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About SCWDS
The
Cooperative Approach
The
state-federal cooperative structure of the Southeastern Cooperative
Wildlife Disease Study (SCWDS) is the most cost-efficient means of
providing high quality wildlife disease expertise to State and Federal
Agencies responsible for this nation's wildlife and domestic livestock
resources. By sharing facilities, vehicles, scientific equipment,
salaries, and other costs, each sponsoring agency has access to
wildlife capabilities far more sophisticated and responsive than could
be afforded individually.
The SCWDS program does not duplicate the efforts of any existing State
or
Federal Laboratory or Agency but, instead, provides services of scope
and
quality that otherwise would not be available.
 The wildlife agencies of 15
states (shown in red on map) & Puerto Rico and the Biological Resources Division
of the United States Department of the Interior fund regional
wildlife
research and service projects. SCWDS also is supported by
Veterinary
Services of the Animal and Plant
Health
Inspection Service (APHIS), U.S.
Department of Agriculture (USDA), for consultation and surveillance
on a national and international basis where diseases may interact among
wildlife
, domestic livestock, and poultry. In
addition to the financial benefits of a cooperative approach, there are
numerous other points of consideration. Wildlife disease problems
are of mutual concern to a variety of people...wildlife managers,
outdoor recreationists, farmers, landowners, veterinarians, and
physicians. SCWDS serves as common ground where wildlife experts
work hand-in-hand with private, state, and
federal authorities toward a common goal.
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