Congrats to our fantastic group of undergraduate students, graduate students, and lab members for their presentations at The 58th Annual Meeting of Illinois Chapter of The Wildlife Society, April 10-12.
Poster Presentations
Undergraduate Students

A DNA Sequencing Strategy for Studying Novelty-seeking Behavior in White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus)

Shadow of the Prion Protein in Chronic Wasting Disease Wild White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus)

Prion Protein (PRNP) Gene’s Relation between Maternal and Fetal White-tailed Deer (WTD)

Comparisons Between Litter Size and Fetal Development for Chronic Wasting Disease in White-Tailed Deer
Graduate Students

Using Genotypic Methods to Assess Antimicrobial Resistance in the Fecal Microbiome of Resident Canada Geese (Branta canadensis)
Lab Members and *Collaborators
Poster Presentations

Chromatin Conformation Capture Sequencing Empowers Chromosome Assembly of the White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) Genome

Survey of Prion Protein Variation in Illinois White-tailed Deer from Jo Daviess, LaSalle, and Winnebago Counties

Redesigning Primers and Optimizing PCR Conditions for Amplifying and Sequencing of the Prion Protein Gene PRNP Using DNA from Illinois White-tailed Deer

Historical Changes in Bluetongue and Epizootic Hemorrhagic Disease in Illinois Wild White-Tailed Deer
Oral Presentations

Chronic Wasting Disease Management in Perspective: The Evolving Challenge

Impact of Maternal Infection with Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) on Fetal Characteristics in White Tailed Deer

Effectiveness of Disease Management in Reducing the Burden of Chronic Wasting Disease on Local Illinois Deer Populations

Managing a One Health Approach to Tickborne Diseases in Illinois