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Dec 22 min read

NEW VIRUS DISCOVERED IN FLEMISH HEDGEHOGS: A POSSIBLE LINK TO THEIR DECLINE?

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

Sep 41 min read

WHG AT THE WORLD CONGRESS OF HERPETOLOGY (WHC10)

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

Jun 241 min read

COMMON TOAD WITH HERPES LESIONS

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

Jun 212 min read

ILLEGAL POISONING THREATENS BUZZARDS IN FLANDERS

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

Jun 211 min read

WHAT KILLED THE ROE DEER?

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

Jan 81 min read

ERC-FUNDED GLOSSI PROJECT

(c) Frank Pasmans Several members of our Wildlife Health Ghent team are diving into a new research project investigating the role of skin...

Sep 28, 20231 min read

PUBLICATION ALERT

Divergent population responses following salamander mass mortalities and declines driven by the emerging pathogen Batrachochytrium...

Mar 31, 20231 min read

PHD POSITIONS AT WHG

(c) Frank Pasmans PhD positions at Wildlife Health Ghent We are hiring several enthusiastic, driven, early career scientists whom we can...

Mar 29, 20231 min read

WHG IS RECRUITING

WANTED: a veterinarian for a PhD position in wildlife diseases at Wildlife Health Ghent. Wildlife Health Ghent has a vacancy for a...

Jan 5, 20232 min read

FUNGICIDES USAGE CAN AFFECT AMPHIBIAN-KILLER FUNGUS

Barbi et al. (2023) Widespread triazole pesticide use affects infection dynamics of a global amphibian pathogen. Ecology Letters...