Lethal Research for Wildlife

Wildlife Disease Research at the Aphis National Wildlife Research Center

Successful Elimination of a Lethal Wildlife Infectious Disease

14" Methods to mitigate the impacts of emerging infectious diseases affecting wildlife are 15" urgently needed to combat loss of biodiversity. However, the successful mitigation of wildlife 16" pathogens in situ has rarely occurred. Indeed, most strategies for combating wildlife diseases 17" remain theoretical, despite the wealth of information available for combating infections in 18" livestoc...

Successful elimination of a lethal wildlife infectious disease in nature.

Methods to mitigate the impacts of emerging infectious diseases affecting wildlife are urgently needed to combat loss of biodiversity. However, the successful mitigation of wildlife pathogens in situ has rarely occurred. Indeed, most strategies for combating wildlife diseases remain theoretical, despite the wealth of information available for combating infections in livestock and crops. Here, w...

Teaching Wildlife Research Ethics: a Progress Report

Animals have long been used in laboratory research aimed at improving human lives. In contrast, disciplines such as ecology, wildlife management, and conservation biology aim at the management and long-term survival of species or populations under growing human pressures. Although modeling approaches are sometimes helpful, field studies of animals are typically the only way to test hypotheses a...

Statistical Power Analysis in Wildlife Research

Statistical power analysis can be used to increase the efficiency of research efforts and to clarify research results. Power analysis is most valuable in the design or planning phases of research efforts. Such prospective (a priori) power analyses can be used to guide research design and to estimate the number of samples necessary to achieve a high probability of detecting biologically signific...