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October 2009 Newsletter October 2009 http://www.wildlifedisease.org Jenny Powers, Editor Newsletter of the Wildlife Disease Association Members’ Corner 2009 WDA International Conference accepted an invitation from our president Charles van Ed Addison Riper to return and join us for our salmon barbecue th picnic the following evening. We very much appreci- The 58 Annual International Conference of the Wildlife ated the participation of the Rausch and Steele fami- Disease Association was held at the Semiahmoo Resort, lies. near Blaine, Washington, USA, 2-7 August 2009. The resort was located overlooking the ocean on a long sand The science program included approximately 132 oral spit only meters south of the Canada-U.S. border. presentations and 40 poster presentations. The social program included a fine welcoming reception; an ex- There were 273 registrants for the conference, one of cellent barbecue salmon picnic on the edge of the the largest number of attendees for WDA conferences. beach; the traditional WDA auction to raise funds for The participation of 27 registrants from Australia, Nation- student awards and activities; a half day of field excur- alist China, Korea, South Africa, United Arab Emirates, sions either whale watching, salmon fishing or river France, Switzerland, Swe- rafting; and our Thursday banquet. den, Spain and the Nether- Inside this issue lands enriched the diversity Drs. Buffy Howerth and Dave Stallknecht were both of topics presented. We presented with the WDA Distinguished Service Award recognize that it takes in recognition to their long and productive service to WDA News 3 added effort to attend by the Association in a wide variety of capacities, includ- those participants from out- ing their soon to be completed five year term as co- side of North America and editors of the Journal of Wildlife Diseases. The recipi- Student News 4 greatly appreciated their ent of the 2009 WDA Emeritus Award was Dr. Milt presence! Friend, in acknowledgement of his broad and continu- ing contributions in the field of wildlife health through- Section News 5 Founding WDA member out the world, including being founding director of the Dr. Robert Rausch and Dr. U.S.G.S. National Wildlife Health Center in Madison, Virginia Rausch attended News from Wisconsin. the conference for the sec- the field 9 ond consecutive year. Co- Sarah Hamer was the 2009 recipient of the WDA Stu- incidentally at the resort for dent Research Recognition Award for her studies at Training dinner on the opening day Michigan State University on ecological aspects of the and Education 13 of the conference was Dr. invasion of black-legged ticks and Lyme disease in the James Steele. Dr. Steele mid-western United States. Mark Ruder of the South- was an active WDA mem- eastern Coop- Employment ber until his retirement from erative Wild- Opportunities 14 the U.S. Public Health Ser- life Disease vice in 1971. Dr. Steele Study at the and his family joined us for University of Meetings our opening reception and Georgia was and Conferences 15 Member’s Corner the recipient of the 2009 WDA Scholarship Award. As usual, there were many excellent poster and oral pres- entations by students. The Best Student Poster Award was presented to Jeffrey Lorch, University of Wisconsin -Madison with an honorable mention to Chelsea Himsworth, University of Saskatchewan. The Terry Amundson Award for the best student oral presentation was presented to Luis Cruz-Martinez, University of Min- nesota with an honorable mention to Camilla Whitting- ton, University of Sydney. The Duck Award, presented to a person who can make a silly mistake and is able to laugh at themselves was presented to Tom DeLiberto. Joe Gaydos and Colin Gillin, co-chairs of the 2009 con- ference committee, selected the site for the conference and were outstanding in leading the organization of the conference. They received a great deal of volunteer support from Jordan Mencher, Damien Joly, Peregrine John Fischer and WDA Past President Charles van Riper Wolff, Kristin Mansfield, Mark Drew, Kevin Keel, Terra present Dave Stallknecht and Buffy Howerth with the WDA Kelly, Dave Jessup, Mark Atkinson, Rob Bildfell, Brett Distinguished Service Award Elkin, Felicia Nutter, Helen Schwantje, a number of stu- dent volunteers and others. We thank all of these folks and others who through their enthusiastic volunteer ef- forts so typical of the Wildlife Disease Association made this such a stimulating and enjoyable conference! Kevin Keel presents Sarah Hamer with the Student Research Recognition Award Milt Friend is presented with the WDA Emeritus Award by Terry Creekmore and Charles van Riper Luis Cruz-Martinez, Camilla Whittington, Mark Ruder, WDA Jeffrey Lorch, Best Chelsea Himsworth, Terry Amundson Honorable Mention Terry Scholarship Award Student Poster Award Best Poster Presentation Award Amundsen Award Honorable Mention 2 Newsletter of the October 2009 Page 2 