Love the opportunity to present at the pathology workshop at the Wildlife Disease Association!! Got to present on a case of highly pathogenic avian influenza in a juvenile bobcat! #wildlifehealth

I did another interview!! Check out my interview with Dr. John Beaumont from The Practical Animal about a career in Wildlife Veterinary Pathology! www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6X7...

THANATOS IS WHO YOU SEE ON THE SLAB, BUT THE GODDESSES OF VIOLENT DEATH PUT HIM THERE.

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In honor of International Ungulate Day, today’s #SkullSaturday features my pronghorn skull! Frequently mistaken as an antelope, it is a native to western and middle North America. It is the only surviving member of the family Antilcapridae separating itself from bovids and related to 🦒 and okapi!

Forgot to share this here but back in April, I was interviewed for a UW radio show talking about being a zoo and Wildife pathologist! Check it out below! open.spotify.com/episode/1am7...

Elephant Autopsies with Natalie Tocco

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Happy #MicroscopeMonday 🔬ft a bacterial embolus in the glomerulus of an American badger 🦡 . This badger had a head wound that allowed bacteria to invade opportunistically causing bacterial septicemia allowing for bacterial emboli to arrive in multiple organs. Bacteria are cocci like Staph or Strep!

Happy #SkullSaturday with the North American River Otter (Lontra canadensis) in honor of World Otter Day! This species is one of multiple in this genus but they only belong to the Americas! In many areas they were wiped out due to the fur trade like the sea otter!

Hi all, been a minute! But we are back with #MicroscopeMonday 🔬 ft a perivascular cuff in the brain 🧠 of a 🦦!! Perivascular cuffs are a form of encephalitis (brain encephalitis) that can be indicative of viral infections! It is unclear in this case what caused this little cuff in this 🦦!

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Happy #MicroscopeMonday with a Sarcocyst in the skeletal muscle of a sea otter 🦦🦦! Sarocysts as previously posted is relatively common incidental finding in many wildlife species and if found in the brain of sea otters can cause neurological disease and death or complications from inability to hunt!

Happy #SkullSunday featuring the carrion crow in honor of Crow and Raven Day that passed this week!! Carrion crow (Corvus corone) live in a similar ecological niche with the Hooded crow in Eurasia and the American crow in the US! This species is larger than their American counterparts! 🐦‍⬛🐦‍⬛🐦‍⬛🐦‍⬛🐦‍⬛

Happy #MicoscropeMonday with an 🦅🫀! This is a Mason’s Trichrome stain that highlights collagen in blue! This case has extensive blue coloration consistent with fibrosis (replacement with abundant collagen). This eagle died from lead toxicosis which causes lesions like we see here in the heart!

Happy #SkullSaturday with the Magellanic Penguin (Spheniscus magellanicus) in honor of #worldpenguinday! Magellanic penguins are native to South America and named after Ferdinand Magellan as he made his way around the continent! IUCN lists them as near threatened! 🐧🐧🐧🐧

Hi all, HAPPY 🌎 DAY!! I’m going to do a bit of a selfish plug asking people to donate to my Chicago Marathon Fundraiser to World Wildlife Fund since what better way to celebrate earth day then helping animals right?

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American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA)@avmavets.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Veterinarians play critical roles in the health of animals, humans, and even the environment. Though this intersecting role is sometimes overlooked, it's a critically important one. Today on #EarthDay, take a moment to learn more about One Health: https://bit.ly/4rFmmag

Happy #MicroscopeMonday with a 🐰 liver infected with Rabbit Hemorrhagic Disease! RHDV has two virus types of which RHDV2 has spread worldwide through the exchange of pet trade and improperly disinfected equipment. In the name, it causes massive bleeding and tissue death in the 🫁 and liver.

Delayed #MicroscopeMonday ft 🐸 👅!! Frog tongues have abundant mucous glands that help create that sticky feature for them to acquire their prey! However some species of frogs don’t have tongues at all which includes Xenopus laevis, the African clawed frogs, and other members of the Pipidae family!

