What is the National Wildlife Health Database
What's it for?
The Database is for storing and sharing wildlife disease testing results so that we can make disease testing easier, cheaper and better for everyone.
Taking a blood sample from a kea
How will it help?
We want everyone to share information so we can reduce the amount of disease testing being done wherever possible.
For translocations, the database will provide all the information needed to do a risk assessment. This will make it easier to make decisions and in many cases this will lead to less disease testing for your next translocation!
The database gets the data out of people's heads or filing cabinets and into an electronic form that can be easily shared.
We will also monitor the data to detect new diseases so we can take action to protect our wildlife if required.
Acknowledgements
This database was developed by Paul Prosée for the Department of Conservation.
This project was made possible by financial assistance of the Terrestrial and Freshwater Biodiversity Information System (TFBIS) Programme towards the preparation of this database. The TFBIS Programme is funded by the Government to help to achieve the goals of the New Zealand Biodiversity Strategy, and is administered by the Department of Conservation.