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Thursday, September 9, 2010
Today was a really amazing day. Chunde Bigambo, who will be working with me studying domestic dogs, and I had an opportunity to speak to some first-year wildlife management students from the University of Dar es Salaam about the Serengeti Health Initiative.
Chunde, who was recently in Chicago for a Lincoln Park Zoo–Wildlife Without Borders training program, gave an amazing presentation about ecosystem health and what the Serengeti Health Initiative is doing to preserve this World Heritage site. He explained how ecosystem health is comprised of not only healthy wildlife populations but also the health of the people and domestic animals that make up that ecosystem.
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We later talked about how dog vaccinations in villages surrounding Serengeti National Park have reduced the incidence of rabies in humans, domestic animals and wildlife as well as my research, which will study the impact of vaccinations on domestic dog survival and reproduction. It turned into a really dynamic discussion.
On the way back to the field house, we spotted a lioness on the prowl and some elephants with new babies having a blast in the dust. What a great day!
Anna Czupryna
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Serengeti Field Diaries
Lincoln Park Zoo is leading the Serengeti Health Initiative, a collaborative effort to preserve the wildlife of this African ecosystem while benefiting local people. Our Serengeti field diaries feature updates as scientists conduct vaccination efforts, collaborate with Tanzanian partners and encounter the Serengeti’s famed wildlife.
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Felix Lankester, D.V.M.
A veterinary surgeon specializing in wildlife medicine, Felix is Lincoln Park Zoo's new Director of Tanzanian Programs, with responsibility for the Serengeti Health Initiative and Gombe Field Research.
Rachel Santymire, Ph.D.
An endocrinologist in the Davee Center for Epidemiology and Endocrinology, Santymire studies stress and reproduction in Gombe's chipmanzees.
Anna Czupryna
A graduate student in the department of Ecology and Evolution at the University of Illinois at Chicago, Anna is studying how rabies vaccination campaigns of domestic dogs in villages around Serengeti National Park affect population dynamics.
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