{"id":1345,"date":"2022-04-11T14:59:56","date_gmt":"2022-04-11T14:59:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/grad.biology.ualberta.ca\/boyce\/?page_id=1345"},"modified":"2024-09-28T06:53:34","modified_gmt":"2024-09-28T06:53:34","slug":"ian-gazeley","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/grad.biology.ualberta.ca\/boyce\/ian-gazeley\/","title":{"rendered":"Ian Gazeley"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/grad.biology.ualberta.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/51\/2023\/04\/BISH_2023_-13.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1475\" src=\"https:\/\/grad.biology.ualberta.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/51\/2023\/04\/BISH_2023_-13-234x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"360\" height=\"462\" srcset=\"https:\/\/grad.biology.ualberta.ca\/boyce\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/51\/2023\/04\/BISH_2023_-13-234x300.jpeg 234w, https:\/\/grad.biology.ualberta.ca\/boyce\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/51\/2023\/04\/BISH_2023_-13-797x1024.jpeg 797w, https:\/\/grad.biology.ualberta.ca\/boyce\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/51\/2023\/04\/BISH_2023_-13-768x986.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/grad.biology.ualberta.ca\/boyce\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/51\/2023\/04\/BISH_2023_-13-1196x1536.jpeg 1196w, https:\/\/grad.biology.ualberta.ca\/boyce\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/51\/2023\/04\/BISH_2023_-13-1170x1502.jpeg 1170w, https:\/\/grad.biology.ualberta.ca\/boyce\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/51\/2023\/04\/BISH_2023_-13.jpeg 1246w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><strong>Bighorn sheep movement ecology and disease risk<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Transmission of disease and pathogens from domesticated animals presents a substantial risk to wild species. Populations of Alberta\u2019s provincial mammal, the Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep (<em>Ovis canadensis canadensis<\/em>), are at high risk from the novel bacterium <em>Mycoplasma ovipneumoniae<\/em> (<em>M.ovi<\/em>) which commonly occurs in domestic sheep and goat herds. In fact, a recent outbreak of <em>M.ovi<\/em> occurred near Sheep River Provincial Park in early 2023. I am using data from more than 100 GPS collared bighorn rams in a multi-year study on movement behaviour (seasonal migrations, forays, breeding relocations), habitat selection, and metapopulation connectivity to evaluate the risk of domestic animal disease transmission and understand how disease may spread among populations in Alberta. This project is a collaborative project between the University of Alberta, the Government of Alberta, Parks Canada, Wild Sheep Foundation, Alberta Fish &amp; Game Association, Safari Club International \u2013 Northern Alberta Chapter, and the Alberta Conservation Association.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Bighorn sheep movement ecology and disease risk Transmission of disease and pathogens from domesticated animals presents a substantial risk to wild species. Populations of Alberta\u2019s provincial mammal, the Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis canadensis), are at high risk&hellip; <br \/><a class=\"read-more-button\" href=\"https:\/\/grad.biology.ualberta.ca\/boyce\/ian-gazeley\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1345","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/grad.biology.ualberta.ca\/boyce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1345","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/grad.biology.ualberta.ca\/boyce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/grad.biology.ualberta.ca\/boyce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grad.biology.ualberta.ca\/boyce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grad.biology.ualberta.ca\/boyce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1345"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/grad.biology.ualberta.ca\/boyce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1345\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1677,"href":"https:\/\/grad.biology.ualberta.ca\/boyce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1345\/revisions\/1677"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/grad.biology.ualberta.ca\/boyce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1345"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}