Swine – (PDF) USDA and SE Cooperative Wildlife Diseases Study/University of Georgia
Brucellosis in Pigs – 2022. Merck Vet Manual
Swine Brucellosis – (PDF) 1997. Seriological Paper
Brucellosis – 2021. Centers of Disease Control
Brucellosis Disease Information – 2023. USDA APHIS
National Brucellosis Eradication Program – 2020. USDA APHIS
Chronic Wasting Disease
CWD – Chronic Wasting Disease Alliance has links to state information
CWD – 2020. USDA APHIS
Chronic Wasting Disease – USGS National Wildlife Health Center
CWD – 2021. Cornell University Wildlife Health Lab
CWD and Potential Transmission to Humans – 2004. Emerging Infectious Diseases Journal – CDC
Occurrence, Transmission, and Zoonotic Potential of Chronic Wasting Disease – 2012. Emerging Infectious Disease Journal. CDC
CWD Transmission – 2021. CDC
Cryptococcosis
Distemper
Canine & Feline Distemper – Michigan DNR
E. coli
Feral in the Fields, Food Safety Risk from Wildlife – 2011. Food Safety News
Wildlife as a source of Human E. coli Infection – 2017. Letter to CDC.
Ehrlichiosis
Ehrlichiosis – American Lyme Disease Foundation
Ehrlichiosis – CDC
Ehrlichiosis – 2021. eMedicine
Ehrlichiosis and Anaplasmosis – 2022. Merck Manual
Ehrlichiosis – 2021. National Institute of Health
Fowl (Avian) Cholera
Avian Cholera Epidemiology – 1930. Journal of Experimental Medicine
Avian Cholera – 2020. Penn Vet, Univ. of Pennsylvania
Avian Cholera – (PDF) Louis Pasteur’s 1880 Article
Fowl Cholera – 2019. Merck Veterinary Manual
Fowl Cholera – Michigan DNR
Pasteurella Fact Sheet – 2018. (PDF) Cornell University Wildlife Health Lab
Giardiasis
Giardia – 2022. CDC
Giardia Infection – Mayo Clinic
Hantavirus
Hantavirus – (PDF) Oklahoma Health Department with links to English and Spanish fact sheets
Hantavirus Fact Sheet Spanish – 2014. (PDF) Oklahoma Health Department
How People Get Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome – 2012. CDC
Hantavirus – CDC
Hantavirus Cleanup – 2006. CDC
Hantavirus – 2021. National Institutes of Health
Hantavirus: Symptoms and Treatment of Infection – 2015. LiveScience
Hanta Virus Prevention Cleanup of Rodent Contamination – US Army Public Health Command
4th Hantavirus Victim in NM – 2016. USA Today, Ruidosa, NM
Protect Yourself from Hanta Virus – 2017. Interview, Univ. of Utah Health
Histoplasmosis
Histoplasmosis – 2020. CDC
Histoplasmosis: Protecting Workers at Risk – 2004. CDC & NIOSH
What Workers Should Know About Histoplasmosis – 2021. CDC & NIOSH
Leptospirosis
Leptospirosis – 2019. CDC
Leptospirosis Fact Sheet – 2018. (PDF) Cornell University Wildlife Health Lab
What is Leptospirosis? – 2018. Web MD
Lyme Disease
Lyme Disease – American Lyme Disease Foundation
Lyme Disease – CDC
Lyme Disease – Lyme Disease Foundation
Lyme Disease – Lyme Disease Network
Lyme Disease – Michigan DNR
Prevent Lyme Disease – 2018. (PDF) CDC
Tick Management Handbook – 2007. (PDF) CT Ag Experiment Station
Mad Cow Disease (BSE)
All About BSE – US FDA
BSE Mad Cow Disease – CDC
Mad Cow Disease – 2004. Science News
Mange (Sarcoptic)
Mange in Wildlife – Texas A&M
Sarcoptic and Demodectic Mange Mites – 2019. eXtension, Amy Fischer, University of Illinois
Mange Fact Sheet – 2018. (PDF) Cornell University Wildlife Health Lab
Sarcoptic Mange – Iowa State University, College of Veterinary Medicine
Professional Groups
