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USDA - APHIS - Wildlife Damage

National Wildlife Disease Program (NWDP)

Recent Activities: WEST VIRGINIA

DISEASE SURVEILLANCE

  • avian influenza
  • plague & tularemia
  • feral swine diseases

SPECIAL INTEREST

West Virginia discovers escaped population of domestic swine (2008)
WDB Hill and SD Croson met with representatives of the WV Department of Agriculture to conduct a site visit at the location where feral swine were determine to be based on complaints from the public regarding damage to agricultural crops and private/hobby gardens. Samples will be submitted from feral swine for classical swine fever, pseudorabies, and swine brucellosis.

Contact:
Wildlife Disease Biologist Jerry Hill (WV)
(304)636-1785 x16
Jerry.A.Hill@aphis.usda.gov

 

 


 

 

 

 

 

Last Modified: June 26, 2009