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Northern gannet flying with mountains in background.
Northern gannet (Morus bassanus)
Northern gannet (Morus bassanus)
Northern gannet (Morus bassanus)

Northern gannet (Morus bassanus) seen during field work in Iceland in 2013.     

Lesser black-backed gull
Lesser black-backed gull
Lesser black-backed gull
Lesser black-backed gull

Lesser black-backed gull flying over water. 

Lesser black-backed gull flying over water. 

Milk snake (Lampropeltis triangulum) showing signs of fungal and bacterial infections.
Milk snake showing signs of fungal and bacterial infections
Milk snake showing signs of fungal and bacterial infections
Milk snake showing signs of fungal and bacterial infections

Milk snake (Lampropeltis triangulum) showing signs of fungal and bacterial infections, captured in Westchester County, New York, February 2013 (case 24281).

Milk snake (Lampropeltis triangulum) showing signs of fungal and bacterial infections, captured in Westchester County, New York, February 2013 (case 24281).

Pygmy rattlesnake with raised lumps and roughened and crusty scales
Pygmy rattlesnake with raised lumps and roughened and crusty scales
Pygmy rattlesnake with raised lumps and roughened and crusty scales
Pygmy rattlesnake with raised lumps and roughened and crusty scales

Pygmy rattlesnake (Sistrurus miliarius) with multiple raised lumps (nodules) in the dorsal skin of the lower body and tail covered with roughened and crusty scales, captured in Volusia County, Florida, in October 2012.

Pygmy rattlesnake (Sistrurus miliarius) with multiple raised lumps (nodules) in the dorsal skin of the lower body and tail covered with roughened and crusty scales, captured in Volusia County, Florida, in October 2012.

Lab technician sitting at lab hood pipetting into vials.
NWHC technician preparing avian samples for avian influenza testing
NWHC technician preparing avian samples for avian influenza testing
NWHC technician preparing avian samples for avian influenza testing

USGS National Wildlife Health Center laboratory technician preparing avian samples for avian influenza testing.

The inside a a refrigerator full of sample vials in trays.
Samples awaiting testing in the NWHC Diagnostic Virology Laboratory
Samples awaiting testing in the NWHC Diagnostic Virology Laboratory
Samples awaiting testing in the NWHC Diagnostic Virology Laboratory

Samples awaiting testing in the National Wildlife Health Center Diagnostic Virology Laboratory.

Coral Sampling NWHC HFS
Coral Sampling by the NWHC Honolulu Field Station
Coral Sampling by the NWHC Honolulu Field Station
Coral Sampling by the NWHC Honolulu Field Station

Coral Sampling by the National Wildlife Health Center Honolulu Field Station team. 

Coral Sampling by the National Wildlife Health Center Honolulu Field Station team. 

Prairie dog and SPV bait
Prairie dog and SPV bait
Prairie dog and SPV bait
Prairie dog and SPV bait

In this image, a Gunnison prairie dog eats a bait laden with the sylvatic plague vaccine. Prairie dogs in the wild are less likely to succumb to plague after they ingest peanut-butter-flavored bait that contains a vaccine against the disease.

In this image, a Gunnison prairie dog eats a bait laden with the sylvatic plague vaccine. Prairie dogs in the wild are less likely to succumb to plague after they ingest peanut-butter-flavored bait that contains a vaccine against the disease.

Examining the wing of a bat
Examining the wing of a bat
Examining the wing of a bat
Examining the wing of a bat

Examining the wing of a bat. Montgomery County, TN. August 2012.

Examining the wing of a bat. Montgomery County, TN. August 2012.

Scientist taking enivornmental swab from the side of a cave.
Scientist taking environmental sample during WNS surveillance
Scientist taking environmental sample during WNS surveillance
Scientist taking environmental sample during WNS surveillance

Scientist taking environmental samples during white-nose syndrome surveillance activities. Lawrence County, OH. August 2012.

Scientist taking environmental samples during white-nose syndrome surveillance activities. Lawrence County, OH. August 2012.

