May 4, 2011

Wildlife Disease Journal Digest



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Report of the Meeting of the OIE Working Group on Wildlife Diseases [pdf]
World Organization for Animal Health [OIE]4
Paris, 12-15 October 2010

Host defense peptides in skin secretions of the Oregon spotted frog Rana pretiosa: implications for species resistance to chytridiomycosis
Dev Comp Immunol. 2011 Jun;35(6):644-9. Epub 2011 Feb 1.
JM Conlon et al.

An overview of Influenza A virus receptors
Crit Rev Microbiol. 2011 May;37(2):157-65. Epub 2011 Mar 26.
S Ge and Wang Z.

Monarch butterfly migration and parasite transmission in eastern North America
Ecology. 2011; 92:342–351. doi:10.1890/10-0489.1
RA Bartel et al.

Relevance in pathogenesis research
Veterinary Microbiology. 2011;[Epub ahead of print]
CL Gyles

Copper Pellets Simulating Oral Exposure to Copper Ammunition: Absence of Toxicity in American Kestrels (Falco sparverius)
Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology. 2011 [Epub ahead of print] doi: 10.1007/s00244-011-9671-1
JC Franson et al.

Geographical variation of persistent organic pollutants in eggs of threatened loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta) from Southeastern USA
Environ Toxicol Chem. 2011 Apr 20. doi: 10.1002/etc.553. [Epub ahead of print]
JJ Alava et al.

Persistent organic pollutants in blood plasma of satellite-tracked adult male loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta)
Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry. 2011 doi:10.1002/etc.540 [Epub ahead of print]
JM Ragland et al.

A national study of US bird banders for evidence of avian influenza virus infections
J Clin Virol. 2011 Apr 27. [Epub ahead of print]
GC Gray et al.

Network models: an underutilized tool in wildlife epidemiology?
Interdiscip Perspect Infect Dis. 2011;2011:676949. Epub 2011 Mar 10.
ME Craft and D Caillaud

New techniques for an old disease: sarcoptic mange in the Iberian wolf
Veterinary Parasitology. 2011. doi: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2011.04.036 [Epub ahead of print]
A Oleaga et al.

Pan-European Distribution of White-Nose Syndrome Fungus (Geomyces destructans) Not Associated with Mass Mortality
PLoS ONE. 2011; 6(4): e19167. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0019167
SJ Puechmaille et al.


Antioxidant response and metal accumulation in tissues of Iberian green frogs (Pelophylax perezi) inhabiting a deactivated uranium mine
Ecotoxicology. 2011 Apr 24. [Epub ahead of print]
SM Marques et al.

First report of rabies infection in bats, Molossus molossus, Molossops neglectus and Myotis riparius in the city of São Paulo, State of São Paulo, southeastern Brazil
Rev Soc Bras Med Trop. 2011 Apr 15. doi: 10.1590/S0037-86822011005000018. [Epub ahead of print]
AR Rosa et al.
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Effects of Solution Chemistry and Aging Time on Prion Protein Adsorption and Replication of Soil-Bound Prions
PLoS One. 2011 Apr 19;6(4):e18752.
SE Saunders et al.

Preferences for wildlife management methods among the peri-urban public in Scotland
European Journal of Wildlife Research. 2011 [Epub ahead of print] doi: 10.1007/s10344-011-0534-x

The Igliniit project: Inuit hunters document life on the trail to map and monitor arctic change
The Canadian Geographer. 2011 [Epub ahead of print]. doi:10.1111/j.1541-0064.2010.00344.x
S Gearheard et al.


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