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#1 Lazy turtles, freezing manatees and the oil spill aftermaths with Dr Jenny Bloodgood

#1 Lazy turtles, freezing manatees and the oil spill aftermaths with Dr Jenny Bloodgood

FromWildlife Health Talks


#1 Lazy turtles, freezing manatees and the oil spill aftermaths with Dr Jenny Bloodgood

FromWildlife Health Talks

ratings:
Length:
26 minutes
Released:
Jan 1, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Our host Cat chats with  Dr Jenny Bloodgood about her work with turtles who grow into seafood-loving couch potatoes in rehab, manatees who are not quite ready for climate change and the devastating 12-year aftermaths of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the gulf of Mexico, the largest and most devastating oil spill in history.Jenny is a vet and marine mammal health researcher at the Dauphin Island Sea Lab in Alabama. 'Alabama has a coastline?' you might wonder. Yes, it does and even a very pretty one.By now, Jenny has moved on to her new position as an Assistant Professor of Practice at Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine and a Wildlife Veterinarian with the New York State Wildlife Health Program in Ithaca, NY.
Released:
Jan 1, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (36)

This is the podcast of the Wildlife Disease Association (WDA, https://www.wildlifedisease.org). Our host Dr Catharina Vendl chats with wildlife health professionals including researchers, vets, pathologists and more, about the joys and challenges of their job and the emerging issues of wildlife health locally and worldwide. All of our guests have a longstanding affinity with the WDA and a true passion for wildlife in common. So brush up your knowledge of current wildlife issues and One Health with Wildlife Health Talks.