Introduces students to current issues and the multi-disciplinary responses to pressing wildlife health problems via a series of guest lecturers and readings from peer-reviewed manuscripts. This class will be heavily discussion-based.
Athena Title
Wildlife Health Seminar
Prerequisite
[(BIOL 1103 or BIOL 1103E or BIOL 2103H or PBIO 1210) and BIOL 1103L] or [(BIOL 1107 or BIOL 1107E or BIOL 2107H) and BIOL 1107L]
Semester Course Offered
Offered spring
Grading System
S/U (Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory)
Student learning Outcomes
By the end of this course, students will be able to explain factors that contribute to and detract from wildlife health and examine the relationship between human activity and the emergence of novel pathogens.
By the end of this course, students will be able to differentiate approaches used by veterinarians, wildlife biologists, ecologists, and environmental health practitioners when attempting to control, detect, and diagnose disease in wildlife.
By the end of this course, students will be able to critique current issues, management plans, and strategies used in response to current issues in wildlife health.
Topical Outline
Climate change
Pathogens of population consequence (e.g., BHS pneumonia, WNS, chytrid, HPAI on threatened species, CWD, plague)
Habitat restoration and management
Environmental/ecosystem health
Ecotoxicology
Zoonotic disease
Federal and state agency responses to wildlife disease issues
Deforestation and development impacts on human and animal health
Antibiotic usage and antimicrobial resistance
Impact of public policy/global economy on environmental and animal health
