APHIS hosted a Tribal Biologist Workshop for Disease Detection and Surveillance at the Great Lakes Native American Fish and Wildlife Society Regional Conference held at the Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians, in Hayward, Wisconsin in September 2022. Participants learned how to properly utilize personal protective equipment (PPE) for wildlife disease sampling, how to sample deer for Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) and SARS-CoV-2, and how to sample waterfowl for avian influenza.Visit Tribal Relations Training Opportunities to see photos of the trainings and find out how to register for future training events.
Left: Sampling deer for SARS-CoV-2. Right: Sampling waterfowl for avian influenza. Great Lakes NAFWS Regional Conference disease surveillance workshop, Hayward, WI September 2022.
Source: U.S. Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
