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Ophidiomycosis, an emerging fungal disease of snakes: Targeted surveillance on military lands and detection in the western US and Puerto Rico

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.

October 16, 2020 Research & Publications
Research Associate in Human Dimensions of Disease Risk of RHDV2 – University of Georgia

Research Associate in Human Dimensions of Disease Risk of RHDV2 – University of Georgia

The individual hired onto this project will use both quantitative and qualitative human dimensions methods (surveys and interviews) to study Rabbit Hemorrhagic Disease Virus 2 (RHDV2).

October 15, 2020 Job Postings
Post-Doc Research in Human Dimensions of Disease Risk of RHDV2 – University of Georgia

Post-Doc Research in Human Dimensions of Disease Risk of RHDV2 – University of Georgia

The individual hired onto this project will use both quantitative and qualitative human dimensions methods (surveys and interviews) to study Rabbit Hemorrhagic Disease Virus 2 (RHDV2).

October 15, 2020 Job Postings
Deer Mortalities due to Epizootic Hemorrhagic Disease confirmed in South Dakota and New York

Deer Mortalities due to Epizootic Hemorrhagic Disease confirmed in South Dakota and New York

With late summer being “EHD season,” two recent news reports were published regarding deer mortalities due to EHD in New York and South Dakota.

September 29, 2020 News
Chronic Wasting Disease Diagnostic Discrepancies: The Importance of Testing Both Medial Retropharyngeal Lymph Nodes

Chronic Wasting Disease Diagnostic Discrepancies: The Importance of Testing Both Medial Retropharyngeal Lymph Nodes

The study examined left and right medial retropharyngeal lymph nodes from 101 ELISA-positive deer harvested from 2015 to 2019.

September 29, 2020 Research & Publications
Granulomatous Inflammation of the Muzzle in White-Tailed Deer and Mule Deer Associated With Mannheimia granulomatis

Granulomatous Inflammation of the Muzzle in White-Tailed Deer and Mule Deer Associated With Mannheimia granulomatis

The condition involving swollen muzzles was identified in 25 white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) and 2 mule deer (O. hemionus).

September 29, 2020 Research & Publications
USDA National Rabies Management Program Celebrates World Rabies Day

USDA National Rabies Management Program Celebrates World Rabies Day

In support of 2020 World Rabies Day on September 28, USDA Wildlife Services released a video to share their work.

September 29, 2020 News
Possibility for reverse zoonotic transmission of SARS-CoV-2 to free-ranging wildlife: A case study of bats

Possibility for reverse zoonotic transmission of SARS-CoV-2 to free-ranging wildlife: A case study of bats

Authors review the diversity and natural host range of β-CoVs in bats and examine the risk of humans inadvertently infecting free-ranging bats with SARS-CoV-2.

September 29, 2020 Research & Publications

Wildlife Health & Data Entry Biologist Aide- Pennsylvania Game Commission

This is a 3-year Biologist Aide position to be a point of contact for the Chronic Wasting Disease program.

September 29, 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