Topic Index

Topic Index

This index provides links to documents of interest for wildlife managers and animal health workers. Most of these items were taken from past issues of our newsletter, SCWDS Briefs. The date of publication, volume number, and issue are given for each SCWDS Briefs article.

For example, Meningeal Worms in Elk. 7-97; 13.2 was published July, 1997. It is the second issue of the thirteenth volume.

Where further information is needed links to other web sites are incorporated in the Topic Index.

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Click on the appropriate letter to view an alphabetical list of wildlife disease topics.

Adenovirus

News from the WDA Conference 7-00; 16.2
Update on California’s deer Adenovirus 10-97; 13.3

Aflatoxin

Aflatoxicosis in Louisiana Geese 4-99; 15.1
Aflatoxins and Risks for Wildlife 10-98; 14.3
Aflatoxin Tested in Wild Turkeys 4-97; 13.1
Aflatoxin Fed to White-Tailed Deer 10-94; 10.3
Aflatoxin and White-Tailed Deer 1-94; 9.4
Aflatoxin Threat to Wildlife 10-93; 9.3

American Coot

2002-2003 AVM Update 4-03; 19.1
AVM Studies Continue at SCWDS 10-02; 18.3
AVM Eagle Toll Climbs 1-02; 17.4
Update on AVM Studies 7-01; 17.2
AVM Kills Georgia Eagles 1-01; 16.4
AVM Study Completed 7-00; 16.2
Wildlife Health Alert on Neurologic Disease in Ducks and Eagles 1-99; 14.4
Study on Neurologic Disease in Coots 10-98; 14.3
Mystery Disease in GA & NC Coots 1-98; 13.4
Bald Eagle Mortality in Arkansas 1-97; 12.4
Mysterious Eagle Mortality 4-95; 11.1

Anaplasmosis

Surveillance for Human Ehrlichioses Agents Using White-tailed Deer 10-03; 19.3
Anaplasmosis Revisited 1-92; 7.4

Anthrax

Anthrax Hits Texas 7-01; 17.2
Anthrax in Deer 10-91; 7.3
Anthrax in the Delta 10-85; 1.3

Armadillos

Leprosy Not Detected in Armadillos 4-89; 5.1
Collaborative Project on Armadillos 10-87; 3.3

Arsenic

A Case in Point 1-86; 1.4

Aspergillosis

Acute Aspergillosis in Mallards 1-96; 11.4

Avian Cholera

Avian Cholera on Chesapeake Bay 4-94; 10.1

Avian Influenza (AI)

HPAI and wild birds 1-04; 19.4
Low Pathogenicity AI in Virginia 7-02; 18.2
Avian Influenza in Mexican Poultry: Wildlife Implications 4-95; 11.1
Avian Influenza Hits Mexico 4-95; 11.1
Avian Flu in Maryland Game Gird Farm 1-94; 9.4
Poultry Producers Oppose National Wildlife Refuge 10-87; 3.3
Pen-Raised Game Birds in Spotlight 10-86; 2.3
Avian Influenza in Live Poultry Markets 7-86; 2.2

Avian Vacuolar Myelinopathy (AVM)

2002-2003 AVM Update 4-03; 19.1
AVM Studies Continue at SCWDS 10-02; 18.3
AVM Eagle Toll Climbs 1-02; 17.4
Update on AVM Studies 7-01: 17.2
AVM Kills Georgia Eagles 1-01; 16.4
AVM Study Completed 7-00; 16.2
Wildlife Health Alert on Neurologic Disease in Ducks and Eagles 1-99; 14.4
Study on Neurologic Disease in Coots 10-98; 14.3
Mystery Disease in GA & NC Coots 1-98; 13.4
Bald Eagle Mortality in Arkansas 1-97; 12.4
Mysterious Eagle Mortality 4-95; 11.1

