Families have bonded over quail hunting for generations. The appreciation of the bobwhite quail runs deep, but in recent years a problem has begun to emerge stronger and/or intensify.
In 2010, landowners noticed a 70 to 90 percent decrease in quail populations. This decrease is genuinely frightening for many reasons. Even after seasons of abundant rain and environmental protection measures, the bobwhite quail population continues to suffer significant reductions. As the years passed, the quail population continued to vacillate dramatically.
In 2012, Dr. Kendall and his team at the Texas Tech Wildlife Toxicology Laboratory made a landmark discovery. They began finding scientific evidence to support the claim that parasites are responsible for the decimation of the native quail population. Quickly Dr. Kendall and his research associates began experiments on this new found parasite in hopes of developing a treatment.