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On House Finch eye disease….

Some great questions were asked during the seminar and here I will provide an overview of the answers.
1) What causes House Finch eye disease?
We have strong evidence that symptoms particularly conjunctivitis (watery or crusty eyes, eversion of conjunctival tissue) and associated lethargy occur because of a current or recent infection with Mycoplasma gallisepticum (bacteria). Why […]

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Chris: we used the House Finch Eye Disease study as a good example of the benefits of citizen science data in our web seminar on September 26. Two things that are really great about using citizen science data are the ability to gather data over a long period of time and across a […]

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