Had a great day with @LandView_Markus and the @albertapork team testing thermal drones for wild pig detection and.... we found them!

So proud of Olivia for her excellent MSc thesis defense on liver fluke distribution in Elk Island National Park @ucalgaryvetmed Thank you to @ParksCanada and @ConserveAlberta for supporting this research.

So proud of Erin Casper for her brilliant MSc thesis defense today, on the development of dynamic indicators of resilience in wild rodents @ucalgaryvetmed

And this concludes our trail camera check after 10 months of deployment. Well done Devin @dmtfitz ! And thank you Hannah for your help.

And our @WcsHealth organizing team

@ucalgaryvetmed well represented with Liz, Susan and I

Excellent 3 days with the Wildlife Health Intelligence Network (WHIN) steering committee, moving forward with transformative changes in the global implementation of wildlife health surveillance

It has been an exciting couple days at the Canadian Wild Pig Summit in Brandon, MB. Lot of ideas to take home to Alberta to work with @albertapork @ABInvasives @AlbertaAg and @RDARAlberta on invasive wild boar eradication.

Another productive meeting of the Wildlife Health Intelligence Network (WHIN) with @WcsHealth @WOAH @USGS @CWHCRCSF WHA @ucalgaryvetmed @USDA_APHIS @FAO @WHO working on bridging the gap between global guidelines and on-the-ground implementation of wildlife health surveillance

Another great conference organized by @ABInvasives and a strong representation of @ucalgaryvetmed wild pig research supported by @RDARAlberta in collaboration with @albertapork @AlbertaAg @ABInvasives and @RyanKBrook