{"id":639,"date":"2016-07-29T13:09:42","date_gmt":"2016-07-29T18:09:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/agrilife.org\/txwildlifeservices\/?page_id=639"},"modified":"2025-02-06T15:01:49","modified_gmt":"2025-02-06T21:01:49","slug":"wildlife-diseases","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/agrilife.org\/txwildlifeservices\/special-projects\/wildlife-diseases\/","title":{"rendered":"Wildlife Diseases"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Enhanced Rabies Surveillance Testing for Select Areas of the Trans-Pecos, West Central, and South Texas<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In response to a rabies outbreak in New Mexico and in support of ongoing rabies surveillance efforts along the Texas\/Mexico border, this protocol has been developed to help agencies respond to calls about potentially rabid wildlife and to facilitate the testing of animals suspected of having rabies. Species of most concern in terrestrial rabies transmission are foxes, coyotes, bobcats, raccoons, and feral or free-ranging dogs and cats.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/agrilife.org\/txwildlifeservices\/files\/2025\/02\/2025-enhanced-rabies-surveillance-protocol.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2025 enhanced rabies surveillance protocol<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/agrilife.org\/txwildlifeservices\/files\/2016\/08\/WIldlife-Disease-Surveillance-and-Emergency-Response.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wildlife Disease Surveillance and Emergency Response<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/agrilife.org\/txwildlifeservices\/files\/2016\/07\/Prevention-of-Terrestrial-Rabies-in-Wildlife.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Prevention of Terrestrial Rabies in Wildlife<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/agrilife.org\/txwildlifeservices\/files\/2016\/07\/Preventing-Wildlife-Rabies.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Preventing Wildlife Rabies<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/agrilife.org\/txwildlifeservices\/files\/2016\/08\/Wildlife-Diseases.pdf\">Wildlife Diseases<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/agrilife.org\/txwildlifeservices\/files\/2016\/07\/Protect-Yourself-Avian-Influenza.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Protect Yourself &#8211; Avian Influenza<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/agrilife.org\/txwildlifeservices\/files\/2016\/07\/Ungulate-Disease.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ungulate Disease<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/agrilife.org\/txwildlifeservices\/files\/2016\/07\/Viral-and-Bacterial-Diseases-in-Wildlife.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Viral and Bacterial Diseases in Wildlife<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Field Manual of Wildlife Diseases &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nwhc.usgs.gov\/publications\/field_manual\/field_manual_of_wildlife_diseases.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/www.nwhc.usgs.gov\/publications\/field_manual\/field_manual_of_wildlife_diseases.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Enhanced Rabies Surveillance Testing for Select Areas of the Trans-Pecos, West Central, and South Texas In response to a rabies outbreak in New Mexico and in support of ongoing rabies surveillance efforts along the Texas\/Mexico border, this protocol has been developed to help agencies respond to calls about potentially rabid wildlife and to facilitate the&#8230; <span class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/agrilife.org\/txwildlifeservices\/special-projects\/wildlife-diseases\/\">Read More &rarr;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1408,"featured_media":0,"parent":19,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-639","page","type-page","status-publish","entry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Wildlife Diseases - Texas Wildlife Services<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/agrilife.org\/txwildlifeservices\/special-projects\/wildlife-diseases\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Wildlife Diseases - Texas Wildlife Services\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Enhanced Rabies Surveillance Testing for Select Areas of the Trans-Pecos, West Central, and South Texas In response to a rabies outbreak in New Mexico and in support of ongoing rabies surveillance efforts along the Texas\/Mexico border, this protocol has been developed to help agencies respond to calls about potentially rabid wildlife and to facilitate the... 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