Facts about Wildlife Diseases: Raccoon-Borne Pathogens of Importance to Humans—Viruses and Bacteria

Diseases carried by northern raccoons present significant health hazards to both people and pets. This 7-page fact sheet written by Caitlin Jarvis, Samantha M. Wisely, and Mathieu Basille and published by the UF/IFAS Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation is part of a series addressing health hazards associated with raccoons. It describes rabies, canine distemper, feline distemper, canine parvovirus, salmonellosis, and several other raccoon-borne viral and bacterial diseases of concern to people and their pets. Sick wild animals can act tame, but do not approach! Contact animal control or a wildlife rehabilitator if an animal seems to be behaving abnormally or if you suspect it is sick. https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/uw478">https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/uw478

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Facts about Wildlife Diseases: Raccoon-Borne Pathogens of Importance to Humans—The Raccoon Roundworm

EDIS ◽

10.32473/edis-uw480-2020 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 2020 (6) ◽

pp. 7

Author(s):

Caitlin Jarvis ◽

Mathieu Basille

Keyword(s):

Health Hazards ◽

Wild Animals ◽

Wildlife Diseases ◽

Wildlife Ecology ◽

Fact Sheet ◽

Animal Control ◽

Contact Animal ◽

Significant Health

Diseases carried by northern raccoons present significant health hazards to both people and pets. This 7-page fact sheet written by Caitlin Jarvis and Mathieu Basille and published by the UF/IFAS Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation is part of a series addressing health hazards associated with raccoons. It describes the raccoon roundworm and the disease it causes, baylisascariasis, which normally causes little or no trouble to raccoons but in severe cases can make people and their pets very sick. Sick wild animals can act tame, but do not approach! Contact animal control or a wildlife rehabilitator if an animal seems to be behaving abnormally or if you suspect it is sick.

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Raccoon-borne pathogens: Parasites

EDIS ◽

10.32473/edis-uw479-2020 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 2020 (6) ◽

pp. 7

Author(s):

Caitlin Jarvis ◽

Mathieu Basille

Keyword(s):

Health Hazards ◽

Wild Animals ◽

Wildlife Ecology ◽

Fact Sheet ◽

Animal Control ◽

Contact Animal ◽

Significant Health

Diseases carried by northern raccoons present significant health hazards to both people and pets. This 7-page fact sheet written by Caitlin Jarvis and Mathieu Basille and published by the UF/IFAS Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation is part of a series addressing health hazards associated with raccoons. It describes the most important internal and external parasites associated with raccoons. Sick wild animals can act tame, but do not approach! Contact animal control or a wildlife rehabilitator if an animal seems to be behaving abnormally or if you suspect it is sick.

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Facts About Wildlife Diseases: Eastern Equine Encephalitis

EDIS ◽

10.32473/edis-uw453-2019 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 2019 (2) ◽

Author(s):

Samantha M Wisely ◽

Karen Hood

Keyword(s):

United States ◽

Encephalitis Virus ◽

Eastern United States ◽

Mosquito Vectors ◽

Eastern Equine Encephalitis Virus ◽

Wildlife Diseases ◽

Eastern Equine Encephalitis ◽

Wildlife Ecology ◽

Fact Sheet ◽

Equine Encephalitis Virus

The Eastern equine encephalitis virus (EEEV) causes Eastern equine encephalitis (EEE) disease in birds, humans, horses, and other animals in the eastern United States, including Florida, which is especially receptive to the virus because of its freshwater hardwood swamps and wetlands, which provide good niches for the mosquito vectors of the disease. This 5-page fact sheet written by Samantha Wisely and Karen Hood and published by the UF/IFAS Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation describes the disease and includes strategies for limiting its spread. http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/uw453

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Facts about Wildlife Diseases: Ehrlichiosis

EDIS ◽

10.32473/edis-uw481-2020 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 2020 (6) ◽

pp. 4

Author(s):

Yasmin Tavares ◽

Samantha M. Wisely

Keyword(s):

Antibiotic Treatment ◽

Emerging Disease ◽

Severe Illness ◽

Bacterial Disease ◽

Wildlife Diseases ◽

North Central ◽

Wildlife Ecology ◽

Central Florida ◽

Fact Sheet

Ehrlichiosis is a bacterial disease that is transmitted to humans and animals from ticks. In most cases, symptoms are mild, but sometimes if antibiotic treatment is delayed, it can cause severe illness and even death. In Florida, ehrlichiosis is an emerging disease. The hotspot of transmission is in north central Florida, but the disease is underdiagnosed. This 4-page fact sheet written by Yasmin Tavares and Samantha Wisely and published by the UF/IFAS Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation describes ehrlichiosis and explains how it is transmitted, how to know if you have it, and how to prevent yourself and your friends and family from getting it.