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Baiting/Feeding

White Paper on Feeding and Baiting 7-03;19.2

Bald Eagles

Pentobarbital Poisoning of Eagles 10-03; 19.3
2002-2003 AVM Update 4-03; 19.1
AVM Studies Continue at SCWDS 10-02; 18.3
AVM Eagle Toll Climbs 1-02; 17.4
Update on AVM Studies 7-01: 17.2
Secondary Poisoning from Euthanasia Drug 1-01; 16.4
AVM Kills Georgia Eagles 1-01; 16.4
AVM Study Completed 7-00; 16.2
Wildlife Health Alert on Neurologic Disease in Ducks and Eagles 1-99; 14.4
Study on Neurologic Disease in Coots 10-98; 14.3
Mystery Disease in GA & NC Coots 1-98; 13.4
Bald Eagle Mortality in Arkansas 1-97; 12.4
Mysterious Eagle Mortality 4-95; 11.1

Bats

Brochure on Bat Rabies 10-98; 14.3
Rabies in Bats 7-98; 14.2
Center for Disease Control Halts Bat Traffic 10-95; 11.3

Baylisascaris

Raccoon Roundworm: Public Health Perspective 4-86; 2.1

Beaver

Giardia and Wildlife 7-98; 14.2

Bird Feeders

Bird Feeder Biosecurity 10-94; 10.3

Blackhead Disease- see Histomoniasis

BMPs

SCWDS to Assist in Trap Evaluations 1-98; 13.4

Bobcats

Bobcat Parasite Deadly to Domestic Cats 4-96; 12.1
Bobcats Cull Sick Deer 1-94; 9.4

Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy -also see Chronic Wasting Disease

BSE Investigation completed 1-04; 19.4

Brain Abscesses

Results of Brain Abscess Study 7-97; 13.2
"Pick-Up" Deer Skulls May Have Clues About Brain Abscesses 1-96; 11.4
Adult Bucks Prone to Brain Abscesses 7-89; 5.2

Brucellosis

Brucellosis in Wyoming cattle 1-04; 19.4
Pseudorabies and brucellosis problems in feral swine 4-04; 20.1
Idaho Brucellosis Linked to Wildlife 10-02; 18.3
Eau de Brucella? 10-96; 12.3
National Databases for Feral Swine Diseases 1-95; 10.4
Wild Swine Behind Fence 7-94; 10.2
Wild Swine Brochure 10-91; 7.3
New Restrictions for Wild Swine 1-90; 5.4
Good Bye Myth 1-86; 1.4
Swine Brucellosis in Wild/Feral Hogs 10-85; 1.3
Wild Swine Diseases in Hawaii 7-85; 1.1&1.2
White-Tailed Deer Don’t Spread Brucellosis. 7-85, 1.1&1.2
Feral Swine Disease and Parasite Survey 7-85; 1.1&1

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Cache Valley Virus

Obscure Virus Afflicts North Carolina Deer Hunter 4-96; 12.1

Calcivirus=Rabbit Calcivirus Disease (RCD)=Viral Hemorrhagic Disease of Rabbits

Aussie Rabbits Protected from Calcivirus 1-01; 16.4
Calcivirus Hits Iowa Rabbitry 4-00; 16.1

Campylobacter

Wildlife Surveyed for Campylobacter 10-93, 9.3
Deer Surveyed for Three Pathogens 1-93; 8.4

Canine Distemper

Raccoon Case Records Reviewed. 7-90; 6.2
Scent Post Study Scuttled by Distemper. 1-90; 5.4
North Carolina Scent Post Study. 1-90; 5.4
Gray Fox Case Records Reviewed. 1-90; 5.4
Vaccine-Induced Distemper in Gray Foxes. 4-89; 5.1

