October 12, 2011

Wildlife Disease Journal Digest

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An H5N1 highly pathogenic avian influenza virus isolated from a local tree sparrow in Indonesia
Microbiology and Immunology. 2011 Sep; 55(9): 666–672. doi:10.1111/j.1348-0421.2011.00361.x
ED Poetranto et al.

Variation in spring migration routes and breeding distribution of northern pintails Anas acuta that winter in Japan
Journal of Avian Biology. 2011 Jul; 42(4): 289–300. DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-048X.2011.05320.x
JW Hupp et al.

Reduced Effect of Tasmanian Devil Facial Tumor Disease at the Disease Front
Conservation Biology. 2011; [Epub ahead of print]
R Hamede et al.

US Geological Survey's Environmental Health Newsletter - GeoHealth
Volume 9, Number 1; Articles of note
- Volunteers AMBLE the Lake Michigan Shoreline Observing Bird Health
- Do Wild Birds Play a Role in the Spread of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI H5N1)?
- New Developments in Understanding Chronic Wasting Disease
- Viral Hemorrhagic Septicemia Virus in the Great Lakes

How and why environmental noise impacts animals: an integrative, mechanistic review
Ecology Letters. 2011; 14: 1052–1061
CR Kight and JP Swaddle

Atrazine selects for ichthyotoxic Prymnesium parvum, a possible explanation for golden algae blooms in lakes of Texas, USA
Ecotoxicology. 2011; [Epub ahead of print]
BS Yates and WJ Rogers

Genetic diversification of H5N1 highly pathogenic avian influenza A virus during replication in wild ducks
J Gen Virol. 2011 Sep;92(Pt 9):2105-10. Epub 2011 Jun 1.
Y Watanabe et al.

Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis supports the presence of host-adapted Salmonella Typhimurium strains in the British garden bird population
Appl Environ Microbiol. 2011 Sep 23. [Epub ahead of print]
B Lawson et al.

Frontiers in climate change–disease research [Opinion]
Trends Ecology and Evolution. 2011 Apr; 26(6): 270-277
JR Rohr et al.

Reduced Avian Virulence and Viremia of West Nile Virus Isolates from Mexico and Texas
Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2011; 85(40): 758-767. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.2011.10-0439
AC Brault et al.

Avian influenza in migratory birds in the United States, 2007-2009, and effects of September hunting seasons on survival, harvest, and recovery rates of Canada geese banded in southeast Nebraska
Dissertations & Theses in Natural Resources. 2011; 1-195
SR Groepper

An H5N1 highly pathogenic avian influenza virus that invaded Japan through waterfowl migration [pdf]
Jpn J Vet Res. 2011 Aug;59(2-3):89-100.
M Kajihara et al.

Reassortant H9N2 Influenza Viruses Containing H5N1-Like PB1 Genes Isolated from Black-Billed Magpies in Southern China
PLoS One. 2011;6(9):e25808. Epub 2011 Sep 29. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0025808
G Dong et al.

Identification and complete genome sequencing of paramyxoviruses in mallard ducks (Anas platyrhynchos) using random access amplification and next generation sequencing technologies
Virol J. 2011 Oct 6;8(1):463. [Epub ahead of print]
T Rosseel et al.

Adaptation, isolation by distance and human-mediated transport determine patterns of gene flow among populations of the disease vector Aedes taeniorhynchus in the Galapagos Islands
Infect Genet Evol. 2011 Sep 23. [Epub ahead of print]
A Bataille et al.

Host phylogeny determines viral persistence and replication in novel hosts
PLoS Pathog. 2011 Sep;7(9):e1002260. Epub 2011 Sep 22.
B Longdon et al.

Interspecies transmission and limited persistence of low pathogenic avian influenza genomes among Alaska dabbling ducks
Infect Genet Evol. 2011 Sep 23. [Epub ahead of print]
AB Reeves et al.

Cumulative Effects in Wildlife Management:Impact Mitigation [Preview book on Google]
PR Krausman and LK Harris