Still catching up: short summaries and old pictures
8:00 – 9:00 AM: Virology Update and Why RNA Viruses are so Often Involved in Emerging and Re-emerging Diseases.
9:00 – 11:00 AM: Disease Emergence in Wild Birds: A Focus on Waterfowl and Raptors.
Presenter: Dr. Milton Friend, US Geological Survey, Founder of National Wildlife Health Center, Madison, Wisconsin.
Friend founded the National Wildlife Health Center and is among the most prominent figures in the field.
11:00 AM – Noon: Avian Influenza - Overview of the Risks of a Serious Pandemic, Countermeasures, and Communications. Implications for Developed and Developing Countries.
Presenter: Dr. Justin Brown, Southeast Cooperative Wildlife Disease Study, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia.
Noon – 1:00 PM: Lunch.
1:00 – 3:00 PM: Wildlife Conservation and Wildlife Health. Dr. Friend.
3:00 – 4:00 PM: Whooping Cranes – Endangered Species Introductions.
Presnter: Dr. Spalding.
5:00 – 6:00 PM: Dinner.
6:00 – 7:00 PM: Mercury in the Everglades. Dr. Spalding.
Evening: Along with 5 other students I helped Dr. Spalding with the necropsy of a Whooping Crane. Because it is an endangered species we had to be very thorough in taking tissue samples and attempting to determine the cause of death. In total the process took over two hours. Unfortunately, my camera ran out of batteries so no pictures…
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