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AAZV mulls name change, hears opposition
Zoo veterinarians are voting whether to add “wildlife” to their organization's name.
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USDA to test feral swine poison
Federal wildlife officials will test a toxic bait for invasive feral swine starting this year.
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Corwin promotes conservation with pageant of 'amazing creatures'
Wildlife biologist and anthropologist Jeff Corwin displayed a menagerie of animals with similar backgrounds, including a 6-foot-long American…
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UNDER REVIEWWildlife-livestock interactions
The AVMA supports use of science-based evidence and peer-reviewed research to direct wildlife-livestock management policies, and funding to research…
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Where the wild things are
Animals found refuge recently at the Willowbrook Wildlife Center in suburban Chicago. Any of them could have shown up at a local veterinary clinic.
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Mystery disorder strikes Florida panthers
State and federal wildlife officials are investigating a mysterious neurologic disorder affecting a small number of Florida panthers and bobcats in
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Disease spillover woes
Veterinarians discuss disease interface between wildlife, domestic livestock In Michigan, white-tailed deer and cattle roam the
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Severe pneumonia outbreak kills bighorn sheep
Wildlife officials say an outbreak of bacterial pneumonia killing bighorn sheep herds in five Western states is without precedent.
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Protecting endangered species, one letter at a time
Sales of a new premium postage stamp are helping support international wildlife conservation projects for tigers, great apes, and other endangered…
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Agreement will reduce access to some rodenticides
An agreement between regulators and a rodenticide producer will reduce access to poisons that the regulators say are unsafe for children, pets, and…
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Manatee deaths prompt federal probe
Federal wildlife officials are part of an investigation to discover what killed more than 400 Florida manatees over a two-month period this year.
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Researchers close in on white-nose vaccine
A new study shows that vaccination may reduce the impact on bats of white-nose syndrome, one of the most destructive wildlife diseases in modern…
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US-led $100M project to study, reduce zoonotic disease threats
Disease experts from Africa, Asia, and the U.S. will collaborate on a five-year project to understand and reduce zoonotic disease risks in global hot…
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Morris Animal Foundation issues health study guidelines
Morris Animal Foundation has been dedicated to improving the health and well-being of companion animals and wildlife
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Zoo veterinarians, behind the scenes and in the field
For zoo veterinarians, their day-to-day work can encompass thousands of individual animals and a multitude of species
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Finding perspective on outdoor cats
“You probably came to this talk and expected me to just say, ‘Kill all the cats,’ right?” asked Dr. Renée Schott, medical director at the Wildlife…
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Save the Tiger Fund invites proposals for conservation efforts
A program of the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation and Exxon Mobil Corporation, the Save the Tiger Fund is an international
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Opening session features message of conservation
A menagerie of exotic animals accompanied keynote speaker Joan Embery, an advocate of wildlife conservation, as she helped to kick off the AVMA Annual…
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Virginia joins USDA efforts to stop spread of rabies in raccoons
Officials from the USDA's Wildlife Services began distributing more than 400,000 fish meal baits containing the rabies vaccine
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Dunham appointed to National Academies board
The board is the major program unit of the National Academies responsible for organizing and overseeing studies on agriculture, forestry, fisheries,…
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Federal funds awarded to combat deadly bat fungus
In June, the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service announced the agency was awarding grants totaling $950,694 to 28 states for white-nose syndrome projects.
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Rabies variant absent as Arizona's infections decline
A bat-associated rabies virus variant that spread among northern Arizona's terrestrial wildlife in previous years was not found in those animals in…