National Wildlife Disease Program (NWDP)
Recent Activities: KANSAS
| DISEASE SURVEILLANCE
- avian influenza
- feral swine diseases
- rabies
SPECIAL INTEREST
National Feral Swine
Mapping System (NFSMS) updated (June 2008)
The NFMS provides a direct means for continual collection of
data on the distribution of feral swine in the United States and makes
these data easily accessible to users. The NFSMS reflects that Kansas
currently has feral swine in 18 counties with an estimated 1,500-2,000
individuals state-wide.
Seasonal sampling for HPAI begins (June 2008)
In the month of June, WDB Jason Kloft, with the assistance of specialist
Hedstrome collected environmental and oral & cloacal samples from
wild migratory birds in the Kansas City, Wichita and Council Grove areas.
Contact:
Wildlife Disease Biologist Jason Kloft (KS)
(785)537-6855
Jason.M.Kloft@aphis.usda.gov
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