Dr. Tonie Rocke is a research scientist with the U.S. Geological Survey, National Wildlife Health Center. She received her Ph.D. in veterinary science and wildlife ecology at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Dr. Rocke’s research interests include disease ecology and the impact and management of disease in wildlife populations. She has worked on a wide variety of wildlife health issues and species, including avian botulism and lead poisoning in wild waterfowl, sylvatic plague in prairie dogs and black-footed ferrets, and white-nose syndrome and rabies in different bat species. With colleagues, she is developing and applying novel approaches to mitigate disease in wild populations, including oral vaccines that can be delivered to wildlife through baits and other hands-off strategies.
