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.
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 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 study biting fly species responsible for transmitting blood parasites that can cause serious disease in the critically endangered Javan rhinoceros.
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 explore the use of probiotics as a safe and noninvasive intervention strategy to reduce cross-species transmission of bovine tuberculosis.
Researchers will investigate if recent declines in caribou and muskoxen herds are linked to disease caused by an emerging bacterium, Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae.
