Vaccination in the Wild

Efforts are underway to vaccinate endangered black-footed ferrets to save them from the plague.

STORY AT-A-GLANCE

• Wildlife vaccination is an area of growing interest for scientists, who are working on vaccines to target Lyme disease in deer mice, bovine tuberculosis in white-tailed deer, brucellosis in bison and elk, and white-nose syndrome in bats

• There are significant risks involved, including the potential to worsen herd immunity or increase dise…