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  <dc:creator>Milton Friend</dc:creator>
  <dc:date>2012</dc:date>
  <dc:description>&lt;p&gt;When I began my career as an assistant waterfowl biologist in 1956, wildlife disease was not a major concern for conservation agencies. Some states&amp;mdash; such as California, Michigan, New York, Wyoming, and Colorado&amp;mdash; had small internal wildlife disease programs to investigate wildlife mortality events, and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) had a program focused on migratory birds.&lt;/p&gt;</dc:description>
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  <dc:language>en</dc:language>
  <dc:publisher>The Wildlife Society</dc:publisher>
  <dc:title>Transformation through time: How wildlife disease became a focus of conservation</dc:title>
  <dc:type>article</dc:type>
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