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 investigate if amoeba (single-celled animals) living in soils in endemic plague areas can serve as reservoir hosts for Yersinia pestis (the causative agent for bubonic plague) and if amoeba are involved in plague disease cycles.
Researchers will identify parasitic fungi preying on Madagascar's amphibian populations, including where the fungi occur on the island and which amphibian species are more susceptible to fungal disease outbreaks.
Researchers will investigate how current bovine tuberculosis disease control strategies are affecting the genetic and long-term herd health of wild African buffalo.
Researchers will study the impact of a parasitic fly on the health of Ridgway's hawks and develop long-term treatment and control strategies to ensure survival of this critically endangered raptor species.
Researchers will compare three different cardiac diagnostic tools to assess whether bald eagles recovering from lead poisoning can successfully be released back into the wild.
