WHISPERS PROVIDING SITUATIONAL AWARENESS

WHISPERS PROVIDING SITUATIONAL AWARENESS

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Product Number: 534160
Series: FS-2022-3022
Scale: NO SCALE
Alternate ID: FS-2022-3022
Authors: BRYAN J RICHARDS
Version Date: 06/01/2022
Countries: USA
Media: WEB ONLY
Format: WEB ONLY

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Description: WHISPers—Providing Situational Awareness of Wildlife Disease Threats to the Nation—A Fact Sheet for the Biosurveillance Community

This product is not available for order, it can only be downloaded from here (click on image) or within the Publications Warehouse at https://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/fs20223022

First posted July 21, 2022
For additional information, contact: Director, National Wildlife Health Center National Land Imaging Program https://www.usgs.gov/centers/nwhc
U.S. Geological Survey
6006 Schroeder Road
Madison, WI 53711-6223

Abstract

Solutions for emerging infectious disease and bioterror threats can be improved by incorporating integrated biodefense strategies, including improved surveillance for animal and zoonotic diseases, strong national leadership, and effective management tools. Active biosurveillance for disease events is key to early detection, warning, and overall situational awareness and enables better communication, coordination, decision making, and data-driven responses. The national biosurveillance infrastructure has well-established channels for human and domestic animal health data through the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and U.S. Department of Agriculture, and State, county, and local authorities. Wildlife disease information, however, has been more challenging to acquire and access, in part, due to the comparatively small infrastructure and resources dedicated to wildlife health and also because regulatory authority for wildlife and wildlife health is split among Federal, State, Tribal, and indigenous natural resource authorities. To address these issues, the Wildlife Health Information Sharing Partnership-event reporting system (WHISPers; https://whispers.usgs.gov) was developed by the U.S. Geological Survey National Wildlife Health Center to promote collaboration and sharing of wildlife health information and to provide situational awareness and timely information about wildlife disease threats. WHISPers is a free science gateway and data portal that provides interactive query, display, reporting, and export capabilities for wildlife health event summary information.
Survey Date: 2022
Print Date: 2022
Height In Inches: 11.000
Length In Inches: 8.500
Languages: English

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