NWHC Positions – Animal Services Team Lead & Bio Lab Tech (Animal)
The National Wildlife Health Center is hiring two positions with their Animal Services Team (one supervisory and one non-supervisory),
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PhD opportunities in Arctic Wildlife Health, Nutrition, and Zoonoses- Caribou and Muskox Health, Univ of Calgary
Seeking two highly motivated individuals to join a research group on Arctic Wildlife Health. These positions are based at the University of Calgary Faculty of Veterinary Medicine.
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Rabbit Hemorrhagic Disease (RHDV2) Confirmed in Domestic Rabbits in Tennessee
Another eastern state has detected domestic cases of the virus affecting both wild and domestic rabbits.
Latest News
ACZM offers new board certification in Wildlife Population Health
July 19, 2026
WildAlert: A Real-Time, AI-Driven Early Warning System for Wildlife Health and Ecological Threat Detection
May 22, 2026
Tapeworm (Echinococcus multilocularis) previously not found in the Pacific Northwest has been detected in Washington state’s coyotes
May 22, 2026
Useful Resources
Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) Updates- May 2026 
Rabbit Hemorrhagic Disease Virus 2 (RHDV2) in the U.S.: Current Updates July 2026 
Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD): Current Updates July 2026 
“Foundations of Wildlife Chemical Capture Course” now available 
Non Human Primate COVID-19 Information Hub
