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 […]

Before I begin, I would like to thank Colleen McLinn, Robert Payo, and Jennifer Schaus for inviting me to particpate in this blog - many thanks guys.
The primary motivation behind any study (regardless of whether the study species is a bird or not) should be to address an interesting question. You know that coming up […]

Hi everyone,
I am a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Natural Resources at Cornell Univeristy and a member of a large interdisciplinary group of researchers at the Lab of Ornithology studying House Finch-Mycoplasma gallisepticum dynamics (the notorious finch eye disease). I have worked on this project for five years, and have really enjoyed having an […]