Researchers will identify antigens (substances that help trigger antibody defenses against disease) as a critical step toward developing a novel vaccine for heartworm in dogs.
Researchers will study Eastern newt immune responses and susceptibility to Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans (Bsal), an emerging and deadly chytrid fungal disease in salamanders.
Researchers will test a probiotic treatment strategy (the use of beneficial, pathogen-inhibiting microbes) in wild boreal toads under threat from an emerging fungal disease.
Researchers will determine whether it would be safe to release a parasitic wasp in the Galapagos Islands to control a fly devastating young Darwin’s finches.