December 8, 2010

Wildlife Disease Journal Digest



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Emerging amphibian diseases and disease surveillance in Queensland – Stage 2 (February 2007 – April 2010)
FINAL REPORT FOR THE AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT, WATER, HERITAGE AND THE ARTS, 1-98 (May 2010) [More on managing chytridiomycosis in Australia here]
Sam Young et al.
Courtesy of the Australian Wildlife Health Network

Building Bridges to Protect Health: Enhanced Partnerships among Animal, Human, and Ecosystem Health Sectors in New Zealand
Fulbright New Zealand, 1-100 (Aug 2010) [pdf]
Hillery Harvey and Ian Axford
Courtesy of the Australian Wildlife Health Network

Exposure of sea otters and harlequin ducks in Prince William Sound, Alaska, USA, to shoreline oil residues 20 years after the Exxon Valdez oil spill.
Environmental toxicology and chemistry / SETAC, (01 Dec 2010)
J Neff et al.


Bacillus Calmette-Guerin vaccination reduces the severity and progression of tuberculosis in badgers.
Proceedings. Biological sciences / The Royal Society, (01 Dec 2010)
Mark Chambers et al.

Most harmful algal bloom species are vitamin B1 and B12 auxotrophs
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 107 (48), 20756-61 (30 Nov 2010)
Y Tang et al.

Pesticide distributions and population declines of California, USA alpine frogs, Rana muscosa and Rana sierrae
Environmental toxicology and chemistry / SETAC, (01 Dec 2010)
David Bradford et al.

Tuberculosis in wild animals [Serialised article. Tuberculosis: a re-emerging disease in animals and humans. Number 4 in the series]
The International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease 14 (12), 1508-1512(5) (Dec 2010) [free text available as pdf here]
J Kaneene et al.
Courtesy of the Australian Wildlife Health Network

Environmental monitoring to enhance comprehension and control of infectious diseases
J Environ Monit. 2010 Nov;12(11):2048-55. Epub 2010 Oct 19.
S Carver et al.

Surveillance of wild birds for avian influenza virus

Emerg Infect Dis. 2010 Dec;16(12):1827-34.
BJ Hoye et al.

Molecular Detection of Babesia bovis and Babesia bigemina in White-Tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) from Tom Green County in Central Texas
Veterinary Parasitology. 2010 [Epub ahead of print]
PJ Holman et al.

Approaches towards optimising the gamma interferon assay for diagnosing Mycobacterium bovis infection in African buffalo (Syncerus caffer)
Preventive Veterinary Medicine. 2010; [Epub ahead of print]
AL Michel et al.


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