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    ​The Center for Wildlife Health is located within the Department of Forestry, Wildlife and Fisheries in the Institute of Agriculture at the University of Tennessee Knoxville. The Center provides a multidisciplinary environment for the study of health issues arising from the interaction of wildlife, livestock, humans and the environment.

    Photo montage of Center for Wildlife research project ​​

    ​News​ 

    • Assessment of the Asian longhorned tick in the United States

    • EurekAlert! NSF awards UTIA faculty grant to study fungal pathogen of amphibians:
      $2.5 million study to examine pathogen that devours the skin of salamanders

    • New Bsal Rap by UTIA CWH students

    • UTIA CWH study confirms significant disease risk if gloves are not changed or animals are co-housed during research

    • Dr. Shigetoshi Eda of the Institute of Agriculture and Jayne Wu of the Tickle College of Engineering have been collaborating to develop a portable low-cost device that can detect infectious diseases and pathogens in a matter of minutes. Read more here.

    • Congratulations to Dr. Debra Miller for receiving the Duck Award at the 66th WDA Annual International Conference in San Cristobal, Chiapas, Mexico!

    • Dr. Debra Miller was named President of the Wildlife Disease Association. She began her 2-year term on July 28, 2017.

    • New publication on the Effects of live-trapping and isoflurane anesthesia on free-ranging American martens (Martes Americana) by Maria C. Spriggs, Lisa I. Muller, Paul Keenlance, Robert L. Sanders, Jill C. Witt, and Debra L. Miller.  JWD 53(3), 2017; Doi: 10.7589/2016-06-143.

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