Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit, Great Lakes ¿ Northern Forest CESU.
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) is offering a funding opportunity to a CESU partner for research, technical assistance, and education in wildlife pathology. In addition to investigating wildlife diseases and their pathogeneses, veterinary wildlife pathologists also investigate zoonotic wildlife diseases of concern to human health and help to provide key information on the links between wildlife, domestic animal and human disease. There are limited opportunities where wildlife pathology training is integrated into a national wildlife disease program. Given the dearth of information on existing wildlife diseases and the need to identify emerging diseases, it is important to attract and train future wildlife pathologists to understand and identify these disease processes. The USGS National Wildlife Health Center investigates wildlife morbidity and mortality events, in part to uncover their etiology. On-going research studies to further elucidate the pathology of White-Nose Syndrome, Snake Fungal Disease and emerging diseases of amphibians, among others, are supported by wildlife pathologists.
Office: Geological Survey
fgraves@usgs.gov
