Researchers will develop and assess the effectiveness of a disease management strategy in endangered San Joaquin kit foxes with sarcoptic mange, a fatal skin disease in this species caused by burrowing mites.
Researchers will study a new, long-term method to reduce botfly infestations in Ridgway's hawk nests, a direct cause of high nestling mortality in this species.
Researchers will validate a diagnostic tool to measure coagulation and establish normal clotting ranges in great horned owls and red-tailed hawks to improve diagnostics for raptors exposed to deadly, anticoagulant rodent poisons.
Researchers will investigate the prevalence and geographical distribution of koala retrovirus and chlamydia infections in koalas to identify populations with disease-free animals to assist conservation efforts.
Researchers will aim to improve diagnostic testing to control bovine tuberculosis in African wildlife.
Researchers will investigate the potential impact and transmission of a blood bacteria in the critically endangered Darwin's fox.
Researchers will investigate the cause of a novel fungal shell infection causing high mortality in freshwater turtles.
