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orca

Individual Treatment for Ailing Orcas?

Posted by Trina Wood on January 16, 2019
SeaDoc Society is a nonprofit born out of the UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine. It's trying to form a new medical database to diagnose and treat individual, ailing orcas. The project is being modeled after a personalized veterinary approach used on critically endangered mountain gorillas in Africa.
Environment/Wildlife
male Anna's hummingbird

Tracking Hummingbird Interactions at Urban Feeders

Posted by Trina Wood on December 12, 2018
Wildlife veterinarians at the Hummingbird Health and Conservation Program in the UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine recently published a study describing a new system to track hummingbirds visiting feeders in urban gardens. Feeder behavior offers clues about hummingbird health, and disease transmission.
Environment/Wildlife
snow leopard cub in surgery

Snow Leopard Cub Receives Rare Eyelid Surgery

Posted by Trina Wood on October 25, 2018
Coconut, the snow leopard cub born at the Sacramento Zoo earlier this year, underwent a rare eyelid surgery on Wednesday, October 24. UC Davis veterinary specialists and the Sacramento Zoo veterinary team collaborated to correct a congenital eyelid defect known as colombas. This ocular deformity is sometimes documented in snow leopards under human care.
Avian and Exotics
great horned owl

Visit California Raptor Center's Open House, Oct 20th

Posted by Trina Wood on October 10, 2018

If you give a hoot about raptors, come visit the California Raptor Center’s (CRC) Open House on Saturday, Oct. 20th from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. We have two new owl residents for you to meet—a barred owl named Tadita, and Ember, our first barn owl education ambassador in six years! 

Environment/Wildlife
Scientist taking a sample from a bat

Ebola Species Found in Bats Ahead of Any Potential Outbreak

Posted by Trina Wood on August 28, 2018

For the first time, scientists discovered a new ebolavirus species in a host prior to detection in an infected human or sick animal. This discovery Illustrates PREDICT project’s goal to find viruses before they spill over into people.

Human & Animal Health
Dr. Marcela Uhart

Dr. Marcela Uhart Honored as Wildlife Hero

Posted by Trina Wood on August 22, 2018
Congratulations to Dr. Marcela “Marcy” Uhart, director of the Karen C. Drayer Wildlife Health Center’s Latin America Program. She received the Wildlife Disease Association's 2018 Distinguished Service Award.
Environment/Wildlife
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