Texas Tech University

Adrianna Mowrer

Graduate Student, Ph.D.

Email: amowrer@ttu.edu

Office Location
Goddard Basement | Room 002

Education
M.S. | Natural Resources | University of Georgia | 2025
M.S. | Fish, Wildlife & Conservation Biology | Colorado State University | 2022
B.S. | Animal Sciences | Pennsylvania State University | 2021 

Thesis Title

Feral Swine Ecology and Disease Risk at the Livestock-Wildlife Interface within Working Cattle Production Systems

Areas of Expertise
Wildlife Disease Ecology & Surveillance
Feral Swine & White-Tailed Deer Ecology & Management
One Health Approaches at the Livestock–Wildlife Interface
Captive Cervid Herd Health, Facility Operations, & Population Management
Chemical Immobilization & Wildlife Handling, Including Technical Instruction & Training of Personnel
Regulatory Compliance (IACUC, USDA-APHIS, State & Federal Permitting)
Biosecurity, Disease Risk Assessment, & Mitigation Strategies
Disease Surveillance & Biological Sampling
Applied Field Research & Study Design Support
Research Coordination & Project Management, Including Technical Instruction & Training of Personnel
Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) Development  & Implementation
Interstate Wildlife Transport & Compliance
Outreach, Teaching, & Professional Training in Applied Wildlife Science

Advisor
Dr. Aaron Norris

CV for Adrianna Mowrer

Adrianna Mowrer

Publications

'Co-author: Caught in Headlights: Captive white-tailed deer responses to variations in vehicle lighting during imminent collision scenarios. LINK
 
Additional Research Contributions:
Provided substantive contributions to applied wildlife disease, behavior, and management research projects, formally recognized through acknowledgments rather than authorship, primarily in a research coordinator capacity. Contributions spanned study design support, animal handling, data collection, regulatory compliance, protocol development, and project coordination.
 
https://avmajournals.avma.org/view/journals/ajvr/aop/ajvr.25.09.0340/ajvr.25.09.0340.xml?tab_body=fulltext
 
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13071-023-05689-1
 
https://www.jstor.org/stable/e27251266