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2007 U.S. Animal Health Report (Sep 2008)
USDA. Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
Agriculture Information Bulletin No. 803
The 2007 U.S. Animal Health Report provides a national overview of domestic animal health in the United States. The report addresses the many components of the U.S. animal health infrastructure; approaches to animal disease surveillance, control and eradication; animal population demographics and new initiatives. In addition, the report describes significant epidemiologic events that occurred in 2007.
Gypsy
Moth Slow the Spread 2008 Accomplishment Report and Economic Assessment
(Feb 2009; PDF | 167 KB)
National Plant Board.
Overview Paper: Impacts of White-tailed Deer Overabundance in Forest
Ecosystems (Jun 2008; PDF | 307 KB)
USDA. FS. Northeastern Area State and Private Forestry.
Land managers, especially in southern New England, need to recognize
that deer are exacerbating invasive plant problems, while also seriously
degrading native forest vegetation. Integrating aggressive deer
population control measures into land management programs holds great promise in restoring these forests.
Mapping Host-Species Abundance of Three Major Exotic Forest Pests (Jan 2005)
USDA. Forest Service. Northeastern Research Station.
Covers beech bark disease, the hemlock woolly adelgid, and the gypsy moth.
Non-Indigenous Species: Government Response to the Brown Tree Snake and Issues for Congress (May 2, 1997)
National Council for Science and the Environment. National Library for the Environment.
Congressional Research Service Report 97-507. |