Eastern racer (Coluber constrictor) showing signs of fungal infection, numerous white spots on belly scales.
Eastern racer showing signs of fungal infection, white spots on scales
Eastern racer showing signs of fungal infection, white spots on scales
Eastern racer showing signs of fungal infection, white spots on scales

Eastern racer (Coluber constrictor) showing signs of fungal infection, numerous white spots on belly scales, captured in Dutchess County, New York, in July 2012 (case 24042).

Eastern racer (Coluber constrictor) showing signs of fungal infection, numerous white spots on belly scales, captured in Dutchess County, New York, in July 2012 (case 24042).

gull necropsy
gull necropsy
gull necropsy
gull necropsy

USGS AMBLE coordinator Jenny Chipault inspects a ring-billed gull submitted for avian botulism type E testing. Some sick and dead gulls found on Lake Michigan beaches in 2011 had avian botulism.

USGS AMBLE coordinator Jenny Chipault inspects a ring-billed gull submitted for avian botulism type E testing. Some sick and dead gulls found on Lake Michigan beaches in 2011 had avian botulism.

Set up in front of cave entrance to capture bats
Set up to capture bats for white-nose syndrome surveillance activities
Set up to capture bats for white-nose syndrome surveillance activities
Set up to capture bats for white-nose syndrome surveillance activities

Mist-net and harp trap set up to capture bats for white-nose syndrome surveillance activities. Breckinridge County, KY. July 2012.

Mist-net and harp trap set up to capture bats for white-nose syndrome surveillance activities. Breckinridge County, KY. July 2012.

Scientist taking sample from the ground with a spoon.
Scientist taking environmental samples during WNS surveillance
Scientist taking environmental samples during WNS surveillance
Scientist taking environmental samples during WNS surveillance

Scientist taking environmental samples during white-nose syndrome surveillance activities. Breckinridge County, IN. July 2012.

Scientist taking environmental samples during white-nose syndrome surveillance activities. Breckinridge County, IN. July 2012.

Scientist holding the wing of a bat up to a flashlight.
Examining the wing of a bat
Examining the wing of a bat
Examining the wing of a bat

Examining the wing of a bat. Monroe County, IN. July 2012.

Examining the wing of a bat. Monroe County, IN. July 2012.

Scientist holding bat while swab is taken from the wing of the bat.
Scientist taking a skin swab sample to test for presence of Pd
Scientist taking a skin swab sample to test for presence of Pd
Scientist taking a skin swab sample to test for presence of Pd

Scientist taking a skin swab sample to test for presence of Pd.  Monroe County, IN. July 18, 2012.

NDV Study in cormorants
NDV Study in cormorants
NDV Study in cormorants
NDV Study in cormorants

Study of New Castle Disease in cormorants.

Study of New Castle Disease in cormorants.

Three lesser black-backed gulls flying.
Lesser black-backed gulls (Larus fuscus)
Lesser black-backed gulls (Larus fuscus)
Lesser black-backed gulls (Larus fuscus)

Lesser black-backed gulls (Larus fuscus) seen during field work in Iceland in 2012.

Eastern rat snake (Pantherophis alleghaniensis) showing signs of fungal infection.
Eastern rat snake fungal infection with crusting on lateral scales
Eastern rat snake fungal infection with crusting on lateral scales
Eastern rat snake fungal infection with crusting on lateral scales

Eastern rat snake (Pantherophis alleghaniensis) showing signs of fungal infection with crusting on lateral scales, captured in Passaic County, New Jersey, in March 2012 (case 23906).

Eastern rat snake (Pantherophis alleghaniensis) showing signs of fungal infection with crusting on lateral scales, captured in Passaic County, New Jersey, in March 2012 (case 23906).

Iceland gull flying over water.
Iceland Gull (Larus glaucoides)
Iceland Gull (Larus glaucoides)
Iceland Gull (Larus glaucoides)

Iceland gull (Larus glaucoides) photographed during field work in Iceland.

Red-winged blackbird necropsy
Red-winged blackbird necropsy
Red-winged blackbird necropsy
Red-winged blackbird necropsy

Red-winged blackbird necropsy.