Nongame Species Health

Starting in 2007, the responsibilities of the Wildlife Health Lab (WHL) expanded to include non-game wildlife species. Support for the nongame species programs, including State and federally listed species and species of special concern, is one of the most rapidly growing functions of WHL.

Recent Projects

• Pacific Fisher Population Health
  • Disease and predation
  • Translocation disease risk assessment
  • Survival of orphan captive-reared young
  • News article about the Pacific Fisher Study (SFGate)
• American Pika Health and Conservation
  • Determination of safe anesthetics
  • Disease exposure and climate change
• Bobcat Mange Study
  • Study recent outbreak and develop fecal assay
• Western Pond Turtle Health Assessment
  • Infectious diseases in pond turtles and invasive exotic red-eared sliders

Research and Conservation Collaboration

• Endangered species recovery teams
  • Peninsula and Sierra Nevada Bighorn Sheep
  • Channel Island Fox
• Interdisciplinary interagency coordination
  • California Pika Consortium
  • Red Fox Working Group
  • California White Nose Syndrome Steering Committee

Contact

For more information on Nongame Wildlife Health Projects, contact:
Dr. Deana Clifford, (916) 358-2378, Deana.Clifford@wildlife.ca.gov