Taking fecal and urine samples from wildlife is a noninvasive way to monitor ... need to be frozen within about four to six hours of collection and need to remain frozen all the way to the lab.

Professor Suzannah Williams wishes she didn’t have to spend her days analyzing poop samples. It’s a dirty job; but someone’s got to do it. Biodiversity is rapidly dwindling, with wildlife ...

Daniel McDonald and Jack Gilbert (both University of California, San Diego; CA, USA) discuss the challenges faced during fecal sample collection and highlight important factors to consider when ...

A new collaborative study analyzed fecal samples to ... is also unique in having seven wildlife health technicians spread across the state to help with specimen collection and disease surveillance.

Samuel Wasser, who founded CK-9 in 1997, has been analyzing fecal hormones for wildlife ... data collection methods typically involve trapping an animal to take blood, fur or stool samples ...

The tech: MicrobiomX’s prototype stool collection and encapsulation device collects and processes a stool sample in a bucket-like unit with hand cranks. One crank condenses and filters the ...

Water samples collected ... earlier in the week. Fecal bacteria contamination is frequently the result of sewerage leaks, malfunctioning septic systems, or pet and wildlife waste, according ...