• Animal Health E-Mail List
Sign up and MDARD will keep you informed of animal health issues that impact livestock owners.

• About Emerging Diseases
Emerging Infectious diseases that may be transmitted between animals and humans are a concern for all people, no matter what their age, gender, lifestyle, ethnic background, or economic status.

• Why Emerging Diseases?
Understanding how diseases spread between hosts is of major importance. Emerging diseases are often zoonotic, that is; diseases that may be transmitted between humans and animals.

• Partners in disease eradication and preparedness
Michigan is fortunate to have agencies and organizations jointly participating in the surveillance, control, and/or eradication of diseases concerning humans, wildlife and domestic animals.

• Summary of Selected Wildlife Health Issues in Michigan 

• Don't Let the Bed Bugs Bite!
Resources for identifying and preventing bed bug infestations, and how to choose the right pest control options

• FY 2011 Bovine TB Annual Report 
MDARD Eradication Activities

• Rabies Postexposure Prophylaxis (PEP Basics)
A free online course designed to educate healthcare providers and public health professionals about rabies, the approach used in evaluating patients for rabies virus exposure, and the administration of rabies postexposure prophylaxis (PEP) as recommended by the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP). CE/CME Credits Available.

• Order MDCH Communicable Disease Division Publications 
Click here to order Reportable Disease Guides, Lyme disease, Rabies, West Nile Virus, and Bed Bug publications.

• 2012 Bovine TB Memorandum of Understanding 
An agreement to the terms of bovine TB eradication between USDA, MDA and DNR

• Reportable Diseases in Michigan: 2012 - quick reference guide 
A Guide for Physicians, Health Care Providers and Laboratories

• Beware of Bug Bites and Stings

• Type E Botulism in Michigan Waterfowl

• Report Diseased Wildlife

• Importation of Game Animal Parts into Michigan

• State and Federal Laboratories

• Michigan Veterinary Medical Association

• Scrub Club to the Rescue

• Who should report conditions and diseases that threaten the health of the public? 

• Michigan Office of Public Health Preparedness

• Food Safety Research at MSU

• "Pestworld for kids"

• Center for Comparative Epidemiology - Michigan State University

• U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Services

• United States Geological Survey (USGS) National Wildlife Health Center

• United States Animal Health Association (USAHA)

• Southeast Cooperative Wildlife Disease Study (SCWDS)

• Office International des Epizooties - animal disease status world-wide

• National Biological Information Infrastructure - Wildlife Disease Information Node

• National Institutes of Health

• Bird Disease Field Manual - U.S. Geological Survey National Wildlife Health Center

•Local Health Departments

•DNR Wildlife Field Offices