PROJECT GOAL: Generate and disseminate applied ecological information related to developing tools to control feral swine damage and wildlife diseases that affect humans and livestock.

Objective 1: Develop feral swine and other wildlife damage control and mitigation methods.

Objective 2: Determine factors involved in the transmission of diseases in feral swine to livestock and humans.

Objective 3: Determine factors impacting feral swine and other wildlife damage to agriculture, natural resources, and property.

Objective 4: Determine the role of wildlife in the transmission of pathogens to livestock and humans.