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Neither Rain nor Sleet nor Snow Stops Wildlife Disease Biologists from Collecting Samples

April 12, 2017 Gail Keirn, USDA APHIS Public Affairs Specialist

On a cold and blustery day, APHIS wildlife disease biologist Jared Hedelius sits in his truck by the Bighorn River in Montana and waits. Although the temperatures outside are well below freezing, the mallards on the river are busy searching for food, oblivious to Jared’s swim-in live trap just a few...

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