Projects

Chronic Wasting Disease

Deer heads - CWD project — ©Wildlife Veterinary Epidemiology Laboratory – Illinois Natural History Survey

Hemorrhagic Disease in Illinois Wild White-Tailed Deer

White-tailed deer potentially infected with Epizootic Hemorrhagic Disease (EHD). Photo courtesy of Paul Shelton.

Deer Management Program

Wildlife Veterinary Epidemiology Laboratory_Deer Management Project

Lyme Disease

Tick collection - White-footed mouse — ©Wildlife Veterinary Epidemiology Laboratory – Illinois Natural History Survey

Home range of domestic cats

Home range free-roaming cats - Radio telemetry — ©Wildlife Veterinary Epidemiology Laboratory – Illinois Natural History Survey

Toxoplasmosis

Toxoplasma gondii - Immunofluorescence — ©Wildlife Veterinary Epidemiology Laboratory – Illinois Natural History Survey

River otters

River Otter Necropsy. ©Wildlife Veterinary Epidemiology Laboratory – Illinois Natural History Survey

Leptospirosis

Blood sample from anesthetized raccoon — ©Wildlife Veterinary Epidemiology Laboratory – Illinois Natural History Survey

Historical Distribution of Ticks in the State of Illinois

Haemosporidian Parasites

©Wild Turkey. Salt Fork River, Fairmount, IL. Photo by Leellen Solter.

Bat Epidemiological Research

Little brown bat; close-up of nose with fungus, New York, Oct. 2008. Credit: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service