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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, 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 |
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Friday, June 28, 2019
Dr. Schuler goes to WashingtonDr. 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 |
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Friday, April 12, 2019
Everything you wanted to know about Snake Fungal Disease but were afraid to askWhat 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 |
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Tuesday, March 19, 2019
What's a necropsy? The science behind this valuable diagnostic toolThe 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 |
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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 |
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Thursday, February 21, 2019
Prion Hypothesis for CWD: An Examination of the EvidenceAs 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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Monday, August 6, 2018
Saving the Unseen - eDNA: A new approach in conservation and surveillance for hard to find speciesThe 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 |
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Thursday, June 14, 2018
Investigating Bobcat FeverConsidered an emerging disease, “Bobcat Fever” (Cytauxzoon felis) is caused by a blood parasite that affects cats. Bobcats are a known reservoir the organism, and in some cases infected domestic cats have died of the disease. Found... Category: In the News |
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Friday, February 16, 2018
Communicating Science - Wildlife Health Through a Camera LensPart 1: Underwater with the Hellbender and the Videographer Communicating science is hard. Successfully communicating science to non-scientists takes work and a willingness to make your science relatable. To jump-start our science... Category: In the News |
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Friday, January 19, 2018
Could this be another big year for northern “invaders”?Snowy_owl_on_wing,_cupsogue_beach_(32631855931).jpg By Russ - snowy owl on wing, Cupsogue beach, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Category: In the News |
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Tuesday, December 5, 2017
Investigating emerging disease in wild turkey populationsWild turkeys are a conservation success story in New York state. Due to overhunting and loss of forest habitat to small farms, turkeys disappeared for over 100 years until a small population wandered over the border from Pennsylvania... Category: In the News |
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Monday, October 23, 2017
The Risk of Urine-based Deer LuresDr. Krysten Schuler interviewed to discuss CWD and the risk of deer-urine. Deer-lure debate widens with spread of chronic wasting disease By Tom Venesky at Times Leader, October 22, 2017 Category: In the News |
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Sunday, September 3, 2017
CWD and deer urineDr. Krysten Schuler commenting on the risk of using deer urine when hunting and the potential to spread Chronic Wasting Disease. Hunters, government, industry at odds over deer urine By MARY ESCH ASSOCIATED PRESS September 3, 2017... Category: In the News |