Happy #SkullSunday ft the North American Beaver 🦫 (Castor canadensis) in honor of International 🦫 Day passing! Beavers are the largest rodents in NA and nearly wiped out by the fur trade and for land expansion for farming. They are a keystone species critical to habit restoration by their dams!

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Erin O'Leary@erinkoleary.bsky.social · 4mo ago

I saw the space shuttle at udvar-hazy last year and I just kept saying “that thing right there has been to SPACE” you can ask @deadpetvet.bsky.social and @riot-grrl13.bsky.social I could not act normal around space shit I’m so glad I’m not alone about it right now

Happy #SkullSaturday ft a domestic ferret skull in honor of National Ferret Day this past week!! Domestic ferrets (Mustela furo) were domesticated from the European polecat (Mustela putorius) about 2500 years ago! Like their wild counterparts, they are excellent rodent 🐀🐁🐿️ and rabbit 🐇 hunters!

Today is the inaugural Jane Goodall Day since she passed away last fall coinciding with Ape Awareness Month and her birthday! She, the late Diane Fossey and Birute Galdikas, will continue to be inspirations in the world of wildlife conservation through their great ape research. 🦍🦧 #janegoodall

Happy World Ferret Day!!!! WWF works with helping restore Black-Footed Ferrets here in North America!! Black-footed ferrets used to be extinct in the wild but have made an amazing comeback that you can help with today by donating below!!! fundraise.worldwildlife.org/p2p/site/9XS...

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American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA)@avmavets.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Did you know male ferrets are called Hobs, female ferrets are called Jills, and their offspring are called Kits? On #NationalFerretDay, let us celebrate these creatures in the mustelid family and give a big shout out to all the veterinary professionals out there caring for them!

Happy #MicroscopeMonday ft a cestode! This cestode was found in the small intestine of a bobcat! There are several species of cestodes aka tapeworms that can infect a wide variety of species and some cestode species like Echinococcus sp can have severe zoonotic disease impacts on humans!

In honor of Seal and Sea Lion this past week, happy #SkullSaturday with the California Sea Lion (CSL)! CSL have a total range spanning from Alaska to Mexico with a breeding range isolated to the southern half of California and northern Mexico! This is a female evidenced by lack of sagittal crest!

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Happy #NationalScienceAppreciationDay! Science is all around us and remember to thank those that work in all sectors! Also you can join in citizen science projects to help more involved!! 🔬🧫🦠

Today’s @ologies.bsky.social episodes is about Megafelinology aka Big Cats!! Remember that @worldwildlife.org does a great deal of work with big cat species like Snow Leopards, Lions, Tigers, Amur Leopards, Cheetahs, etc that you can help! 🐆🐅🦁 Donate to my WWF fundraiser below! #bigcats #wwf

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I am fundraising for World Wildlife Fund by running in the Bank of America Chicago Marathon on October 11, 2026 because nature needs us now more than ever. Deforestation, climate change, water scarci...

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Ologies with Alie Ward@ologies.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Well well well.. guess what tomorrow's episode happens to be about?

We are hiring here at National Wildlife Health Center for temporary Biological Field Technicians! Application and information below!

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Happy #MicroscopeMonday ft Avian Influenza (AI) immunohistochemistry on a bobcat brain 🧠! The darkest brown staining is within neurons highlighting the AI infection in this animal! Mammals like cats and seals with Highly pathogenic AI will have encephalitis and neuronal necrosis causing death.

Happy #SkullSaturday ft the serval (Leptailurus serval) in honor of World Serval Day this past week. This medium sized cat is native to Sub-Saharan Africa and has in the recent years become popular in the exotic pet trade. It is the only member of its particular genus within the Felidae family. 🐆🐆🐆

Happy #WorldParasiteAwarenessDay🪱 ft Phylasoptera species (presumed) from a bobcat stomach!

Remember that you can help pandas today on #NationalPandaDay by donating to my WWF fundraiser in my pinned post! 🐼🐼🐼

American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA)@avmavets.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Did you know the giant panda is the rarest member of the bear family? On #NationalPandaDay, let us celebrate one of the world's most unique bears and give a very big shout out to all the zoo, wildlife, and other veterinary professionals out there caring for these furry bears!