Interview with Dr. Kurt Vandegrift regarding Viruses that Infect Wild Rodents, how disease spreads between small mammals. Avoid being infected.

This is the audio track from today's YouTube Video:  https://youtu.be/mOlgDm3R2qE

Disease ecology with an emphasis on the population dynamics of zoonotic parasites and reservoir hosts.

What about mice in bee hives? Or mice in bee equipment storage areas?

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Chapters

00:00 introduction Kurt Vandegrift

00:59 Kurt introduces himself

02:55 White Footed Mouse aka Deer Mouse

04:40 Tail snip identification process for DNA of mice

06:14 Impact of deworming mice

07:56 How many mice are in a given area, what’s the population?

09:10 A deer mouse is a deer mouse, what’s the difference?

11:19 Hantavirus in mice, and spread.

13:00 Wet surfaces with 10% bleach, or 70% alcohol.

14:33 The multi-capture mouse trap researchers use for mice.

15:49 Same mouse repeatedly caught in the same trap.

16:20 A mile isn’t far enough away, they come back.

18:50 Oats are the best bait for researchers live traps.

20:00 Risk of infection from rodents to humans.

23:00 Mouse deterrents? Great Stuff Pro PESTBLOCK “won’t harm bees”

29:45 Porcupines and Gray Squirrels chew aluminum traps.

30:43 Why we need Deer Mice or the White Footed Mouse, a keystone species.

32:00 The right time to place a mouse barrier on your bee hive.

36:57 What precautions should beekeepers take?

42:40 Masked Shrew and other less observed rodents.

48:00 Winter survival rate of white footed mice.

50:00 Tick transmission of disease.

52:00 A nematode that is named after Dr. Kurt Vandegrift.

56:25 Deer Mice will eat honey bees when they are dead.

58:36 Problems with Lab Mice over Wild Specimens, aside from expense.

01:01:00 Unexpected results with testosterone testing in mice.

01:02:35 Is it ok to keep wild mouse species as pets? NO!

01:05:02 Fred wants to test a portable U/V Light as a sanitizer.

01:06:15 What animal species may bother honey bee hives at night?

01:11:30 Why is that mouse trap empty? Why is there a coating on the trap?

01:13:50 What about RATS?

01:15:00 What about jumping mice? Aka meadow jumping mouse.

01:17:30 Acorn abundance tied to some mouse population numbers.

01:19:20 The Opossum, an amazing marsupial, what are they good for?

01:23:10 Chickens, other poultry, current influenza risks. H5N1

01:27:00 Avoid contact with wild animals as much as possible. Deer Populations are at risk.

01:29:15 Dogs that eat wild animal feces.

01:29:45 Do NOT feed corn to deer, here’s why. CWD among other issues.

01:35:40 Problems associated with Bats in Australia and pathogen spread. Dangerous to humans.

01:38:43 Some after interview bonus discussion… Ticks!

01:44:30 END of discussion.