The research fellow will evaluate strategies to improve the prevention, diagnosis and control of tuberculosis in both free-ranging and captive wildlife populations.
Researchers will characterize key elephant immune responses to infection by the elephant endotheliotropic herpesvirus, a virus that causes a devastating hemorrhagic disease in young calves.
Researchers will investigate the impact of two common domestic cat viruses – feline immunodeficiency virus and feline leukemia virus – on guignas, a small South American wild cat species of the temperate rainforests.
Researchers will evaluate the safe and effective use of a common pain medication, meloxicam, in lions, cheetahs and tigers.
Researchers will study dolphin morbillivirus – a virus similar to canine distemper virus– to help predict and manage disease outbreaks in whales, dolphins and porpoises.
Researchers will investigate factors involved in the development of health issues in captive elephants, and explore new techniques to facilitate early diagnosis and treatment of these conditions.
Researchers will study biting fly species responsible for transmitting blood parasites that can cause serious disease in the critically endangered Javan rhinoceros.