Capture Myopathy

Hazards of Deer Relocation 4-99; 15.1
Capture Myopathy. 1-94; 9.4

Cattle

BSE Investigation completed 1-04; 19.4
Brucellosis in Wyoming cattle 1-04; 19.4
Michigan TB Developments 4-03; 19.1
Idaho Brucellosis Linked to Wildlife 10-02; 18.3
Anthrax Hits Texas 7-01; 17.2
Update on FMD 7-01; 17.2
News from the WDA Conference 7-00; 16.2
Michigan TB Status Reclassified 7-00; 16.2
Screwworms. 4-00; 16.1
More TB in Michigan 1-00; 15.4
E.coli O157:H7 in Deer and Cattle 1-00; 15.4
Meningeal Worms in Cattle 4-99; 15.1
EHDV and Cattle 10-98; 14.3
TB in a Michigan Cow 7-98; 14.2
Bovine Coccidiosis Not Linked to Geese 7-98; 14.2
Michigan Accelerates Battle Against TB 4-98; 14.1
Update on Michigan Bovine TB 1-98; 13.4

Cattle Egrets

New USDA/SCWDS Studies 10-03; 19.3
Cattle Egrets and the Tropical Bont Tick . 7-92; 8.2
Color-Coded Cattle Egrets . 7-90; 6.2

Chicken

Exotic Newcastle Disease Quarantine Lifted 10-03; 19.3
Exotic Newcastle Disease Found in Texas 4-03; 19.1
Exotic Newcastle Disease Outbreak 1-03; 18.4
Composted Chicken Litter Safer for Wildlife 4-99; 15.1
Mycoplasma gallisepticum Transmission between Finches and Chickens. 4-97; 13.1
Chicken Litter to be Evaluated. 7-90; 6.2

Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD)

CWD Developments 7-04; 20.2
2nd International CWD symposium 7-04; 20.2
CWD Proposal Rule Published 1-04; 19.4
Contributions for CWD Work 1-04; 19.4
BSE Investigation completed 1-04; 19.4
CWD Surveillance in the Southeast 7-03; 19.2
More CWD Items in the News 4-03; 19.1
New Info on Captive Cervids and CWD 4-03; 19.1
New APHIS Funds for CWD Work 4-03; 19.1
The Latest on CWD 1-03; 18.4
Chronic Wasting Disease Update: October 2002 10-02; 18.3
New CWD Video Available 7-02; 18.2
More Chronic Wasting Disease 7-02; 18.2
Public Health Concerns About CWD 4-02; 18.1
CWD in Wild Deer and Elk 4-02; 18.1
CWD in Captive Cervids 4-02; 18.1
CWD Management 4-02; 18.1
CWD Surveillance, Doing the Numbers 4-02; 18.1
CWD Diagnosis 4-02; 18.1
CWD Epidemiology 4-02; 18.1
Chronic Wasting Disease 101 4-02; 18.1
Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy 4-02; 18.1
TSEs of Domestic Animals and Humans 4-02; 18.1
Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies 4-02; 18.1
Special CWD Issue 4-02; 18.1
CWD News from Nebraska and Kansas 1-02; 17.4
CWD Calamity in Colorado 10-01; 17.3
USDA Declares CWD Emergency 10-01; 17.3
CWD in Saskatchewan Mule Deer 4-01; 17.1
CWD in Nebraska Deer 1-01; 16.4
News from the WDA Conference 7-00; 16.2
CWD and Human Health 7-00; 16.2
HD and CWD Surveys 1-00; 15.4
CWD in Penned Elk in CO and MT 10-99; 15.3
CWD Survey 7-99; 15.2
Another CWD Case in Nebraska 7-99; 15.2
Guidelines for CWD in Captive Elk 1-99; 14.4
CWD Video 10-98; 14.3
CWD Added to HD Survey 10-98; 14.3
CWD in Oklahoma 7-98; 14.2
More CWD 4-98; 14.1
Chronic Wasting Disease in SD 4-98; 14.1
Be Alert for the Chronic Wasting Disease Profile in Deer. 10-97; 13.3
Colorado Intensifies Study of Chronic Wasting Disease. 1-97; 12.4
Chronic Wasting Disease in Canada. 4-96; 12.1

Classical Swine Fever (CSF) = Hog Cholera

CSF Control Targets Wild Boars 1-02; 17.4
Hog Cholera Surveillance on California’s Channel Islands. 4-87; 3.1