Wildlife Disease Association WDA News Nominations for 2010-2011 WDA Council a falcon and wildlife veterinarian at the Dubai Falcon The WDA Nominations Committee is seeking nomi- Hospital in Dubai, UAE. In addition to presenting a pa- per, Tom introduced us to “Wildlife Middle East News”, a nees for two Council Members-at-Large (3 year newsletter distributed electronically and in page print in term) and a Student member of Council (two year both Arabic and English. For many of us this was our term) on the 2010-2011 WDA Council. Newly first exposure to Wildlife Middle East News [WME News] elected members of Council assume office at the and we profile the publication here (page 7). end of the next annual conference following the election. The 2010 conference will be earlier than WME News has been published quarterly since June usual, occurring May 31- June 4, 2010 in Puerto 2006. The Newsletter editorial team is comprised of Tom Bailey, Declan O’Donovan, Chris Lloyd and Theri Bailey, Iguazú, Argentina. Similarly, the WDA election will all from Dubai, UAE. The objective of the newsletter is to be held earlier than usual during the winter of 2010. provide wildlife and environment resource information Ideally Council Members-at-Large have a good un- about the Middle East and surrounding areas to both derstanding of the Association through their previ- professionals and the public. It is anticipated that the WME News will foster development of a network of pro- ous volunteer contributions. While experience gives fessionals and others interested in wildlife of the Middle Members-at-Large valuable perspectives that they East. The content addresses a variety of wildlife topics, can bring to the Council, numerous less experi- including disease issues. For example, in the June 2009 enced members have also been nominated and issue [Volume 4, Issue 1], is a report by Tom Bailey, elected and have brought new and different ideas to Declan O’Donovan, Joerg Kinne and Ulrich Wernery en- Council. titled “Observations on Foot and Mouth Disease in Vac- cinated and Unvaccinated Wildlife in the United Arab If you have suggestions for WDA members as nomi- Emirates”. nees for these positions, please submit your sug- gestions to the executive manager, Ed Addison, At present, 1000 printed copies of WME News are dis- ([email protected]) and include the following: tributed and there are over 6500 subscribers to the digi- tal version. Subscriptions to the WME News are free al- • Name of possible candidate. though organizations requesting quantities of the news- • Name of sponsoring member. letter in print form are encouraged to make a donation to • Name of second sponsoring member. cover the costs. To access and/or subscribe to the WME • Degrees earned; place and date News, go to www.wmenews.com. • Former professional positions held; place and date The most recently completed issue of WME News that • Present Position; title and location came out in September includes an editorial and infor- • Member of WDA since… mation on a Kuwait turtle conservation project; clinical fluorosis in captive gerenuk and bongo antelope; a field • Previous WDA activities ornithology and botany course with birdlife international • Affiliations with relevant professional and scientific and the Royal Botanic Gardens Edinburgh in Iraqi Kurdi- societies stan; rat control in sensitive wildlife environments; en- • Interests associated with mission of the WDA cephalomyocarditis outbreak in a zoological collection in Additionally, please have the nominee submit a per- the UAE; red foxes in the Middle East; opportunistic wild- sonal agenda statement with an outline of personal life trade in Yemen; a review of “Arthropod Fauna of the goals for the WDA if elected. UAE Volume 2”; an update on fatal pollution and perse- cution of Rüppell’s fox in central Saudi Arabia. Be sure to Please submit by 15 November 2009. check out the WME News! Wildlife Middle East News New Book Available Ed Addison WDA members may be interested in a recent publication Tom Bailey attended the 2009 international confer- by Dr. Philip W. Ladds, titled Pathology of Australian Na- ence of the WDA in Blaine, Washington, USA in Au- tive Wildlife. Check out http://www.publish.csiro.au/ gust. Tom is a long time member of the WDA and is nid/21/pid/6013.htm for details and be sure to look for an upcoming review of the book in the Journal of Wildlife Disease. Newsletter of the 3 October 2009 Page 3 Wildlife Disease Association WDA News New Website Editor Wanted for the WDA 2009-2010 WDA Officers and Council Members After 3 years of meritorious service as our website editor, Bridget Schuler is planning to ‘retire’ from the position in We had many new officers and members of council the summer of 2010. The Association seeks a person begin their terms at the annual conference. Here are who may have experience in design or management of your newly elected and returning leaders.
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