USGS: Science Topics: pathology

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Pathology

Branch of biology concerned with the study of the causes, progress, symptoms, diagnosis, and effects of diseases.

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Protecting black-footed ferrets and prairie dogs against sylvatic plague [More info]: Development of vaccines and methods to deploy them, to reduce the threat of this serious illness on the population of these wild animals.
Surveillance for asian H5N1 avian influenza in the United States [More info]: General description of US government efforts to monitor the occurrence of highly pathogenic avian influenza in wild migratory birds.
Sylvatic plague vaccine and management of prairie dogs [More info]: Disease is threatening these previously abundant rodents. We have developed a vaccine that can be delivered using oral baits; our work now shifts to optimizing the distribution of the vaccine.
The avian influenza H5N1 threat [More info]: Describes highly pathogenic avian influenza and explains why this wildlife disease is of concern to health scientists and the public. Diagram shows potential pathways by which the disease could be transmitted to other animals, including humans.
Understanding beach health throughout the Great Lakes-Entering a new era of investigations [More info]: People who manage recreational areas need better, more timely estimates of the likelihood that the beach and lake waters will be hazardous to human health, and which factors cause those hazards.
White-nose syndrome in bats: U.S. Geological Survey updates [More info]: Summary of current knowledge of this increasing problem, emphasizing recent USGS research on the issues surrounding it.

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