Coccidiosis

Renal Coccidiosis Agent Investigated 1-03; 18.4
Bovine Coccidiosis Not Linked to Geese 7-98; 14.2

Contraception

Plants as Wildlife Contraceptives? 10-96; 12.3
Building a Rabbit “Bomb” in Australia 1-95; 10.4
Birth Control for Bambi? 4-93; 9.1

Coyote

Coyote Strain of Rabies in Florida 1-95; 10.4
Texas Rabies Strain Found in Alabama 1-94; 9.4

Crows

Crow decoys used in WNV study 7-04; 20.2
BIG Year for West Nile Virus 1-04; 19.4
West Nile Virus Conference Held 4-03; 19.1
Further Spread of WNV 10-01; 17.3
West Nile Virus Heads South 7-01: 17.2
West Nile Virus Surveillance-2000. 4-00; 16.1
Did West Nile Virus Survive the Winter? 4-00; 16.1
West Nile Virus 10-99; 15.3

Cryptosporidiosis

Update on Cryptosporidium and Giardia in Wildlife 7-02; 18.2
Cryptosporidiosis. 7-94; 10.2

Cytauxzoon

Bobcat Parasite Deadly to Domestic Cats. 4-96; 12.1

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Deer (See White-Tailed Deer or Mule Deer)

Doves (see Mourning doves)

Ducks

AVM Studies Continue at SCWDS 10-02; 18.3
Wildlife Health Alert on Neurologic Disease in Ducks and Eagles 1-99; 14.4
Duck Plague in New York's Finger Lakes. 4-94; 10.1
Duck Plague in California, Maryland and South Carolina. 7-93; 9.2
Duck Plague Erupts in Virginia and Maryland. 7-91; 7.2
Virginia Hit by Duck Plague 10-86; 2.3
Duck Plague Raises Its Ugly Head 1-86; 1.4

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Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE)

EEE in a Georgia Deer 10-01; 17.3

Echinococcus multilocularis

Advisory on Echinococcus multilocularis 7-94; 10.2
Dangerous Tapeworm 4-94; 10.1
More Translocated Foxes 4-94; 10.1
Translocated Foxes and Public Health 7-86; 2.2

Ehrlichiosis

Characterization of Ehrlichia chaffeensis from Deer 10-03; 19.3
Surveillance for Human Ehrlichioses Agents Using White-tailed Deer 10-03; 19.3
NIH funds SCWDS Ehrlichiosis Study 7-00; 16.2
Possible Human Ehrlichiosis via Deer Blood 10-96; 12.3
Deer Harbor Ehrlichia chaffeensis 10-96; 12.3
Advisory on Human Ehrlichiosis 10-95; 11.3
Deer Evaluated as Host of New Parasite 1-93; 8.4

