The Office of Fish and Wildlife Health and Forensics (OFWHF) conducts investigations and research on diseases of captive and free-ranging fish and wildlife. It also performs tests and analyses of biological samples for law enforcement cases. Diagnostic services and treatments of the fish stocks at the Hackettstown and Pequest hatcheries are a continuing function of this office.

Fish and Wildlife Health Offices

• Fish Health in New Jersey
• Wildlife Health in New Jersey

Related Information

• Fish Disease Fact Sheets
• Wildlife Disease Fact Sheets
• Chronic Wasting Disease Information

• Reporting Dead or Sick Wildlife
• White-Tailed Deer and COVID-19: What Hunters Need to Know
• Guidance to Reduce the Risk of SARS-CoV-2 Spreading Between People and Wildlife  (CDC Site)
• NJ Animal Health Diagnostic Laboratory  (AHDL) (NJ Dept. of Agriculture)
• Disease Fact Sheets  (Wildlife Futures Program)