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USGS National Wildlife Health Center Pathology Case of the Month- Eastern Gray Squirrel

USGS National Wildlife Health Center Pathology Case of the Month- Eastern Gray Squirrel

In September 2021, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources reported a mortality event involving two eastern gray squirrels (Sciurus carolinensis) and three eastern cottontail rabbits (Sylvilagus floridanus) in a residential neighborhood in Wisconsin, U.S.

WEST NILE VIRUS INFECTION IN RUFFED GROUSE IN PENNSYLVANIA: A MULTI-YEAR COMPARISON OF STATEWIDE SEROSURVEYS AND VECTOR INDICES

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.

December 2, 2020 Research & Publications

Assistant Professor, Veterinary Immunopathologist with Wildlife Focus- St. George’s University

Seeking an Assistant Professor in Immunopathology with Wildlife focus, non-tenure track, at the Department of Pathobiology, School of Veterinary Medicine, St. George’s University, Grenada, West Indies.

October 19, 2020 Job Postings

Post Doc in Disease Epidemiology- Pennsylvania Cooperative Fish & Wildlife Research Unit

Seeking a postdoctoral researcher to be part of a research team evaluating spatial epidemiology of West Nile virus (WNV) in ruffed grouse throughout Pennsylvania.

September 29, 2020 Job Postings
Landscape-level Mosquito Suppression to Protect Hawai’i’s Rapidly Vanishing Avifauna- Cornell Wildlife Health Center Blog

Landscape-level Mosquito Suppression to Protect Hawai’i’s Rapidly Vanishing Avifauna- Cornell Wildlife Health Center Blog

Recent blog post from the Cornell Wildlife Health Center discussing avian malaria and conservation of native Hawaiian birds.

July 17, 2020 News, Organizations & Programs
March 2020 ZOHU Webinar: Florida mammal decline, invasive Burmese pythons, and zoonotic disease

March 2020 ZOHU Webinar: Florida mammal decline, invasive Burmese pythons, and zoonotic disease

Presented during the March 2020 CDC Zoonoses & One Health (ZOHU) Updates webinar. ZOHU Calls are FREE one-hour monthly webinars that provide education on zoonotic and infectious diseases, One Health, vector-borne diseases, recent outbreaks, and related health threats at the animal-human-environment interface.

May 17, 2020 Webinars & Presentations
DIVERSE BARTONELLA SPP. DETECTED IN WHITE-TAILED DEER  AND ASSOCIATED KEDS IN THE SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES

DIVERSE BARTONELLA SPP. DETECTED IN WHITE-TAILED DEER AND ASSOCIATED KEDS IN THE SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES

The overall prevalence of Bartonella infection in this population of deer was 16% (10/63) and 24% (23/96) in keds associated with deer. The detection of four Bartonella species in one population of white-tailed deer, three of which have known zoonotic potential, highlights the importance of Bartonella diversity within host species.

May 7, 2020 Research & Publications