Elaphostrongylus cervi

A Foreign Worm Threat? 4-87; 3.1

Elk

Wyoming Elk Mortality 4-04; 20.1
CWD Developments 7-04; 20.2
2nd International CWD symposium 7-04; 20.2
CWD Proposal Rule Published 1-04; 19.4
Contributions for CWD Work 1-04; 19.4
CWD Surveillance in the Southeast 7-03; 19.2
More CWD Items in the News 4-03; 19.1
New Info on Captive Cervids and CWD 4-03; 19.1
New APHIS Funds for CWD Work 4-03; 19.1
The Latest on CWD 1-03; 18.4
TWS Reviews Wild Ungulate Confinement 1-03; 18.4
Idaho Brucellosis Linked to Wildlife 10-02; 18.3
Chronic Wasting Disease Update: October 2002 10-02; 18.3
CWD in Wild Deer and Elk 4-02; 18.1
CWD News from Nebraska and Kansas 1-02; 17.4
CWD Calamity in Colorado 10-01; 17.3
USDA Declares CWD Emergency 10-01; 17.3
CWD in Saskatchewan Mule Deer 4-01; 17.1
CWD in Nebraska Deer 1-01; 16.4
Bovine TB in Manitoba Elk 1-01; 16.4
CWD and Human Health 7-00; 16.2
More TB in Michigan 1-00; 15.4
HD and CWD Surveys 1-00; 15.4
CWD in Penned Elk in CO and MT 10-99; 15.3
CWD Survey 7-99; 15.2
Another CWD Case in Nebraska 7-99; 15.2
Prevention of Meningeal Worm Infection 4-99; 15.1
TB Regs Finalized for Cervids 1-99; 14.4
Michigan TB Update 1-99; 14.4
Guidelines for CWD in Captive Elk 1-99; 14.4
Arkansas Elk Hunt 1-99; 14.4
CWD Video 10-98; 14.3
Model Health Protocol for Elk 7-98; 14.2
CWD in Oklahoma 7-98; 14.2
More CWD 4-98; 14.1
Chronic Wasting Disease in SD 4-98; 14.1
Model Protocol for Health Testing Reintroduced Elk. 10-97; 13.3
Meningeal Worms in Elk. 7-97; 13.2
Discussion on Elk Reintroduction Continues. 1-97; 12.4
Elk Reintroduction and Meningeal Worms. 4-96; 12.1

Encephalitis (See also West Nile Virus)

West Nile Virus Conference Held 4-03; 19.1
West Nile Virus in Bluejays 10-02; 18.3
Coast to Coast in Four Years 10-02; 18.3
West Nile Virus Surveillance-2000. 4-00; 16.1
Did West Nile Virus Survive the Winter? 4-00; 16.1
West Nile Virus 10-99; 15.3
Human Encephalitis Surfaces in West Virginia. 4-88; 4.1

Equine Protozoal Myeloencephalitis (EPM)

New Info on EPM 10-01; 17.3
Opossum Linked to Horse Disease. 1-96; 11.4

Escherichia coli

E.coli O157:H7 in Deer and Cattle 1-00; 15.4
GA Deer Surveyed for E. coli: O157:H7 1-98; 13.4
Escherichia coli - Are Deer Involved? 4-97; 13.1
Deer Surveyed for Three Pathogens. 1-93; 8.4

Eustrongylides

An Old Case with a New Twist 7-86; 2.2

Euthanasia

Pentobarbital Poisoning of Eagles 10-03; 19.3
Secondary Poisoning from Euthanasia Drug 1-01; 16.4
New AVMA Euthanasia Panel 7-00; 16.2
Euthanasia Options Limited 4-97; 13.1

Exotics

Monkeypox Introduced with Exotic Pets 7-03; 19.2

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Feral Animals (Feral Pig see Wild Swine)

Florida Passes Feral Cat Policy 7-03;19.2

Ferrets

Ferret Rabies Policy Changed: Wolf-Dogs Next? 4-98; 14.1
NASPHV Advisory on Domestic Ferrets and Rabies. 10-94; 10.3

Food Plots

Wildlife Seed Treatment 10-99; 15.3

Food Safety

Fresh Rare Venison?A Word of Caution. 7-93; 9.2
Deer Surveyed for Three Pathogens. 1-93; 8.4
Food Safety Experts Study “Rudy Stew” Among Other Issues. 7-90; 6.2

Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD)

U.K. Regaining FMD Free Status 1-02; 17.4
U.K. Nears FMD Success 10-01; 17.3
Update on FMD 7-01; 17.2
No Time for Complacency! 4-01; 17.1
What If FMD Hits? 4-01; 17.1
APHIS Policies for Wildlife in an FMD Emergency 4-01; 17
Keep FMD Out of America! 4-01; 17.1
Concern for FMD Increases 4-01; 17.1
Are We Ready for Foot and Mouth Disease? 1-87; 2.4