Association of Reptiles & Amphibian Veterinarians
Southeastern Cooperative Wildlife Disease Study – University of Georgia
Wildlife Disease Assoiation – Professional Association
Papillomavirus, Shope
Handout on the Virus – 2005. by Medirabbit.com
Shope Papilloma – 2019. Papilloma.org
Shope Virus – Diseases of Research Animals
Pseudorabies
Pseudorabies – 2023. USDA APHIS
Pseudorabies – University of MN
Pseudorabies – 202. Merck Vet Manual
Pseudorabies Fact Sheet – 2015. Iowa State University Swine Health Center
Publications
Journal of Veterinary Pathology – American College of Veterinary Pathologists
The Wildlife Disease Association
Rabies
Rabies – CDC
Rabies – Mayo Clinic
Rabies Fact Sheet – 2018. (PDF) Cornell University Wildlife Health Lab
Wildlife Reservoirs for Rabies – 2019. CDC
Raccoon Roundworm (Baylisascaris procyonis)
Baylisascaris procyonis – CDC
Baylisascariasis – 2005. Clinical Microbiology Reviews
Raccoon Roundworm Fact Sheet – 2018. (PDF) Cornell University Wildlife Health Lab
Reptiles & Amphibians
Snakebite First Aid – 2021. Mayo Clinic
Snakebites – Healthline
Snakebites – Johns Hopkins Medicine
Venomous Snakebites: Symptoms and First Aid – 2021. CDC NIOSH
Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever
Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever – CDC
Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever – Mayo Clinic
Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever – MedScape
Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever – Johns Hopkins Medicine
Salmonellosis
Salmonella – CDC
Salmonella Fact Sheet – 2018. (PDF) Cornell University Wildlife Health Lab
Salmonella as a Zoonose – 2020. National Veterinary Institute
Zoonotic Diseases – Salmonella – 2007. MedScape
Shigellosis
Shigella – Mayo Clinic
Shigellosis – CDC
Shigellosis – 2021. Healthline
Ticks
Arthropod Infestations – DermNet
Preventing Tick Bites – 2020. CDC
Risk of Disease from Mosquito and Tick Bites – 2023. EPA
Tick Info – Lyme Disease Association, include a photo gallery
Tickborne Diseases of the US – CDC
Ticks, Tick Bites – 2022. MedicineNet
Toxoplasmosis
Toxoplasmosis – CDC
Toxoplasmosis – Mayo Clinic
Toxoplasmosis – Pennsylvania Game Commission
Toxoplasmosis Fact Sheet – 2018. (PDF) Cornell University Wildlife Health Lab
Trichinosis
Trichinosis – CDC
Trichinosis Information for Hunters – 2017. CDC
Trichinosis Fact Sheet – 2021. Maine CDC
Trichinosis – 2013. (PDF) USGS National Wildlife Health Center
Trichinosis – 2020. University of Pennsylvania PennVet Wildlife Futures
Tuberculosis
Road Map for Zoonotic Tuberculosis – 2020. (PDF) World Health Organization
Zoonotic TB Fact Sheet – 2017. (PDF) World Health Organization
Tularemia
Tularemia Fact Sheet – State of Illinois
Tularemia – CDC
Tularemia Fact Sheet – 2021. (PDF) Cornell University Wildlife Health Lab
Tularemia – 2022. Merck Manual, Consumer Version
Tularemia Fact Sheet – 2016. Minnesota Department of Health
This Little Piggy Had Tularemia – 2011. AgLife Today
West Nile Virus
West Nile Virus Fact Sheet – 2018. (PDF) Cornell University Wildlife Health Lab
West Nile Virus Maps – USGS National Wildlife Health Center
West Nile Virus Mosquito Control – EPA
West Nile Virus Resource Guide – National Pesticide Information Center, Oregon State University
West Nile Virus – CDC
West Nile Virus – NIH MedLine Plus
West Nile Virus – USDA APHIS