September 14, 2011

Wildlife Disease Journal Digest

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Mortality of Centrarchid fishes in the Potomac Drainage: Survey results and overview of potential contributing factors
Journal of Aquatic Animal Health. 2010; 22: 190-218.
VS Blazer et al.

Bacterial coldwater disease of fishes caused by Flavobacterium psychrophilum
Journal of Advanced Research. 2011; 2:97-108.
CE Starliper

HALI Wildlife Health Handbook
Recognizing, Investigating, and Reporting Diseases of Concern for Wildlife Conservation and Human Health
A Guide for Protected Area Rangers, Scouts, and Staff
DL Clifford, DJ Wolking and EA Muse

Cipriano, R.C., Bruckner A.W., and Shchelkinov, I.S., eds. 2011. Bridging America and Russia with Shared Perspectives on Aquatic Animal Health. Proceedings of the Third Bilateral Conference between Russia and the United States. 12 – 20 July, 2009, Shepherdstown, WV. Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation, Landover, MD. 360 pp. [No online abstract but some papers are available here ]

Neurotropism in Blackcaps (Sylvia atricapilla) and Red-Billed Queleas (Quelea quelea) After Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Virus H5N1 Infection
Veterinary Pathology. 2011 Sep; 48(5):924-932
A Breithaupt et al.

Emergence, spread, persistence and fade-out of sylvatic plague in Kazakhstan
Proc Biol Sci. 2011 Oct 7;278(1720):2915-23. Epub 2011 Feb 23.
L Heier et al.

Competency of Reptiles and Amphibians for Eastern Equine Encephalitis Virus
Am J Trop Med Hyg 2011 vol. 85 no. 3 421-425. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.2011.11-0006
G White et al.

Histologic, immunologic and endocrine biomarkers indicate contaminant effects in fishes of the Ashtabula River
Ecotoxicology. 2011; Epub ahead of print. doi:10.1007/s10646-011-0776-0
LR Lwanowicz et al.

Environmental Refuge from Disease-Driven Amphibian Extinction
Conservation Biology. 2011; Epub ahead of print. doi:10.1111/j.1523-1739.2011.01728.x.
R Puschendorf et al.


Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation - September 2011
Volume 23, Number 5

Advancements in web-database applications for rabies surveillance [pdf]
International Journal of Health Geographics. 2011; 10:48. doi:10.1186/1476-072X-10-48
EE Rees et al.

Genetic relationship of H3 subtype avian influenza viruses isolated from domestic ducks and wild birds in Korea and their pathogenic potential in chickens and ducks
Veterinary Microbiology. 2011; Epub ahead of print. doi:10.1016/j.vetmic.2011.08.028
J-G Choi et al.


Journal Articles Courtesy of the Australian Wildlife Health Network

Why Do Influenza Virus Subtypes Die Out? A Hypothesis

mBio. 2011 Aug 30; 2(5): e00150-11. doi: 10.1128/​mBio.00150-11.
P Palesa and TT Wang

Small intestinal volvulus in a free-ranging female dugong (Dugong dugon)
Australian Veterinary Journal. 2011 Jul; 89(7): 276–278. DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-0813.2011.00791.x
A Gillespie et al.

Official Journal of the Australian Society for Microbiology - Australia Microbiology - September 2011 [pdf]
Volume 32, Number 3
Pathogen discovery in infectious disease investigation; page 116 - 118



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