By Gorilla Doctors Staff
on Wednesday, August 28th, 2013
in Archive, Blog, Research.
As a critically endangered species, the health of each mountain gorilla is integral in assessing their long term survival in the Virunga Massif. When possible, the Gorilla Doctors conduct post-mortem exams on every deceased individual of the 19 habituated groups in Volcanoes National Park. Whether it be a tiny infant or a massive silverback, the […]
By Gorilla Doctors Staff
on Thursday, May 16th, 2013
in Archive, Blog, Rescued Gorillas, Research.
Fecal samples from orphaned infants Baraka and Isangi, who are currently being housed at the Senkwekwe Center in Virunga National Park, were recently sent to the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany for genetic analysis. MPI was tasked with determining whether these infants, who were confiscated from poachers in DRC in September […]
By Gorilla Doctors Staff
on Friday, March 29th, 2013
in Archive, Blog, Research.
by Jessica Burbridge The Gorilla Doctors Uganda and Rwanda PREDICT teams are busy year-round collecting samples from primates, rodents and bats in areas of intense human-wildlife interaction in order to test for emerging infectious diseases. The USAID’s Emerging Pandemic Threats PREDICT program, now in it’s fourth year, “aims to prevent, detect, and rapidly respond to […]
By Gorilla Doctors Staff
on Saturday, October 22nd, 2011
in Archive, Blog, Research.
Dr. Julius finds a bat.By Molly Feltner, MGVP Communications Officer 2011 marked the second year of PREDICT, the USAID-funded project led by the UC Davis Wildlife Health Center investigating emerging infectious diseases in wildlife in Uganda and Rwanda. Our PREDICT staff, who are dedicated to finding new diseases that could transfer from wildlife to humans, […]
By Gorilla Doctors Staff
on Friday, June 10th, 2011
in Archive, Blog, Conservation in Action, Research.
Musanze, Rwanda June 9, 2011 Press Release: Veterinary Contributions to “Extreme Conservation” Lead to Increase in Mountain Gorilla Population MGVP’s Dr. Jan Ramer and Dr. Fred Nizeyimana remove a poacher’s snare from an infant mountain gorilla in Uganda. [Editor’s note: A four-minute video of MGVP saving a baby mountain gorilla caught in a poacher’s snare […]
By Gorilla Doctors Staff
on Tuesday, March 29th, 2011
in Archive, Press Releases, Research.
PRESS RELEASE March 29, 2011 Human Virus Linked to Deaths of Endangered Mountain Gorillas Musanze, Rwanda – For the first time, a virus that causes respiratory disease in humans has been linked to the deaths of wild mountain gorillas, says a team of researchers in a new study published online today in the CDC journal Emerging Infectious […]
By Gorilla Doctors Staff
on Monday, September 13th, 2010
in Archive, Blog, One Health for All, Research.
Students James and Kris and Laboratory Technician Dr. Noel indentify cattle to be sampled on a farm bordering the park. By Molly Feltner, MGVP Communications Officer To complement our efforts to save mountain gorilla lives in the field, we support research projects examining gorilla and ecosystem health issues. This September, James Hassell, a veterinary student […]
