At a news conference on April 23, ºÙºÙÊÓƵ announced the new Mountain Gorilla One Health Program. Kirsten Gilardi, a ºÙºÙÊÓƵ wildlife veterinarian who will lead the program, is pictured with Mike Cranfield, director of the Mountain Gorilla Veterinary Project — which is a partner with UC in the Mountain Gorilla One Health Program. The goal is to help save the world’s remaining 740 mountain gorillas, by addressing not only gorilla health, but human health, livestock health and agricultural issues that may affect the gorillas. The program, affiliated with the School of Veterinary Medicine’s Wildlife Health Center, is funded with $750,000 from the David and Lucile Packard Foundation.
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