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U.S. Department of the InteriorU.S. Geological Survey
Advancing Wildlife and Ecosystem Advancing Wildlife and Ecosystem Health through ScienceHealth through Science
Jonathan SleemanJonathan Sleeman
USGS National Wildlife Health CenterUSGS National Wildlife Health Center
Emerging Infectious DiseasesEmerging Infectious Diseases
Unprecedented number of emerging infectious diseases
Human-induced environmental changes favor disease emergence
Many disease threats to human, animal and ecosystem health are of wildlife origin
Consequences of Emerging DiseasesConsequences of Emerging Diseases
Impacts on human health, wildlife health & the global economies and societies
35 million people living with HIV globally
300 million poultry culled since 2003 as a result of H5N1 highly pathogenic avian flu
Chytrid fungus has reduced global diversity of amphibians
Ecological impacts of white-nose syndrome in bats
Invasive Species and Transboundary DiseasesInvasive Species and Transboundary Diseases
Global movement and trade of wildlife opens new pathways for pathogens to jump to new continents and new species Introduction of monkeypox to the United States from the trade
in Gambian pouched rats Avian botulism in Great Lakes outbreaks linked to invasive
gobies and dreissenid mussels Waterfowl die-offs in Midwestern states from exotic trematode
infection carried by European faucet snails
Lead PoisoningLead PoisoningAvian CholeraAvian Cholera
Newcastle Newcastle DiseaseDisease
Sea Otter Sea Otter MortalityMortality
Avian Avian BotulismBotulism
West Nile West Nile VirusVirus
MonkeypoxMonkeypox Chronic Chronic Wasting Wasting DiseaseDisease
1970s1970s
2009+2009+
White-White-Nose Nose
SyndromeSyndrome
Avian Avian InfluenzaInfluenza
Hawaiian Hawaiian Forest Bird Forest Bird DiseasesDiseases
Amphibian Amphibian MalformationsMalformations
Coral reef Coral reef healthhealth
Emerging Diseases Investigated by USGSEmerging Diseases Investigated by USGS(red indicates transboundary diseases)(red indicates transboundary diseases)
1990s1990s
Inclusion Inclusion Body DiseaseBody Disease
The U.S. Geological Survey’s National Wildlife Health Center mission is to provide national leadership to safeguard wildlife and ecosystem health through dynamic partnerships and exceptional science
Advancing Wildlife and Ecosystem Health
National Wildlife Health CenterNational Wildlife Health Center
Uniquely designed biocontainment (BSL-3) diagnostic and research facility for wildlife located in Madison, Wisconsin
Field station in Hawaii
““CDC for Wildlife”CDC for Wildlife”
Disease investigations Surveillance and monitoring Emergency response Applied research Education, training and outreach
What We Do What We Do
Advancing Wildlife and Ecosystem Health
Early Detection of Transboundary DiseasesEarly Detection of Transboundary Diseases
Investigating wildlife mortality events nationwide is critical to early detection of introduced diseases
Generates information vital to determine cause of death, assess the threat, and support management and law enforcement agencies
“Afflockalypse” blackbird deaths in Arkansas, 2011
White Nose Syndrome: An Example of a White Nose Syndrome: An Example of a Transboundary DiseaseTransboundary Disease In 2007, we discovered and described Geomyces
destructans, the likely infectious cause of white-nose syndrome in bats
Appears to be an introduced pathogen from Europe Causing unprecedented mortality of bats Bats are primary predators of insects and bat
population declines will negatively impact forest health, agriculture, and human health
One HealthOne Health Human-Agriculture-Wildlife-Ecosystem Health Human-Agriculture-Wildlife-Ecosystem Health
… in a Connected World… in a Connected World
DISEASE
Integrated Partner-Driven ScienceIntegrated Partner-Driven Science
Avian botulism in the distressed Great Lakes National Park Service
Wildlife trade and global disease emergence EcoHealth Alliance
For more information about the NWHC please visit:
http://www.nwhc.usgs.gov/
Contact Information:
Jonathan Sleeman, MA, VetMB, Dipl. ACZM, Dipl. ECZM, MRCVSCenter DirectorUSGS, National Wildlife Health Center6006 Schroeder RoadMadison, WI 53711
Tel: (608) 270 2401Fax: (608) 270 2415Email: [email protected]