About the Wildlife Disease Association ("WDA")
- Focus of the Wildlife Disease Association
- Internationalization of the WDA
- Constitution and Bylaws
- Meet the Wildlife Disease Association Management Team
- Awards and Recognition
- Sustaining Members
- Minutes of the Annual Council Meetings
- Minutes of the Annual Business Meetings
History of the Wildlife Disease Association
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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. |
