Projects Chronic Wasting Disease ©Wildlife Veterinary Epidemiology Laboratory – Illinois Natural History Survey Hemorrhagic Disease in Illinois Wild White-Tailed Deer White-tailed deer potentially infected with Epizootic Hemorrhagic Disease (EHD). Photo courtesy of Paul Shelton. Deer Management Program Lyme Disease ©Wildlife Veterinary Epidemiology Laboratory – Illinois Natural History Survey Home range of domestic cats ©Wildlife Veterinary Epidemiology Laboratory – Illinois Natural History Survey Toxoplasmosis ©Wildlife Veterinary Epidemiology Laboratory – Illinois Natural History Survey River otters River Otter Necropsy. ©Wildlife Veterinary Epidemiology Laboratory – Illinois Natural History Survey Leptospirosis ©Wildlife Veterinary Epidemiology Laboratory – Illinois Natural History Survey Historical Distribution of Ticks in the State of Illinois Haemosporidian Parasites ©Wild Turkey. Salt Fork River, Fairmount, IL. Photo by Leellen Solter. Bat Epidemiological Research Little brown bat; close-up of nose with fungus, New York, Oct. 2008. Credit: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service