Radiograph of gizzard content from the condor
chick that died from zinc toxicity after eating a variety of foreign
bodies.
Wildlife Health
Enhance the health and well-being of captive and wild populations through innovative diagnostics and research.
Diagnostics and disease risk assessment:
- Molecular Epidemiology and Characterization of Helicobacter Species in Captive Wildlife
- Avian Mycobacteriosis: Risk Factors and Reservoirs
- Risk of Maternal-neonatal Transmission of Johne's Disease in Captive Exotic Hoofed Stock
- Incidence, Prevalence, and Risk Factors Associated with Feline Herpes Virus Infection in Cheetah Populations
- Parasite Monitoring in Free-ranging Gorilla Populations
- Molecular Cytogenetics of Reproductive Failure in Gorillas
Characterization of new pathogens and development of prevention and control strategies:
Genomic investigations of factors associated with susceptibility and resistance to disease:
- Heritable Chondrodystrophy in California Condors: Inferring Cause and Development of Carrier Tests
- A Comparative Genomics Approach to Cocciodiomycosis Risk in Przewalski’s Horses
- Comparative Genomics of Embryonic Pathology in the Critically Endangered ‘Alala
- Comparative Genomics of Cardiovascular Disease Risk in Gorillas
- Dosage Compensation and Avian Diseases: Conservation Genomics of the Future
Approaches for disease surveillance in captive animals and reintroduction candidates
Disease ecology and the interface between humans, domestic animals, and wildlife:
