About the Wildlife Disease Association ("WDA")


History of the Wildlife Disease Association

Original WDA Logo In March 1951, a group of 28 U.S. and Canadian scientists interested in wildlife diseases founded an organization called the Wildlife Disease Committee. The rest, as they say, is history - eventually becoming what we know as the Wildlife Disease Association (WDA) in 1952.

For a complete history of the Association in English, please click here.
Complete history in other languages:

        Historia de la Asociación para el Estudio delas Enfermedades de la Fauna Salvaje
        Histoire de l‘Association mondiale sur les maladies de la faune sauvage
        Geschichte der Wildlife Disease Association
        História da Associação para o Estudo das Doenças da Fauna Selvagem

Today, the WDA is an international scientific society of wildlife professionals, veterinarians, epidemiologists, biologists, ecologists, research scientists and other individuals involved with wildlife diseases and related disciplines, promoting research, management, education, communication, consultation and collaboration. The WDA sponsors an annual scientific conference and publishes the Journal of Wildlife Diseases.