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	Friday, June 28, 2019 Dr. 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... Category: In the News
	Monday, June 17, 2019 Behind 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... Category: Wildlife 411
	Tuesday, April 30, 2019 Weird & 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... Category: Wildlife 411
	Friday, April 12, 2019 Everything 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... Category: In the News
	Tuesday, March 19, 2019 What'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-... Category: In the News
	Thursday, March 14, 2019 How 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... Category: In the News
	Thursday, February 21, 2019 Prion 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... Category: In the News
	Thursday, January 10, 2019 What’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... Category: In the News
	Monday, November 19, 2018 Tips 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... Category: Wildlife 411
	Tuesday, November 13, 2018 Where 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... Category: Wildlife 411
	Wednesday, October 31, 2018 Positive 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... Category: Disease Watch
	Tuesday, October 30, 2018 Citizen 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... Category: Wildlife 411
	Thursday, September 20, 2018 What’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... Category: In the News
	Tuesday, September 11, 2018 New York State Wildlife Health Program Annual Report Interested in what the NYS Wildlife Health Program did in the last year? Check out some of our new research projects and catch up on some of the continuing ones, see what kind of surveillance we are doing and what we are finding,... Category: Wildlife 411
	Friday, August 24, 2018 Is the Raccoon Zombie Apocalypse Upon Us? Nope With the uptick in reports of raccoons acting strangely in urban areas, people are claiming some raccoon zombie apocalypse is imminent – it’s not. Reports like this “'Zombie-like' virus killing raccoons in NYC's Central Park” fuel the... Category: Wildlife 411
	Thursday, August 23, 2018 What did you do on your summer vacation? Over the years, our veterinary students have been able to partake of some pretty unusual field projects during the summer. They have collared black bears with USGS, tracked timber rattlesnakes with the New York State DEC, investigated ... Category: Wildlife 411
	Thursday, August 23, 2018 Positive Cases of Avian Paramyxovirus in New York Update September 21,2018 The CWHL has confirmed several cases of Avian Paramyxovirus 1 in double-crested cormorants in New York. The birds have come in from a wide geographic area, from St. Lawrence to Erie County, along the southern... Category: Disease Watch
	Tuesday, August 14, 2018 Hunter Harvest CWD Testing Available at CWHL - UPDATE - List of non-NYS labs with CWD testing added! Hunting season is approaching and the Animal Health Diagnostic Center is accepting hunter-harvested submissions for CWD testing for $65 per sample (deer head). Only NYS harvested submissions are accepted at the AHDC, so if you... Category: Wildlife 411
	Monday, August 6, 2018 Saving the Unseen - eDNA: A new approach in conservation and surveillance for hard to find species The desire to protect hard-to-find species from extinction is a challenge faced by many global conservation organizations. Many threatened or endangered species can be extremely difficult to identify in their natural environments due to... Category: In the News
	Tuesday, July 24, 2018 The Curious Case of Tadpole Mortality One of the harbingers of spring that many people recognize is the sound of spring peepers calling from their wetlands for mates. Shortly thereafter, every still pool of water is laden with gelatinous egg masses, followed closely in time... Category: Case Files