This readme.txt file was generated on 20220406 by Kaushi Kanankege of the Dept. of Veterinary Population Medicine, University of Minnesota Recommended citation for the data: Kanankege, Kaushi; Willette, Michelle; Jenni, Phillip; Ponder, Julia; Scott, Renee; Bueno, Irene; Muellner, Ulrich; Muellner, Petra; VanderWaal, Kimberly. (2022). Monitoring the spatiotemporal patterns of wildlife health using rehabilitation databases. Retrieved from the Data Repository for the University of Minnesota, https://doi.org/10.13020/6a7p-hz87. ------------------- GENERAL INFORMATION ------------------- 1. Title of Dataset: Monitoring the spatiotemporal patterns of wildlife health using rehabilitation databases 2. Author Information: Kaushi S.T. Kanankege1*, Ulrich Muellner2, Petra Muellner2,3, Irene Bueno1, Julia Ponder4, Michelle Willette4, Renee Schott5, Phillip Jenni5, Kimberly VanderWaal1* 1College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Minnesota, USA 2Epi-interactive, Wellington, New Zealand 3School of Veterinary Sciences, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand 4The Raptor Center of University of Minnesota, USA 5Wildlife Rehabilitation Center of Minnesota, USA Principal Investigator Contact Information Name:Kimberly VanderWaal Institution: College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Minnesota, USA Address: 385A Animal Science/Veterinary Medicine Bldg, 1988 Fitch Avenue, St. Paul, MN 55108 Email: kvw@umn.edu ORCID: 0000-0002-5764-6430 Associate or Co-investigator Contact Information Name: Michelle Willette Institution: Raptor Center of the University of Minnesota Address: 1920 Fitch Avenue, St Paul, MN 55108 Email: wille203@umn.edu ORCID: Associate or Co-investigator Contact Information Name: Renee Schott Institution: Wildlife Rehabilitation Center of Minnesota Address: 2530 Dale St. N. Roseville 55113 Email: renee@wrcmn.org ORCID: 3. Date published or finalized for release: 2022-04-06 4. Date of data collection (single date, range, approximate date): Range from 2015-01-01 to 2019-12-31 5. Geographic location of data collection (where was data collected?): Minnesota, USA 6. Information about funding sources that supported the collection of the data: Funding for this project was provided by the Minnesota Environment and Natural Resources Trust Fund as recommended by the Legislative-Citizen Commission on Minnesota Resources (LCCMR). 7. Overview of the data (abstract): Wildlife health surveillance is challenging. An alternative is to use wildlife rehabilitation data as potential sentinels, where anomalies in the pattern of submissions may indicate an underlying event that deviates from the baseline and warrants further investigation. Such anomalies may affect multiple species, leading submissions to be clustered in a certain area or time period. To determine spatiotemporal submission patterns and the feasibility of identifying anomalies potentially associated with underlying events, we aggregated databases from two major wildlife rehabilitation centers in Minnesota, drawing on 66,472 submissions from the 2015 – 2019 period, and pertaining to 29 ”species groups” and 12 “circumstances” associated with submission. The infants and juveniles of wildlife, including fledglings, hatchlings, and after-hatch year birds (raptor-specific), submitted as a group from the same location on the same day were grouped and considered as one submission. Hence, the number of records included in the spatiotemporal cluster analysis was 49,352. The multivariate multinomial space-time model of the scan statistic was used to identify statistically significant spatiotemporal clusters of either wildlife species groups or circumstances, simultaneously (Cluster: an area capturing 10% of the submissions aggregated within a maximum radius of 30km during a maximum temporal window of 3-months). The resulting clusters were considered anomalies where submissions for certain species groups and circumstances were higher than expected by chance and could represent an influential event. This repository contains the data used in the cluster analysis. Note that the spatial locations were offset to protect the location privacy of the submissions. -------------------------- SHARING/ACCESS INFORMATION -------------------------- 1. Licenses/restrictions placed on the data: CC0 1.0 Public Domain Dedication (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) 2. Links to publications that cite or use the data: TBD 3. Was data derived from another source? If yes, list source(s): Raptor Center of the University of Minnesota and Wildlife Rehabilitation Center of Minnesota 4. Terms of Use: Data Repository for the U of Minnesota (DRUM) By using these files, users agree to the Terms of Use. https://conservancy.umn.edu/pages/drum/policies/#terms-of-use --------------------- DATA & FILE OVERVIEW --------------------- 1. File List A. Filename: Wildlife rehabilitation data 2015 - 2019 Short description: To determine spatiotemporal submission patterns and the feasibility of identifying anomalies potentially associated with underlying events, we aggregated databases from two major wildlife rehabilitation centers in Minnesota, drawing on 66,472 submissions from the 2015 – 2019 period, and pertaining to 29 ”species groups” and 12 “circumstances” associated with submission. The infants and juveniles of wildlife, including fledglings, hatchlings, and after-hatch year birds (raptor-specific), submitted as a group from the same location on the same day were grouped and considered as one submission. Hence, the number of records included in the spatiotemporal cluster analysis was 49,352. -------------------------- METHODOLOGICAL INFORMATION -------------------------- 1. Description of methods used for collection/generation of data: Rehabilitation data, collected between 01/01/2015 and 12/31/2019 (5-years), were collected from the Raptor Center (TRC) of the University of Minnesota and the Wildlife Rehabilitation Center (WRC) of Minnesota 2. Methods for processing the data: N/A 3. Describe any quality-assurance procedures performed on the data: N/A 4. People involved with sample collection, processing, analysis and/or submission: College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Minnesota, Raptor Center (TRC) of the University of Minnesota and the Wildlife Rehabilitation Center (WRC) of Minnesota ----------------------------------------- DATA-SPECIFIC INFORMATION FOR: Supplementary data.xlsx ----------------------------------------- 1. Number of variables: 10 2. Number of cases/rows: 49,352 3. Missing data codes: N/A 4. Variable List Name: Row.ID Description: the ID of the record Name: Admit.date Description: The date of wildlife case was admitted to the TRC or WRC (Format: YYYY-MM-DD) Name: Center Description: The rehabilitation center the case was submitted WRC= Wildlife Rehabilitation center TRC = Raptor Center of the University of Minnesota Name: Group Description: 29 distinctive species group Carnivores (mammals) Other small mammals Deer Rabbits and Hares Rodents Snakes Frogs and Toads Salamanders Turtles Bats Raptors Woodpeckers Pigeons and Doves Water birds Sparrows Corvids Thrushes Finches Opossums Game Birds Cardinals and Tanagers Shorebirds Warblers Nightjars Hummingbirds Cuckoos Swifts Longspurs and Buntings Other Songbirds Name: Lat Description: Offsetted latitude representng the place where the wildlife was found Name: Long Description: offsetted longitude representng the place where the wildlife was found Name: Pooled.Circ Description: 12 major categories of circumstance for which the wildlife were brought in for rehabilitation Undetermined Nest/Habitat destruction Animal interaction Dead on arrival Projectile, Weapon Collision, Moving object Collision, Stationary object Entrapment Referral Other Inappropriate human possession Environment Name: Cases Description: Number of cases used in cluster analysis. Total = 49,352 Name: Age Description: age group of the wildlife Adult juvenile/Infant Unknown Name: Sum(Cases) Description: Number of animals submitted per each submission. Total = 66,472