The Wildlife Health Investigation Manual was first published by the Registry in 2007 and is aimed at improving disease recognition, notification and diagnosis in wildlife.
The 2021 edition contains updated information created to assist biologists, field staff, wildlife rehabilitators and vets in their efforts to investigate and better understand wildlife health.
It has sections on clinical signs and lesions of concern, a guide to sample collection, data collection and documentation, diagnostic procedures, euthanasia, post mortem examination guides, sample shipment, approach to health investigation and outbreak investigation.