Princeton's Allie DeCandia and a Santa Catalina fox (IMAGE)

Princeton University

Princeton's Allie DeCandia and a Santa Catalina fox

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In the threatened Santa Catalina foxes, staph microbes have been linked to cancer, report a team of Princeton researchers. Here, Princeton University graduate student Alexandra DeCandia, first author on the new study in Molecular Ecology, holds one of the cat-sized Santa Catalina foxes that was swabbed as part of the Catalina Island Conservancy's population monitoring efforts. Co-author Lara Brenner had already assessed the health of this fox, collected microbial samples and treated his ear canals with Ivermectin to protect against mite infestations.

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Edward Schrom, Princeton University

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