📢 New paper out!

We studied exposure to #flaviviruses and #AvianInfluenza virus in #urban house martins from southwestern Spain.

🧪 No viral RNA detected, but antibodies revealed.
🏘️ Urban birds may act as sentinels of zoonotic viruses.

🔗 www.mdpi.com/2076-2615/16...

#OneHealth #WildlifeDisease

Huge thanks to my co-authors @theomichelot.bsky.social, Katherine Mertes, Jared A. Stabach — and my PhD advisor John Fieberg 🙌

#AnimalTelemetry #DiseaseEcology #MovementEcology #WildlifeDisease #Reintroduction

Wildlife Disease Surveillance in Saskatchewan: The Importance of Rehabilitation Facilities - Healthy Wildlife - The blog of the CWHC Monitoring wildlife health is important, as diseases can impact the abundance of species, and several can also affect domestic animals and people with significant economic and social costs. Examples o...

Our collaboration with #wildliferehab facilities is SO important to our ability to monitor #wildlifedisease in Canada.

Check out this great article on the importance of this relationship in #Saskatchewan and our fantastic partners!

healthywildlife.ca/wildlife-dis...

@cwhc-rcsf.bsky.social

New paper on severe impact of highly pathogenic avian influenza on southern elephant seals at #SouthGeorgia.

Apparent loss of 47% of the population of breeding females since 2023

www.nature.com/articles/s42...

#HPAI #wildlifedisease #conservationscience🌍

📷 S. elephant seal pup, South Georgia

Productivity 🐣 of gannets that have survived #avianflu does not differ from those that have never been infected - BUT productivity since the 2022 HPAI outbreak is worryingly low.

New paper in IBIS @bou.org.uk 👇

#seabirds #hpai #wildlifedisease

@rspbscience.bsky.social @rspbengland.bsky.social

Join us for this week's CEC seminar!

This week's seminar speaker is Emma Cunningham from the The University of Edinburgh on "The impact of parasitism and disease in migratory seabird populations"

1PM, Thursday 19th June
Chapel Lecture Theatre

#Seabirds #ExeterCEC #WildlifeDisease

🦠 SAVE THE DATE! 🦜

I'm excited to announce that the theme of the 2027 BOU conference is Avian Disease Ecology!

📍 Nottingham, UK
📅 6–8 April 2027

🔗 Full details: lnkd.in/gPvFFDJe

Please share widely!

#BOU2027 #Ornithology #WildlifeDisease #AvianDisease #EcoHealth

9/11 The situation may be even worse than modelled, as the research doesn't account for reinfection from wild bird populations—an ongoing avian reservoir that could repeatedly seed new outbreaks in cattle herds.
#H5N1 #WildlifeDisease #Agriculture

6/9 First reported in Lake Ontario in 2005, VHS has since spread throughout the Great Lakes system. Though deadly to fish, the virus cannot infect humans or other mammals, even if they consume infected fish.
#PublicHealth #WildlifeDisease

Canine distemper virus transmission in Malaysia Preliminary study of canine distemper virus transmission from small mammals to Malayan tiger tiger at Kampung Besul Lama, Terengganu.

New study:
CDV found in wild tree shrews for the first time in Malaysia 🦠
This overlooked species could be silently sustaining the virus & fuelling spillover to endangered Malayan tigers 🐅
🔗 Read more: conservewildcats.org/2025/04/13/s...
#MalayanTiger #WildlifeDisease #CDV

2/7 The official count of 12,000 infected wild birds is "a gross underestimate" since most dead birds are never tested, according to Bryan Richards at the US Geological Survey's National Wildlife Health Center. The actual impact is likely much higher.
#WildlifeDisease #BirdFluOutbreak #H5N1

2/8 New Canadian detections include a snow goose near Montreal, a great horned owl in Ontario, & a Canada goose in B.C.

"Now that birds are coming back north, we don't really know what's coming to us," warns Dr. Manon Racicot of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency.
#WildlifeDisease #H5N1 #BirdFlu

See heartbreaking photos of 'bumpy' giraffe in South Africa with viral disease rarely seen in these tall animals At Kruger National park, a wildlife photographer spotted a giraffe covered in hundreds of skin lesions that may be caused by a rare bovine papillomavirus.

See heartbreaking photos of 'bumpy' giraffe in South Africa with viral disease rarely seen in these tall animals #Science #Biology #Zoology #Giraffes #WildlifeDisease #Conservation

Repost - Please share to help us reach a wide audience. This survey is contributing to Masters and PhD projects in my group. The more responses we get the better we can help improve guidance on #parasite #conservation. Links to the survey are in the thread below 🪱🧪🌍🦤 #WildlifeDisease #WildlifeHealth

A logo for the University of Leeds parasite conservation survey featuring 5 coloured hexagons containing icons of different parasites such as ticks, worms and protozoa.

