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Presenting, Collaborating, and Learning at the Wildlife Disease Association Conference

March 02, 2026 by Victoria Priester
The phone rings. There are 3,500 shorebirds suspected to be affected by the crude oil spill. This was a fictional but realistic scenario I faced on my first day at the 2025 Wildlife Disease Association Conference in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada....