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Tuesday, February 22, 2022
Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Update 03/24/22Avian Influenza Background Since late November 2021, numerous outbreaks of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) have been detected in the United States and Canada in both wild and domestic birds. Avian influenza (AI) is caused... Category: Disease Watch |
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Thursday, January 13, 2022
Lead in eagles: Where do we go from here?Long before I was aware of the problem, professionals of veterinary medicine and pathology treated, rehabilitated, or necropsied ill, dying, or dead bald eagles. The wild birds had been presented for care after they ingested lead... Category: In the News |
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Tuesday, November 16, 2021
What You Leave Behind - Lead Ammo Risk to Wildlife SpeciesWhat's in that gut pile? A common practice for most big game hunters includes field-dressing harvested animals in the field. Yep, that means removing the internal organs - appropriately called the gut pile - and leaving it behind.... Category: Wildlife 411 |
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Thursday, August 5, 2021
SARS-CoV-2 and Wildlife UpdateA recent study by USDA found that one-third of samples collected from free-ranging white-tailed deer in Illinois, Michigan, New York, and Pennsylvania had SARS-CoV-2 antibodies, including 18% of the samples collected in New York.... Category: Disease Watch |
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Thursday, August 5, 2021
Epizootic Hemorrhagic Disease in White-Tailed Deer (Updated January 11, 2022)Updated Case List - Jan. 11, 2022 Number of deer reported in NYS - 2,156 EHD Reports by Cnty_11122.jpg 011122 EHD Map.jpg Category: Disease Watch |
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Thursday, June 17, 2021
Nestling Songbirds with Eye and Neurologic Issues-Update 7/14/21UPDATE: Statement On Unidentified Songbird Illness Reported From Eastern U.S. Date 07/14/2021 Please visit https://www.allaboutbirds.org/news/statement-new-songbird-illness/ for more information on the joint statement of the... Category: Disease Watch |
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Tuesday, September 29, 2020
Keeping Rabies in Mind as Hunting Season Begins in NYS-Updated 10/20/20Updated 10/20/20 - Positive rabies in white-tailed deer in Orleans County A DEC Environmental Conservation Office collected a white-tailed deer carcass after it was found dead in a pond by the homeowner in Orleans County on 10/13. ... Category: Wildlife 411 |
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Friday, May 29, 2020
Guidelines for Wildlife Rehabilitators: SARS-CoV-2 & RHDV2SARS-CoV-2 The impact of SARS-CoV-2 on wild animals is currently unknown. There is evidence that SARS-CoV-2 has been transmitted from infected humans to some animals (anthropozoonosis or reverse zoonosis) including: domestic cats,... Category: Disease Watch |
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Friday, May 29, 2020
Rabbit Hemorrhagic Disease Virus 2 (RHDV2) Monitoring In NY - Updated 9/3/2020USGS National Wildlife Health Center Update - August 31, 2020 An Update on National Wildlife Health Center Support to Wildlife Managers and Response to Rabbit Hemorrhagic Disease Virus 2 A large-scale outbreak of rabbit... Category: Disease Watch |
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Wednesday, May 20, 2020
Careers in Wildlife Health Panel DiscussionOn May 20, 2020, the Cornell Wildlife Health Lab hosted a panel discussion to benefit DVM students interested in career options in the field of wildlife health. The panel included former students, some who worked and trained with the... Category: In the News |
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Tuesday, April 21, 2020
Understanding the Basics of Mathematical Modeling"All models are wrong, but some are useful." -George Box You have likely heard this quote repeated during the COVID-19 pandemic. At quick glance, it seems to convey broad permission to comprehensively dismiss the use of models... Category: In the News |
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Tuesday, April 21, 2020
What the Heck is Herping?Now that the equinox has come and gone, precipitation has turned from snow to rain (usually), skunk cabbage is unfurling through the leaf litter and robins forage on the lawns…they’re out. The herps are out, and along with them, the... Category: In the News |
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Wednesday, April 15, 2020
One is the Loneliest Number...There are numbers coming at us from every corner of the planet. How do we distill them down to understand the underlying trends? In particular, how do we quickly answer the question "What is the current trend of COVID-19 in a... Category: In the News |
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Monday, February 17, 2020
Wildlife 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... Category: In the News |
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Wednesday, October 30, 2019
Wildlife'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... Category: Wildlife 411 |
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Thursday, September 12, 2019
On the Lookout for Eastern Equine EncephalitisEastern 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... Category: Disease Watch |
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Wednesday, September 4, 2019
Parvovirus: 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... Category: Disease Watch |
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Thursday, August 8, 2019
West Nile Virus - UPDATED 10/28/21Current WNV Positive Cases 2021 (updated Oct. 28, 2021) Date Species County 10/14/21 Red-tailed Hawk Saratoga 10/11/21 American Crow Tompkins 10/6/21 Merlin Nassau 9/20/21 Red-tailed Hawk Erie 9/27/21 American... Category: Disease Watch |
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Friday, July 19, 2019
Killing Them with KindnessWe'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... Category: Wildlife 411 |
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Wednesday, July 10, 2019
Finding the delicate balance using math! Try IsoPOPd, our new interactive software app for understanding the link between life history traits and population-scale growth ratesConservation 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... Category: In the News |
