National Wildlife Disease Program (NWDP)

DISEASE SURVEILLANCE

• avian influenza
• leptospirosism
• deer hair loss syndrome
  

SPECIAL INTEREST

HPAI surveillance (July 2008)
WDB Bruning purchased bait for duck live trap efforts as part of HPAI surveillance coordination
with private cooperators and Yakama Nation. He also developed a live bird sampling plan for HPAI surveillance in Eastern Washington and initiated live bird sampling HPAI surveillance in Eastern Washington by collecting 13 oral + cloacal samples from wood ducks.
WDB Bruning worked with southwest WA WS Specialists to collect nutria blood for NWRC Small
Mammal AI Project.

Washington reviews HPAI response with table top exercise (June 2008)
WDB Darren Bruning (WA) attended a one-day Washington Avian Influenza Tabletop Exercise to review and test the Washington Multi-Agency Response to a HPAI animal emergency. The exercise was designed to simulate the challenges that would be faced by industry, government, and emergency responders if HPAI expressed itself or was detected in Washington. This meeting was attended by USDA APHIS Veterinary Services and Wildlife Services, US Fish and Wildlife Service, US Geological Survey National Wildlife Health Center, WA Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory, State of Washington Departments of: Ecology, Emergency Management, Fish and Wildlife, Health and Agriculture; the British Columbia Ministry of Agriculture and Lands; US Army Veterinary Corps; County Animal and Human Health Officials; multiple private poultry producers and private veterinarians. These simulated emergency situations are an important part of NWDP's Surveillance and Emergency Response System.

Contact:
Wildlife Disease Biologist Darren Bruning (WA)
(360)753-9884
Darren.L.Bruning@aphis.usda.gov