This past week was the 70th annual Wildlife Disease Association (WDA) international conference, right here in Madison, Wisconsin. This was my first in-person conference since the start of the pandemic, and it was a real joy to connect with friends and colleagues. I was so impressed by the presentations by brilliant scientists--including student attendees! I've always found the WDA conference to be extremely welcoming to students, and the conference's full day of student talks is such a great way to showcase the great work of student scientists. I also had the honor to present some of my own work, which was recently accepted for publication in the Journal of Wildlife Diseases. I'm already looking forward to WDA 2023 in Athens, GA! In some of my recent work with the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, I've been evaluating records from hundreds of necropsies (animal autopsies) of Wisconsin white-tailed deer. These necropsies provide a wealth of insight into deer health, causes of death, and how chronic wasting disease affects both individual deer and the population as a whole. Check out this Field Notes newsletter update for more information about this recent work, as well as other great white-tailed deer research going on here in Wisconsin! |
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