In this image, a Gunnison prairie dog eats a bait laden with the sylvatic plague vaccine. Prairie dogs in the wild are less likely to succumb to plague after they ingest peanut-butter-flavored bait that contains a vaccine against the disease.
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Prairie dog and SPV bait
In this image, a Gunnison prairie dog eats a bait laden with the sylvatic plague vaccine. Prairie dogs in the wild are less likely to succumb to plague after they ingest peanut-butter-flavored bait that contains a vaccine against the disease.
Examining the wing of a bat
Examining the wing of a bat. Montgomery County, TN. August 2012.
Examining the wing of a bat. Montgomery County, TN. August 2012.
Scientist taking environmental sample during WNS surveillance
Scientist taking environmental sample during WNS surveillanceScientist taking environmental samples during white-nose syndrome surveillance activities. Lawrence County, OH. August 2012.
Scientist taking environmental sample during WNS surveillance
Scientist taking environmental sample during WNS surveillanceScientist taking environmental samples during white-nose syndrome surveillance activities. Lawrence County, OH. August 2012.
Eastern racer showing signs of fungal infection, white spots on scales
Eastern racer showing signs of fungal infection, white spots on scalesEastern racer (Coluber constrictor) showing signs of fungal infection, numerous white spots on belly scales, captured in Dutchess County, New York, in July 2012 (case 24042).
Eastern racer showing signs of fungal infection, white spots on scales
Eastern racer showing signs of fungal infection, white spots on scalesEastern racer (Coluber constrictor) showing signs of fungal infection, numerous white spots on belly scales, captured in Dutchess County, New York, in July 2012 (case 24042).
gull necropsy
USGS AMBLE coordinator Jenny Chipault inspects a ring-billed gull submitted for avian botulism type E testing. Some sick and dead gulls found on Lake Michigan beaches in 2011 had avian botulism.
USGS AMBLE coordinator Jenny Chipault inspects a ring-billed gull submitted for avian botulism type E testing. Some sick and dead gulls found on Lake Michigan beaches in 2011 had avian botulism.
Set up to capture bats for white-nose syndrome surveillance activities
Set up to capture bats for white-nose syndrome surveillance activitiesMist-net and harp trap set up to capture bats for white-nose syndrome surveillance activities. Breckinridge County, KY. July 2012.
Set up to capture bats for white-nose syndrome surveillance activities
Set up to capture bats for white-nose syndrome surveillance activitiesMist-net and harp trap set up to capture bats for white-nose syndrome surveillance activities. Breckinridge County, KY. July 2012.
Scientist taking environmental samples during WNS surveillance
Scientist taking environmental samples during WNS surveillanceScientist taking environmental samples during white-nose syndrome surveillance activities. Breckinridge County, IN. July 2012.
Scientist taking environmental samples during WNS surveillance
Scientist taking environmental samples during WNS surveillanceScientist taking environmental samples during white-nose syndrome surveillance activities. Breckinridge County, IN. July 2012.
Examining the wing of a bat
Examining the wing of a bat. Monroe County, IN. July 2012.
Examining the wing of a bat. Monroe County, IN. July 2012.
Scientist taking a skin swab sample to test for presence of Pd
Scientist taking a skin swab sample to test for presence of PdScientist taking a skin swab sample to test for presence of Pd. Monroe County, IN. July 18, 2012.
Scientist taking a skin swab sample to test for presence of Pd
Scientist taking a skin swab sample to test for presence of PdScientist taking a skin swab sample to test for presence of Pd. Monroe County, IN. July 18, 2012.
NDV Study in cormorants
Study of New Castle Disease in cormorants.
Study of New Castle Disease in cormorants.
Lesser black-backed gulls (Larus fuscus)
Lesser black-backed gulls (Larus fuscus) seen during field work in Iceland in 2012.
Lesser black-backed gulls (Larus fuscus) seen during field work in Iceland in 2012.
Eastern rat snake fungal infection with crusting on lateral scales
Eastern rat snake fungal infection with crusting on lateral scalesEastern rat snake (Pantherophis alleghaniensis) showing signs of fungal infection with crusting on lateral scales, captured in Passaic County, New Jersey, in March 2012 (case 23906).
Eastern rat snake fungal infection with crusting on lateral scales
Eastern rat snake fungal infection with crusting on lateral scalesEastern rat snake (Pantherophis alleghaniensis) showing signs of fungal infection with crusting on lateral scales, captured in Passaic County, New Jersey, in March 2012 (case 23906).
Iceland Gull (Larus glaucoides)
Iceland gull (Larus glaucoides) photographed during field work in Iceland.
Iceland gull (Larus glaucoides) photographed during field work in Iceland.
Red-winged blackbird necropsy
Red-winged blackbird necropsy.
Red-winged blackbird necropsy.
Andy Reeves Staff Photo
Andy Reeves is holding a Glaucous Gull that was capture, sampled for avian influenza and banded near Barrow, Alaska.
Andy Reeves is holding a Glaucous Gull that was capture, sampled for avian influenza and banded near Barrow, Alaska.
Virus inoculation of chicken egg
Inoculation of embryonating chicken eggs
Inoculation of embryonating chicken eggs
Swabs for Extraction
Environmental swabs for extraction.
Environmental swabs for extraction.
Virology samples
Virology samples for extraction.
Virology samples for extraction.
Northern water snake with crusty and thickened scales and blisters
Northern water snake with crusty and thickened scales and blistersNorthern water snake (Nerodia sipedon) with crusty and thickened scales overlaying raised blisters as a result of a fungal skin infection, captured from island in western Lake Erie, Ohio, in August 2009 (case 22747).
Northern water snake with crusty and thickened scales and blisters
Northern water snake with crusty and thickened scales and blistersNorthern water snake (Nerodia sipedon) with crusty and thickened scales overlaying raised blisters as a result of a fungal skin infection, captured from island in western Lake Erie, Ohio, in August 2009 (case 22747).
Northern water snake with fungal skin infection
Northern water snake (Nerodia sipedon) with crusty and thickened scales overlaying raised blisters as a result of a fungal skin infection, captured from island in western Lake Erie, Ohio, in August 2009 (case 22747).
Northern water snake (Nerodia sipedon) with crusty and thickened scales overlaying raised blisters as a result of a fungal skin infection, captured from island in western Lake Erie, Ohio, in August 2009 (case 22747).
Testing for Avian Influenza
A USGS scientist takes a sample from a northern pintail duck (Anas acuta) to be tested for avian influenza.
A USGS scientist takes a sample from a northern pintail duck (Anas acuta) to be tested for avian influenza.