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USDA - APHIS - Wildlife Damage

National Wildlife Disease Program (NWDP)

Recent Activities: ILLINOIS

DISEASE SURVEILLANCE

  • avian influenza
  • feral swine diseases
  • rabies
  • histoplasmosis

SPECIAL INTEREST

Illinois assists with tick surveillance (2008)
 In addition to collecting samples from white-tailed deer for CWD, black-legged ticks, or deer ticks are being collected for Lyme’s Disease testing. Ticks collected by WS will be submitted by the forest preserve to the health department for confirmation of species identification and if appropriate, Lyme’s Disease testing.

Contact:
Wildlife Disease Biologist Tim White (IL)
(217)241-6700
Timothy.S.White@aphis.usda.gov

 


 

 

 

 

 

Last Modified: June 26, 2009