UT researchers receive $2.75M grant to investigate movement of amphibian pathogens in wildlife trade networks
Stay Connected with the Ocelot Reintroduction Project
Dr. Ashley Reeves with the Center for Wildlife Health and a team of partners and researchers is investigating the potential for reintroducing wild ocelot populations to areas of Texas where…
Scientist at work: Endangered ocelots and their genetic diversity may benefit from artificial insemination
Ashley Reeves works to improve ocelot populations through artificial insemination with sperm from a deceased male ocelot.
Rick Gerhold Wins Faculty Award at UTCVM Research Day
Congratulations to associate professor Rick Gerhold for winning the Boeringher Ingelheim Faculty Research Mentoring Award at the UT College of Veterinary Medicine’s Research Day.
Undergraduate Student Researchers Present Posters at Discovery Day
Two undergraduate students involved with the Center for Wildlife Health shared poster presentations at UT, Knoxville’s Discovery Day, held at Hodges Library.
Professor Matt Gray Featured on Amphibicast Podcast
Professor Matt Gray was recently a guest on the Amphibicast podcast. Tune in to hear Dr. Gray discuss the importance of clean amphibian trade!
Roadkill Rescue Gives Deceased Wild Ocelot a Chance to Be a Father in the Future
Ashley Reeves, DVM, and PhD student under Professor Deb Miller, will assist with artificial insemination of a zoo-housed ocelot after sperm was collected from a male ocelot that was killed by a car.
Frequency-dependent Transmission of Bsal in Eastern Newts
Master’s student and member of the Amphibian Disease Laboratory Adri Tompros has published a paper in Transboundary and Emerging Diseases. Tompros and her colleagues are conducting research on Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans,…
Matt Gray Speaks at 86th North American Wildlife and Natural Resources Conference
Professor Matt Gray recently spoke on the threat of Bsal at the virtual 86th North American Wildlife and Natural Resources Conference.
Putative resistance and tolerance mechanisms have little impact on disease progression for an emerging salamander pathogen
Mark Wilber and colleagues from the Amphibian Disease Lab have published a new paper with the British Ecological Society on amphibian pathogen resistance and tolerance.