DEC and Partners Launch Adirondack Moose Research Project
Data collected from GPS collars will guide research on moose population health, mortality, and dispersal
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PCBs Still a Threat to Loons and Other Wildlife
These heat-resistant chemicals once used widely in electrical equipment and other industrial applications continue to pose a threat to wildlife more than four decades after being banned in the United States.
Mange in Yellowstone wolves reveals insights into human scabies and conservation biology
What causes the variation in “manginess” between individual wolves with sarcoptic mange?
Postdoc in wildlife disease ecology, University of Arkansas
The successful applicant will join a multidisciplinary team using empirical experiments, laboratory diagnostic tools, and statistical and mathematical modeling to investigate the individual and interactive effects of food resources and helminth coinfections on virus infection dynamics in wildlife.
The Effect of Maternal Antibodies on Clinical Response to Infection with Epizootic Hemorrhagic Disease Virus in White-tailed Deer Fawns
The presence of maternally derived EHDV-2 antibodies in fawns may prevent or greatly reduce clinical disease and the level and duration of viremia.
WEST NILE VIRUS INFECTION IN RUFFED GROUSE IN PENNSYLVANIA: A MULTI-YEAR COMPARISON OF STATEWIDE SEROSURVEYS AND VECTOR INDICES
A 3-yr statewide survey was conducted across Pennsylvania to measure flavivirus (i.e., WNV) seroprevalence among hunter-harvested grouse.
PLASMA BIOCHEMISTRY AND PROTEIN ELECTROPHORESIS REFERENCE INTERVALS OF THE COMMON LOON
This study determined reference intervals for plasma biochemical values in adult common loons, and reference intervals for protein electrophoresis values in both adult and juvenile common loons.
Role of wolves in limiting the spread of Chronic Wasting Disease
Could wolves help limit the spread of chronic wasting disease through the “predator cleansing effect?”
Divergent impacts of warming weather on wildlife disease risk across climates
Hosts from cool climates experienced increased disease risk at abnormally warm temperatures, while hosts from warm climates experienced increased disease risk at abnormally cool temperatures- as predicted by the thermal mismatch hypothesis.
Ophidiomycosis, an emerging fungal disease of snakes: Targeted surveillance on military lands and detection in the western US and Puerto Rico
Ophidiomycosis (formerly referred to as Snake Fungal Disease, SFD), an emergent disease on the North American landscape poses a threat to snake population health and stability.
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