Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Units Program:
Education, Research and Technical Assistance for Managing Our Natural Resources

Staff Member


Laken S Ganoe

Master's
Email: lsg18@psu.edu

Research Publications Publication Date
Niedringhaus, K.D, L.S. Ganoe, M. Lovallo, W.D. Walter, M.J. Yabsley, J.D. Brown. 2022. Fatal infection by Versteria sp. in a muskrat (Ondatra zibethicus) with implications for human health. Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigations 34(2): 314–318. | Abstract March 2022
Ganoe, L.S., M.J. Lovallo, J.D. Brown, and W.D. Walter. 2020. Ecology of an isolated muskrat population during regional population declines. Northeastern Naturalist. 28(1);49-64. DOI: 10.1656/045.028.0104 | Abstract February 2021
Ganoe, L.S., J.D. Brown, M.J. Yabsley, M.J. Lovallo, and W.D. Walter. 2020. A review of pathogens, diseases, and contaminants of muskrats (Ondatra zibethicus) in North America. Frontiers in Veterinary Science 7:233. doi: 10.3389/fvets.2020.00233. | Abstract May 2020
Ganoe, L.S., J.D. Brown, M.J. Lovallo, M.J. Yabsley, K.B. Garrett, A.T. Thompson, R.H. Poppenga, M.G. Ruder, and W.D. Walter. 2021. Surveillance for diseases, pathogens, and toxicants of muskrat (Ondatra zibethicus) in Pennsylvania and surrounding regions. PlosONE 16(12):e0260987. | Abstract December 2021
Project Completion Date
Muskrat ecology and disease August 2023
Presentations Presentation Date
Ganoe,L.S. and W.D. 2018. Walter.Muskrat (Ondatra zibethicus) movements, survival and disease. The Wildlife Society Annual Meeting, Cleveland, OH. October 2018
Ganoe, L.K., C. Bocetti, J. Larkin, W.D. Walter. 2017. Feasibility of remote mark-recapture methods on fisher (Pekania pennanti) in Clarion County. The Wildlife Society Annual Meeting, Albuquerque, NM. September 2017
Ganoe, L, M. Lovallo, J. Brown, and W.D. Walter. 2019. Muskrat (Ondatra zibethicus) ecology and health. The Pennsylvania Chapter of the Wildlife Society, State College, PA. February 2019
Ganoe, L, J. Brown, M. Lovallo, Michael Yabsley, Mark Ruder, and W.D. Walter. 2019. Defining Pathogens and Disease of Muskrats (Ondatra zibethicus) in Pennsylvania. 68th Annual International Conference of the Wildlife Disease Association, Tahoe City, CA. August 2019