National Wildlife Disease Program (NWDP)
Recent Activities: MISSOURI
| DISEASE SURVEILLANCE
- avian influenza
- plague & tularemia
- feral swine diseases
SPECIAL INTEREST
Missouri WDB presents feral hog workshop (2008)
WDB Hutton presented a feral hog workshop to approximately
50 staff of New York’s Department of Environmental Conservation,
Ag Markets and Regulation and Wildlife Services. The workshop included
information on feral hog status and distribution, damage and diseases,
varieties and sources of feral hogs, feral hog biology and behavior,
and control methods as well as an outdoor demonstration of corral traps,
cage traps and cable restraints.
Contact:
Wildlife Disease Biologist Thomas Hutton (MO/IA)
(573)893-4351
Thomas.A.Hutton@aphis.usda.gov
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