Forensics

New Lab Can Identify Meat and Blood 7-91; 7.2

Fowl Cholera

Fowl Cholera Studied 10-86; 2.3
Fowl Cholera Studies Underway 1-86; 1.4

Foxes

Red Fox Mange 7-96; 12.2
Gray Fox Case Records Reviewed 1-90; 5.4
North Carolina Scent Post Study. 1-90; 5.4
Vaccine-Induced Distemper in Gray Foxes. 4-89; 5.1
Red Fox, Mange, and Ivermectin 1-87; 2.4

Fox Hunting Enclosures

Rabid Gray Foxes Translocated 4-95; 11.1
Animals Examined from Florida Foxpen 4-95; 11.1
Coyote Strain of Rabies in Florida 1-95; 10.4
Advisory on Echinococcus multilocularis 7-94; 10.2
More Translocated Foxes 4-94; 10.1
Dangerous Tapeworm 4-94; 10.1
Texas Rabies Strain Found in Alabama 1-94; 9.4
Fox Hunting Enclosures Surveyed for Dangerous Parasite 7-92; 8.2
Fox Sales Numerous and Widespread 10-91, 7.3
Operation "Fox Trot" Yields More Than Foxes 1-90; 5.4
Translocated Foxes and Public Health 7-86; 2.2

Fur-Bearer

SCWDS to Assist in Trap Evaluations 1-98; 13.4

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Goose

2002-2003 AVM Update 4-03; 19.1
AVM Studies Continue at SCWDS 10-02; 18.3
Aflatoxicosis in Louisiana Geese 4-99; 15.1
Bovine Coccidiosis Not Linked to Geese 7-98; 14.2

Giardia

Update on Cryptosporidium and Giardia in Wildlife 7-02; 18.2
Giardia and Wildlife 7-98; 14.2

Gopher Tortoise

Pathogen Found in Georgia Gopher Tortoise. 10-97; 13.3

Graduate Students/Employees

More SCWDS Graduate Student Accolages 7-03; 19.2
SCWDS Employee Honored 4-03; 19.1
Graduate Student Accolades 10-02;18.3

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Hantavirus

Hantavirus Brochure. 4-95; 11.1
Hantavirus: Are Biologists at Risk? 7-94; 10.2
Hantavirus Disease Emerges. 7-93; 9.2

Health Certificate

The Mystique of the “Health Certificate”. 4-96; 12.1

Heartwater

New USDA/SCWDS Studies 10-03; 19.3
Tropical Bont Tick on St. Croix 1-01; 16.4
Exotic Tortoise Ticks in Florida 1-00; 15.4
Tropical Bont Tick Update. 7-89; 5.2
Foreign Disease Time Bomb in Caribbean. 1-89; 4.4
SCWDS Monitors Antiguan Wildlife for Bont Tick. 10-88; 4.3
Heartwater Menace Increasing. 4-86; 2.1

Hemorrhagic Disease

EHDV and VTV isolations during 2003 4-04; 20.1
Your EHD viruses at work 4-04; 20.1
2003 HD Survey Results 7-04;20.2
Record Year for HD 1-03; 18.4
HD Viral Persistence 7-02; 18.2
Maternal Antibodies and Innate Resistance to HD 1-02; 17.4
HD 2000 4-01; 17.1
HD Virus Cross-Immunity. 4-00; 16.1
HD and CWD Surveys 1-00; 15.4
Insight from Recent EHDV Isolations 10-99; 15.3
EHDV-1 in the Eastern U.S. 10-99; 15.3
HD Virus Isolation Support 7-99; 15.2
1998 HD Summary 7-99; 15.2
HD Preliminary Report 1-99; 14.4
Hemorrhagic Disease Outbreaks: 1998 10-98; 14.3
EHDV and Cattle 10-98; 14.3
CWD Added to HD Survey 10-98; 14.3
1997 HD Survey Results 7-98;14.2
After the Hemorrhagic Disease Outbreak. 7-97; 13.2
Hemorrhagic Disease in Deer Enclosures. 10-96; 12.3
Hemorrhagic Disease Update – 1996. 10-96; 12.3
Hemorrhagic Disease Serum Survey. 7-96; 12.2