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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 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.

Researchers will develop a genetic management toolkit, including sperm freezing, artificial insemination and behavioral management strategies, to help preserve the genetic diversity of endangered African wild dogs.

Researchers will determine the effectiveness of and optimal way to administer the pain-relieving drug fentanyl in alpacas.

Researchers will determine safe and effective dosing for two commonly used nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs – Flunixin Meglumine and Firocoxib – in African and Asian elephants.