The researchers looked at photographs from 113 remote cameras set up along transects that radiated off from downtown Chicago from spring 2010 to winter 2014. In their research, Murray and her colleagues set out to determine if camera traps could provide an accurate picture of mangy coyotes in downtown Chicago and if they could create an occupancy model to predict the occurrence of mange based on urbanization from the camera trap data. “By contrast, cameras are relatively underused for wildlife disease surveillance, but can be used to document visible signs of disease.” “Camera traps are a popular tool to monitor wildlife populations, because they are relatively inexpensive, they’re noninvasive and they can be deployed over large temporal and spatial scales,” Maureen Murray said. In a presentation at The Wildlife Society’s 2020 Virtual Conference, TWS member Maureen Murray, wildlife disease ecologist at the Lincoln Park Zoo’s Urban Wildlife Institute, talks about how she and her colleagues attempted to detect symptoms associated with mage in coyotes on camera trap images. The disease, caused by a mite that burrows into the coyote’s ( Canis latrans) skin, causes itchy lesions and hair loss. But can they also be used to detect disease? Researchers in Chicago turned their cameras on urban coyotes to see if they could detect sarcoptic mange. Credit: Alejandro Rojasīiologists often use camera traps to monitor wildlife populations.
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