Wildlife Disease

wildlife-health

Opossums can get rabies, but it is uncommon compared with many other wild mammals. Their lower body temperature and strong immune response reduce risk, yet any wild animal behav...

animal-rabies

Squirrels are very rarely diagnosed with rabies, and in North America and many other regions there are no established reservoirs of rabies in tree or ground squirrels. Most publ...

wildlife disease ecology

Opossums (Didelphis virginiana) are frequently perceived as high-risk carriers of rabies, yet their biology and behavior differ substantially from many other urban wildlife spec...

science-environment

Opossums are rarely a source of rabies transmission to people or pets. Their lower body temperature and strong immune defenses reduce rabies risk compared with many other wildli...