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Monday, February 17, 2020Wildlife Vaccination - Growing in Feasibility?
Each fall we see announcements reminding us to get a flu shot and those of us with pets get reminders from our vets to bring Fluffy in for her annual shots. These shots are vaccinations intended to help our immune systems protect us from...
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Wednesday, October 30, 2019Wildlife's Winter Preppers and more!
Leaves are turning (and falling) and the first frost has already hit….winter is right around the corner – seriously, it’s happening. Many wildlife species have been out and about ramping up their fat and food stores getting ready for the...
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Thursday, September 12, 2019On the Lookout for Eastern Equine Encephalitis
Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE) is a virus that is spread by mosquitoes. It is carried by many species of native songbirds, and sometimes will cause serious neurologic illness in the rare cases of people and horses that become infected...
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Wednesday, September 4, 2019Parvovirus: An Ounce of Prevention is Worth It...
Parvovirus Outbreaks in Raccoons Parvovirus outbreaks are often reported in raccoon kits at rehabilitation facilities in the summer and early fall where it can sweep through animals causing high numbers of mortalities. It can be very...
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Thursday, August 8, 2019West Nile Virus - UPDATED 09/12/2019
Current WNV Positive Cases 2019 (updated Sept. 12, 2019) Date Species County 8/5/19 American Crow Tompkins 8/15/19 Red-Tailed Hawk Onondaga 8/26/19 Red-Tailed Hawk Erie 8/28/19 Bald Eagle Herkimer 8/28/19 Peregrine Falcon Monroe...
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Friday, July 19, 2019Killing Them with Kindness
We've all seen the news stories covering tragedies like the "rescued" baby bison that had to be euthanized thanks to human interference despite clear warnings, the baby dolphins mobbed at the beach by tourists desperate for selfies...
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Wednesday, July 10, 2019Finding the delicate balance using math! Try IsoPOPd, our new interactive software app for understanding the link between life history traits and population-scale growth rates
Conservation functions at the population scale Population growth rates are important in assessing the viability of populations. The growth rate of a population summarizes the net contribution of a population to its subsequent generation...
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Friday, June 28, 2019Dr. Schuler goes to Washington
Dr. Krysten Schuler, wildlife disease ecologist with the New York State Wildlife Health Program, testified before the U.S. House Natural Resource Committee – Oversight Subcommittee on June 25. The topic was chronic wasting disease (CWD...
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Monday, June 17, 2019Behind the Diagnosis Curtain: Histopathology
Solving the mystery of wildlife mortality with diagnostics When the Cornell Wildlife Health Lab investigates mortalities in wildlife, our specially trained pathologists use diagnostic tools to crack the case . Our pathologists are...
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Tuesday, April 30, 2019Weird & Wonderful Wildlife - The Opossum
The Virginia opossum, or North American opossum (Didelphis virginiana) is the only marsupial species in North America – that’s right, like the kangaroo or koala bears of Australia, opossums raise bumblebee sized babies in a pouch for...
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Friday, April 12, 2019Everything you wanted to know about Snake Fungal Disease but were afraid to ask
What is Snake Fungal Disease? Snake Fungal Disease (SFD) is caused by the fungus Ophidiomyces ophiodiicola and it poses a significant threat to wild snakes in the eastern United States. First discovered in 2006 in a declining New...
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Tuesday, March 19, 2019What's a necropsy? The science behind this valuable diagnostic tool
The word “autopsy” comes from the roots autos (“self”) and opsis (a sight, or seeing with one’s own eyes)- so an autopsy is the examination of a body after death by someone of like species- another human. So what do you call the post-...
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Thursday, March 14, 2019How does math help restore wildlife communities? Try StallPOPd, our new interactive software app to Stall Growth of a Human Subsidized Predator and find out!
Professionals who manage animals regularly face challenging decisions Veterinarians, zoo personnel, biologists, scientists, and resource managers sometimes share the professional duty to dispatch animals. In the case of resource...
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Thursday, February 21, 2019Prion Hypothesis for CWD: An Examination of the Evidence
As a wildlife disease ecologist, I’ve been asked my opinion on the scientific support for prions as the agent of chronic wasting disease (CWD). I have been studying CWD for two decades. The spiroplasma (bacteria) theory1 has been around...
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Thursday, January 10, 2019What’s math got do with wildlife restoration? Try StaPOPd, our new interactive software app for Stable Population Dynamics and find out!
Understanding Reintroduction Reintroduction of plants and animals by wildlife professionals into previously depopulated habitats is used to restore ecosystem function or maintain biodiversity. bison-1581895.jpg...
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Monday, November 19, 2018Tips for Safe Handling and Processing Venison
Correctly handling your deer harvest can help keep you and your family safe when consuming venison. This is important not only from a food safety standpoint, but for diseases and toxins as well. Our goal is to help keep hunters and meat...
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Tuesday, November 13, 2018Where are they now?
Since the wildlife health program first started in 2011, we have had many students come through our (virtual) doors- over 60 at last count. Our students have ranged from high school to post PhD/DVM, and they all come with unique...
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Wednesday, October 31, 2018Positive Case of Rabbit Hemorrhagic Disease in OH
The Cornell Wildlife Health Lab received a message today from the National Wildlife Health Center (see below) that they have recently confirmed a case of Rabbit Hemorrhagic Disease (RHD) in a domestic rabbit in Ohio. This disease is rare...
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Tuesday, October 30, 2018Citizen Science and Hunter Surveillance
Hunters spend plenty of time out in the woods so they are great resources for spotting something abnormal or out-of-place with wildlife. As the various hunting seasons are happening now or soon approaching, extra eyes in the field are...
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Thursday, September 20, 2018What’s in YOUR freezer?
Most of us have forgotten bags of vegetables and mystery meat “stuffs” hanging out in our freezers. Here at the CWHL we also have freezers full strange things, but we won’t be using them for dinner anytime soon. When the New York State...
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