Archive for March, 2022

Veterinary Student Preceptorship- Fossil Rim Wildlife Center

Veterinary Student Preceptorship- Fossil Rim Wildlife Center

Veterinary preceptorships are available to senior level veterinary students for a 6 to 8 week period. The program emphasizes field immobilization techniques, preventive medicine, conservation-oriented research and an international perspective.

Veterinary Student Externship- Oregon Dept of Fish & Wildlife

Veterinary Student Externship- Oregon Dept of Fish & Wildlife

The goal of the ODFW veterinary student externship is to introduce 4th year veterinary students via a clinical rotation, to the profession of agency-based wildlife veterinary medicine and provide a hands-on understanding of the types of tasks and activities our wildlife veterinarians engage in.

NWHC March Pathology Case of the Month

NWHC March Pathology Case of the Month

Read the March 2022 “Pathology Case of the Month” from the USGS National Wildlife Health Center involving a juvenile European Starling.

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Understanding Hummingbird Energetic Strategies Using Stable Isotopes, Urine Analysis, Respirometry, and Skin Temperature

Results point towards the duration of torpor as well as the depth of torpor being important to a hummingbird’s energy balance.

March 22, 2022 Research & Publications
Wildlife Veterinarian – NY State Wildlife Health Program

Wildlife Veterinarian – NY State Wildlife Health Program

The Department of Public and Ecosystem Health in the College of Veterinary Medicine at Cornell University invites applications for an Assistant/Associate Professor of Practice position as a Wildlife Veterinarian with the New York State Wildlife Health Program. This program is a partnership between the NYS Department of Environmental Conservation and the College of Veterinary Medicine.

March 18, 2022 Job Postings
Two Faculty Positions in Zoological Medicine- University of Illinois

Two Faculty Positions in Zoological Medicine- University of Illinois

The University of Illinois College of Veterinary Medicine is seeking to add two faculty members to their growing zoo medicine program.

March 18, 2022 Job Postings
NJ – Assistant Wildlife Health Biologist Position (Part-time)

NJ – Assistant Wildlife Health Biologist Position (Part-time)

Opportunity to work collaboratively with state biologists and laboratories to investigate and survey fish and wildlife populations for important and emerging disease threats in the state.

March 15, 2022 Job Postings
HPAI Outbreak Creeps Westward with First Case in Central Flyway

HPAI Outbreak Creeps Westward with First Case in Central Flyway

This detection of HPAI in a wild goose species in Nebraska marks the furthest west case and first case in a Central Flyway state.

March 9, 2022 News
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New Research Points to Wuhan Market as Origin of Covid-19

Two studies point to live mammals sold at the Huanan Wholesale Market as the source.

March 1, 2022 News