Valérie presenting her work on anticoagulant rodenticides in wildlife This year’s UGent Research Day  was a fantastic showcase of...

A recent study has confirmed the presence of Ophidiomyces ophidiicola  (Oo), the fungus responsible for Ophidiomycosis—better known as...

As the temperatures rise, a remarkable natural event unfolds—thousands of amphibians begin their annual migration toward breeding ponds....

A fox with mange lesions on its snout, legs, hindquarters, and tail base (c) Naomi Terriere In February 2024, we received an interesting...

(c) Elin Verbrugghe In our latest study, we have developed an innovative in vitro  infection model  to study Batrachochytrium...

The team at Wildlife Health Ghent, in collaboration with the Wildlife Rehabilitation Centres (VOC), has identified a new circovirus.

Last month, several members of our Wildlife Health Ghent team attended the 10th World Congress of Herpetology (WCH10) to present our...

As part of a collaboration with Natuurpunt, PhD student Ellen Blomme is investigating the concerning decline of the common toad (Bufo...

An European buzzard (Buteo buteo) suspected of poisoning was brought to us by the Agency for Nature and Forest (ANB) for necropsy. The...

The Agency for Nature and Forest (ANB) conducts disease surveillance in wild animals in Flanders. A dead roe deer (Capreolus capreolus)...