Tag: wildlife disease

Veterinarians have confirmed the first two cases of mink infected with SARS-CoV-2 in the United States in a pair of farmed animals in Utah. In an Aug. 17 press release,...

Population size, habitat quality and weather affect bighorn sheep survival after a pneumonia outbreak, but social distancing may also help them ward off the disease. Wildlife managers observed the first...

A plague that has had large-scale effects on prairie dog populations in the United States impacts black-tailed prairie dogs in Canadian less, but it remains a threat there due to...

Deadly diseases like COVID-19 are less likely to jump from wildlife to humans if healthy, intact ecosystems are conserved, according to a report and a separate study released recently. “A...

Biologists have found a deadly virus in California rabbits, raising concerns about its spread to other wild and domestic populations. State wildlife and animal health officials say a black-tailed jackrabbit...

Bats have evolved an intrinsic immunity to coronaviruses that stops them from getting sick, though they still carry the disease. New research shows that the coronavirus that causes Middle East...

Habitat degradation, wildlife exploitation and wildlife adaptation to anthropogenic resources all put animals in closer contact with people, which researchers say help zoonotic diseases — like the novel coronavirus —...

Five workers at Michigan’s Wildlife Disease Laboratory were diagnosed with tuberculosis after likely contracting the disease from white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) with bovine tuberculosis. The state Department of Natural Resources...

The Wyoming Chapter of The Wildlife Society named Hank Edwards professional of the year for his contributions of disease research to the wildlife field. This is the second time Edwards,...

Authorities in China have imposed a temporary ban on the trade of wild animals and quarantined wildlife breeding centers after tracing the deadly coronavirus outbreak to a wildlife market in...