http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification 720 https://escholarship.org/uc/whc/rss Recent eScholarship items from Wildlife Health Center Sat, 13 Jun 2026 07:27:41 +0000 https://escholarship.org/uc/item/8qv6v1xq <p>Infectious diseases have the potential to play a role in the decline of threatened wildlife populations, as well as negatively affect their long-term viability, but determining which infectious agents present risks can be difficult. The southern resident killer whale, Orcinus orca, population is endangered and little is known about infectious diseases in this species. Using available reference literature, we identified 15 infectious agents (bacteria, viruses, and fungi) reported in free-ranging and captive killer whales, as well as 28 additional infectious agents reported in free-ranging and captive odontocete species sympatric to southern resident killer whales. Infectious agents were scored as having a high, medium, or low ability to affect fecundity or reproductive success, to cause disease in individual animals, and to cause epizootics. Marine Brucella spp., cetacean poxvirus, cetacean morbilliviruses, and herpesviruses were identified as high priority pathogens that warrant... https://escholarship.org/uc/item/8qv6v1xq Tue, 20 Apr 2004 00:00:00 +0000 Gaydos, Joseph K. Balcomb, Kenneth C., III Osborne, Richard W. Dieurauf, Leslie https://escholarship.org/uc/item/3t37f72d First Biennial Marine Ecosystem Health Program Science Symposium https://escholarship.org/uc/item/3t37f72d Thu, 6 Mar 2003 00:00:00 +0000 Gilardi, Kirsten V.K. Gaydos, Joseph K.