Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) Updates- February 2024
Current updates on the spread of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) in North America.
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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.
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.
2022 Detections of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza in Wild Birds and Poultry in the U.S.
Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) has recently been detected in both wild and domestic birds in multiple states across the U.S.
USDA Confirms Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza in Commercial and Backyard Poultry in Kentucky and Virginia
State and Federal partners are working jointly on additional surveillance and testing in areas around the affected flocks.
Detection of High Pathogenic Avian Influenza (H5N1) in Newfoundland and Labrador 2021
Recent update on the current investigation of high pathogenic Avian Influenza subtype H5N1 at poultry farms that do not produce birds for sale in Newfoundland and Labrador.
Three Snow Leopards at Nebraska Zoo Die of Complications From COVID-19
The zoo announced that the leopards had died of complications from covid-19, about one month after the animals had tested positive for the coronavirus.
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.
Assistant Professor-Wildlife Disease & Conservation, University of Arizona
Review of applications will begin in late November, 2021 “The School of Natural Resources and the Environment (SNRE) at the University of Arizona (UA) invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor in Wildlife Conservation and Disease. We seek a scientist whose research focuses on empirical questions relating to conservation biology, […]
Previous outbreak of Cryptococcus Gattii in marine mammals linked to terrestrial origins
The marine mammals that died from C. gattii were found near terrestrial hot spots, suggesting that the spores settled on the surface of the sea, where the porpoises and dolphins inhaled them when they surfaced to breathe.
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