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Vacuolar Myelinopathy in an American Coot

Vacuolar Myelinopathy in an American Coot

History: An American Coot (Fulica americana) was observed with neurologic signs in North Carolina, USA. The coot was euthanized and submitted to the U...

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American Bullfrog Acoustics and High-Performance Computing

American Bullfrog Acoustics and High-Performance Computing

Advanced Research Computing’s supercomputers enable science throughout the USGS. One project uses supercomputing to identify calls of invasive...

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Spring 2025 Highlights from EESC’s Disease Decision Analysis and Research Group

Spring 2025 Highlights from EESC’s Disease Decision Analysis and Research Group

The Disease Decision Analysis and Research (DDAR) group is a multi-disciplinary team based out of the Eastern Ecological Science Center whose...

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EESC in the News: CWD in Elk

EESC in the News: CWD in Elk

By Mike Koshmrl

WyoFile, February 25, 2025

Wildlife managers are plotting an initial response to the disease outbreak as more confirmed and suspected...

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Putting Fish on Ice: Designer Flows to Stop an Invasion in Grand Canyon

Putting Fish on Ice: Designer Flows to Stop an Invasion in Grand Canyon

Title:  Putting Fish on Ice: Designer Flows to Stop an Invasion in Grand Canyon 

Date:  February 28, 2025, at 2:00-2:30 pm Eastern/11:00 -11:30 am...

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Esophageal-proventricular Aspergillosis in a Canada Goose (Branta canadensis) from Wisconsin, USA

Esophageal-proventricular Aspergillosis in a Canada Goose (Branta canadensis) from Wisconsin, USA

History: An adult male 2850-g Canada Goose (Branta canadensis) was observed lethargic, easily approachable, and with a tucked head in September in...

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Avian Paramyxovirus-1 Infection (Newcastle Disease) in a Double-crested Cormorant (Nannopterum auritum).

Avian Paramyxovirus-1 Infection (Newcastle Disease) in a Double-crested Cormorant (Nannopterum auritum).

History: : A male fledgling 1.60 kg double-crested cormorant (DCCO) was observed ill in Minnesota, USA. The bird was lethargic, had a drooping head...

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Mapping hotspots of first detections of non-native species

Mapping hotspots of first detections of non-native species

Every non-native species has a first record – the first place it was reported to occur in the wild in its non-native range. By analyzing the...

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Stopping invaders at the doorstep: FORT researchers launch version 4.0 of the Invasive Species Habitat Tool

Stopping invaders at the doorstep: FORT researchers launch version 4.0 of the Invasive Species Habitat Tool

In a new version of the Invasive Species Habitat Tool (INHABIT 4.0), USGS scientists worked with resource managers to update the tool with occurrence...

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Severe Perkinsea in a group of Oregon bullfrogs (Lithobates catesbeianus) and limb malformation associated with encysted trematodes.

Severe Perkinsea in a group of Oregon bullfrogs (Lithobates catesbeianus) and limb malformation associated with encysted trematodes.

History: Twenty-two American bullfrog tadpoles and one metamorph bullfrog (Lithobates catesbeianus) were submitted from a pond in Oregon, USA where...

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