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sampling kits
Getting ready this week for an upcoming visit to field sites where we will be doing wildlife necropsy and sampling training with rangers and distributing sample kits. This is an example of active ...
Sampling continues
So far we have collected over 40 blood samples from wildlife. These were animals undergoing necessary and unrelated veterinary procedures, translocations, or relocations, or animals found deceased....
TrypanoGEN
I enjoyed the TrypanoGEN workshop in Liwonde last week and am excited to get to work together with these keen scientists!TrypanoGEN studies the genetic determinants of trypanosomiasis and schistos...
Ever heard of a grysbok?
This little antelope species was brought in for vet care recently after a snaring injury. As part of our research we are collecting blood samples from wildlife that are under anesthesia for unrelat...
Flex
We are all ecstatic to have reached our funding target! Any additional money we now raise will go to sending positive samples to South Africa for sequencing. This can provide golden information for...
Biodiversity / species richness reduces the risk of many diseases to people, animals and plants and suppresses disease emergence. Regulation of disease is considered an ecosystem service (Keesing et al 2006, 2010). Yet through much of the 19th and 2...
Biodiversity / species richness reduces the risk of many diseases to people, animals and plants and suppresses disease emergence. Regulation of disease is considered an ecosystem service (Keesing e...
Samples!
It's not easy getting samples from wildlife, so I try never to waste an opportunity. Last week we moved two impala from a game ranch in Malawi's Southern region to a ranch in the Central region. We...