Hey #WildlifeDisease & #conservation folk, please check out our survey on attitudes to parasite conservation.

Are parasites important for biodiversity, would you remove them to protect host welfare, or something more nuanced? We want to hear all views to improve guidance for practitioners 🪱🧪🌍🧵1/n

Case Report of Leprosy in Central Florida, USA, 2022 Case Report of Leprosy in Central Florida, USA, 2022

doi.org/10.3201/eid3...
🌎🧪Leprosy has become endemic in Florida. A new case report adds evidence that common routes of transmission (contact with infected people or wildlife) do not explain many new infections in Floridians. Another zoonotic disease mystery to solve! #OneHealth #WildlifeDisease

Science Magazine - Congo’s mpox crisis In late September 2023, a 33-year-old man who co-owned a bar in Kamituga, a remote mining city in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), developed lesions on his genitals and a fever.

www.sciencemagazinedigital.org/sciencemagaz...

What was once a rodent disease has again become a human epidemic in Africa. Previous epidemics of Mpox virus spread to Europe and the US. Empowering African nations to manage public health crises should be a global priority #OneHealth #WildlifeDisease

Catastrophic and persistent loss of common murres after a marine heatwave Recent marine heatwaves have had pervasive effects on marine ecosystems, from declines in primary production to die-offs of top predators. Seabird mortalities are often observed in association with he...

The majority of an abundant species wiped out in a single year. Four million common murres dead from one marine warming event with no population recovery.

#wildlifehealth #extinction #wildlifedisease #ecology

www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Definitely the JAVMA article that I reference the most.

#rabies #wildlifedisease #wildlifehealth #OneHealth

Juvenile snow goose that is listless and will not try to flee when approached.

I found this juv snow goose yesterday. It was listless and barely upright. Without evidence of trauma, I would put highly pathogenic #influenza at the top of my ruleout list. I've been seeing a lot of mortality in snow geese, esp last year.

#waterfowl #H5N1 #HPAI #wildlifedisease #onehealth

Two adjacent nodules in the proximal duodenum and the junction of the pyloris in a cougar (Puma concolor) from Oregon. the nodules are covered by relative normal mucosa and have a central pore. Adult nematodes protrude from the pores. They are small curled and light pink

Cylicospirura sp in a #cougar from Oregon. The nodules are situated at the pylorus or anterior duodenum. Adult #nematodes protrude from a central pore.

The following manuscript is by @c-eckstrand.bsky.social

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

#parasites #pathsky #vetpath #wildlifedisease

Goofy old white professor dressed up in a fat costume. Correction... a bat costume.

Getting ready for my noon seminar on diseases of #bats for our #vetpath club. The costume is pretty cheesy, but the lecture is legit! 😀

#pathology #pathsky #wildlifedisease #onehealth #infectiousdisease

Award details | Funding and scholarships for students | University of Exeter

And another SWBio-funded PhD position on

Immune system ageing in European badgers: fitness consequences, evolution and implications for disease dynamics 🦡🦠
www.exeter.ac.uk/study/fundin...

available at Exeter #ExeterCEC. Open to UK and international students.
#EcoEvo
#WildlifeDisease
#Ageing
#PhD

SWBio-funded PhD position on

Autoimmunity gone wild: understanding the interactive effects of environmental stress and genetic risk in the development of autoimmune disease in a wild rodent 🐭🦠
www.exeter.ac.uk/study/fundin...

at Exeter #ExeterCEC. Open to everyone.

#EcoEvo
#WildlifeDisease
#PhD

I hope to share insights and information relevant to small mammal field studies, disease surveillance, and ecological drivers of viral spillover events. Lemur photo for your troubles.

#lemur #madagascar #wildlifedisease #wildlife #silkysifaka

Prevalence of Fox Tapeworm in Invasive Muskrats in Flande... One way in which invasive alien species affect their envi...

#invasive #Muskrats sentinels for #foxtapeworm low prevalence in #Flanders in border region monitoring ongoing #zoonosis #wildlifedisease https://www.mdpi.com/1567476 #mdpianimals via @Animals_MDPI @LIFEMICA1 @OIEAnimalHealth

#EEID2017 students: interested in #AnimalBehavior and #WildlifeDisease? Please get in touch for a #diseco postdoc opportunity in my lab.

First joint symposium of Dutch and Belgian #wildlifedisease societies kicking off #BWDS2016 @INBOVlaanderen