Diagnosing Respiratory Fungal Infection in Birds
Researchers will determine if a new quick test for a respiratory fungal infection in people will work for testing wild birds.
Researchers will determine if a new quick test for a respiratory fungal infection in people will work for testing wild birds.
Researchers will look at causes and potential remedies for spindly leg syndrome, a common developmental disorder associated with captive rearing of amphibians.
Researchers will analyze multiple data sources to learn if lead continues to impact the long-term health and recovery of bald eagles.
Researchers will investigate a second contagious cancer in Tasmanian devils.
Researchers will establish tissue culture lines of captive and free-ranging wildlife to improve disease diagnostics, comparative biology studies and species conservation.
Researchers will investigate factors impacting the reproduction and recovery of remnant colonies of little brown bats nearly wiped out by white-nose syndrome, an emerging fungal disease.
Researchers will look at ways to boost the immunity of critically endangered amphibians against the deadly fungal disease, chytridiomycosis, responsible for the dramatic decline of amphibian species worldwide.