Wildlife Health Information Sharing Partnership-event reporting system (WHISPers)

WHISPers stands for Wildlife Health Information Sharing Partnership - event reporting system. It is a web-based repository for sharing basic information about historic and ongoing wildlife mortality (death) and morbidity (illness) events. The system possesses a searchable archive of wildlife mortality and morbidity event data that is available to the public. The information is opportunistically collected and does not reflect all the mortality events that occur in North America.

Types: Citation; Tags: Alabama, Alaska, American Samoa, Arizona, Arkansas, All tags... California, Canada, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Guam, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mexico, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Northern Mariana Islands, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico, RHDV2, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, U.S. Virgin Islands, USGS:581deaed-18e7-45b1-8935-1ea7342ba7e5, United States, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming, amphibian, avian, avian cholera, avian influenza, bird, botulism, disease, endangered species, epizootic, lead poisoning, mammal, marine invertebrate, morbidity, mortality, reptile, wildlife, wildlife health, Fewer tags

Avian Botulism in Distressed Great Lakes Environments

Description of Work A Department of Interior team, including U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), and National Park Service (NPS), is working to determine why botulism outbreaks, which have killed large numbers of fish and fish-eating birds, are occurring in the Great Lakes. This project will determine: 1) a quick assay test for the presence of the toxin , 2) how birds are exposed to the toxins, and 3) what factors combined trigger an outbreak. This information will be used to formulate management strategies. Botulism intoxication is caused by ingestion of neurotoxins produced by the bacterium Clostridium botulinum. Periodic outbreaks of type E botulism have resulted in die-offs of fish...

Categories: Project; Tags: GLRI, Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, Habitat & Wildlife, Template 73, All tags... botulism, highlight, loon, nearshore, Fewer tags