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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...

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...

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...

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)...

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...

PUBLICATION ALERT

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

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...

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...

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...

WHG FIELDWORK DOWN UNDER

WHG member Jesse is currently carrying out fieldwork in and around the Australia Alps.