Tigers, leopards and now one-horned rhinos. Dr Martin Gilbert studies them all. He is a wildlife veterinarian, epidemiologist and Associate Professor of Practice at Cornell University, US. Originally from Scotland, he has investigated infectious diseases and mysterious mass die-offs all over Asia. It was him and his colleagues who discovered that it was the administration of Diclofenac to livestock that killed millions of vultures in India in the early 2000s.Listen in to Martin’s story!Links: Martin's Academic profileProgrammatic websiteWanna be a guest on the show? Feel free to email communications(at)wildlifedisease.org or catharinavendl(at)gmail.com with a short summary of your research story. We'd love to hear from you ... share your thoughts, feedback and ideas.

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