Grants for Saving Wildlife

Through The Wild Animal Health Fund, AAZV provides important resources to be responsive to animal health studies that have impact on the care and conservation of captive and free-ranging wildlife.

Proposals Accepted for Funding in 2012

1. Evaluation of an Osmotic Pump to Deliver Analgesic Levels of Butorphanol to Birds. Primary Investigator: Meredith Clancy.
   
   
2. Cutaneous Wound Healing in the Skink and Evaluation of Therapeutic Agents. Primary Investigator: Joanne Paul-Murphy.
   
   
3. Development of Ferritin Assay in Southern Africa and Evaluation of Serum Ferritin in Free-Ranging Black Rhinoceros as a Comparative Tool to Understand Factors Affecting Iron Storage. Primary Investigators: Michele Miller, Peter Buss, Markus Hofmeyr, Francisco Olea-Popelka.
   
   
4. Comparison of Ranaviruses from Reptiles and amphibians in Europe. Primary Investigator: Rachel Marschang.
   
   
5. Validation of Thermographic Imaging for Detection of Subclinical Bumblefoot (pododermatitis) in Penguins. Primary Investigator: Ann Duncan.
   
   
6. Prevalence of Elephant Endotheliotropic Herpesvirus in Captive Breeding Asian Elephants (Elephas maximus) in Nepal. Primary Investigator: Gretchen Kaufman.