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Protecting Your Family and Pets from Rabies

EDIS ◽

10.32473/edis-uw282-2007 ◽

2007 ◽

Vol 2007 (20) ◽

Author(s):

Holly K. Ober

Keyword(s):

Wild Animal ◽

Wildlife Diseases ◽

Wildlife Ecology ◽

Fact Sheet

WEC239, a 4-page fact sheet by Holly K. Ober, explains what rabies is and how it spreads, which animals can get rabies, the symptoms, how common it is, how you can limit its spread, and what to do after a wild animal bite. Includes references. Published by the UF Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, August 2007. WEC239/UW282: Facts about Wildlife Diseases: Rabies (ufl.edu) Ask IFAS: Facts about Wildlife Diseases: Risks to People and Animals series (ufl.edu)

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Reducing Human-Bear Conflicts: Bear-Resistant Trash Cans

EDIS ◽

10.32473/edis-uw429-2017 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 2017 (3) ◽

Author(s):

Ethan T. Noel ◽

Elizabeth F. Pienaar ◽

Mike Orlando

Keyword(s):

Great Risk ◽

Ursus Americanus ◽

Black Bear ◽

Food Sources ◽

Vehicle Collisions ◽

Wildlife Ecology ◽

Human Food ◽

Fact Sheet

The Florida black bear (Ursus americanus floridanus) is the only species of bear in Florida, with an estimated population of approximately 4,030 bears. Bears that eat garbage put themselves in danger. This 3-page fact sheet written by Ethan T. Noel, Elizabeth F. Pienaar, and and Mike Orlando and published by the Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Department explains how to secure human garbage from bears so that they don’t become reliant on human food sources, a condition that puts them at great risk of being killed from vehicle collisions, illegal shooting, or euthanasia.http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/uw429

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Trueperella (Arcanobacterium pyogenes) in Farmed White-Tailed Deer

EDIS ◽

10.32473/edis-uw427-2017 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 2017 (1) ◽

pp. 3

Author(s):

Samantha M. Wisely ◽

Katherin A. Sayler ◽

Kathryn D. Pothier

Keyword(s):

Cause Of Death ◽

Common Cause ◽

Wildlife Ecology ◽

Fact Sheet ◽

Arcanobacterium Pyogenes

Trueperella is a harmless bacterium in intestinal tracts of ruminants like deer, cattle, and pigs, but if it migrates out of the intestine to other areas of an animal’s body and proliferates, it can make the animal sick. Trueperella causes many problems in deer, including lesions, abscesses, and pneumonia, and it is one of the types of bacteria that is known to contribute to the disease lumpy jaw. In young fawns, it is a common cause of death. This 3-page fact sheet written by Kathryn D. Pothier, Katherine A. Sayler, and Samantha M. Wisely and published by the Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation explains how to spot and treat trueperella, or, better yet, prevent it in the first place.http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/uw427

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A New Molecular Detection System for Canine Distemper Virus Based on a Double-Check Strategy

Viruses ◽

10.3390/v13081632 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 13 (8) ◽

pp. 1632

Author(s):

Sabrina Halecker ◽

Sabine Bock ◽

Martin Beer ◽

Bernd Hoffmann

Keyword(s):

Canine Distemper Virus ◽

Parallel Implementation ◽

Detection System ◽

Quantitative Polymerase Chain Reaction ◽

Diagnostic Methods ◽

Molecular Diagnostic ◽

Wild Animals ◽

Canine Distemper ◽

One Step ◽

Diagnostic Sensitivity And Specificity

Due to changing distemper issues worldwide and to inadequate results of an inter-laboratory study in Germany, it seems sensible to adapt and optimize the diagnostic methods for the detection of the canine distemper virus (CDV) to the new genetic diversity of virus strains. The goal of the project was the development, establishment and validation of two independent one-step reverse transcriptase quantitative polymerase chain reaction (RT-qPCR) methods for the safe detection of CDV in domestic and wild animals. For this purpose, an existing CDV-RT-qPCR was decisively adapted and, in addition, a completely new system was developed. Both CDV-RT-qPCR systems are characterized by a very high, comparable analytical and diagnostic sensitivity and specificity and can be mutually combined with inhibition or extraction controls. The reduction in the master mix used allows for the parallel implementation of both CDV-RT-qPCR systems without significant cost increases. For validation of the new CDV-RT-qPCR duplex assays, a panel comprising 378 samples derived from Germany, several European countries and one African country were tested. A sensitivity of 98.9% and a specificity of 100% were computed for the new assays, thus being a reliable molecular diagnostic tool for the detection of CDV in domestic and wild animals.

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Methods for Monitoring Large Terrestrial Animals in the Wild

Forests ◽

10.3390/f11080808 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 11 (8) ◽

pp. 808

Author(s):

Alexander Prosekov ◽

Alexander Kuznetsov ◽

Artem Rada ◽

Svetlana Ivanova

Keyword(s):

Environmental Control ◽

Initial Conditions ◽

Wild Animals ◽

Human Environment ◽

Wildlife Ecology ◽

Joint Application ◽

Management Processes ◽

In The Wild ◽

Specialized Equipment ◽

Control And Management

Reliable information about wildlife is absolutely important for making informed management decisions. The issues with the effectiveness of the control and monitoring of both large and small wild animals are relevant to assess and protect the world’s biodiversity. Monitoring becomes part of the methods in wildlife ecology for observation, assessment, and forecasting of the human environment. World practice reveals the potential of the joint application of both proven traditional and modern technologies using specialized equipment to organize environmental control and management processes. Monitoring large terrestrial animals require an individual approach due to their low density and larger habitat. Elk/moose are such animals. This work aims to evaluate the methods for monitoring large wild animals, suitable for controlling the number of elk/moose in the framework of nature conservation activities. Using different models allows determining the population size without affecting the animals and without significant financial costs. Although, the accuracy of each model is determined by its postulates implementation and initial conditions that need statistical data. Depending on the geographical, climatic, and economic conditions in each territory, it is possible to use different tools and equipment (e.g., cameras, GPS sensors, and unmanned aerial vehicles), a flexible variation of which will allow reaching the golden mean between the desires and capabilities of researchers.

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