Investigating an Emerging Disease in Freshwater Turtles
Researchers will investigate the cause of a novel fungal shell infection causing high mortality in freshwater turtles.
Researchers will investigate the cause of a novel fungal shell infection causing high mortality in freshwater turtles.
Researchers will estimate population age structure of critically endangered Galápagos giant tortoises on Española Island to help improve conservation strategies for these iconic animals.
Researchers will investigate the prevalence of, and factors contributing to, parvovirus (a highly contagious viral disease) in African carnivores.
Researchers will investigate the effects of, and ways to minimize, transportationrelated stress on sea turtles to and from rehabilitation facilities and release sites.
Researchers will study the health risks and exposure of European vultures consumingcarcasses containing non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs used to medicate livestock.
Researchers will determine if co-infection with a recently discovered virus compounds clinical disease in koalas when they also have chlamydia infections – a common sexually transmitted disease that is endemic and leads to infertility in females and blindness in both sexes.
Researchers will study the genetic basis of chondrodystrophy (a lethal form of dwarfism) to help identify carriers of this fatal disorder in captive and wild California condors.