November 9, 2011

Wildlife Disease Journal Digest

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Prevalence of blood parasites in seabirds- a review
Frontiers in Zoology. 2011 Oct; 8:26
P Quillfeldt et al.

An overview of animal prion diseases
Virology Journal. 2011 Nov; 8:493
M Imran and S Mahmood

Diversity and Distribution of White-Tailed Deer mtDNA Lineages in Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) Outbreak Areas in Southern Wisconsin, USA
J Toxicol Environ Health A. 2011 Nov 15;74(22-24):1521-35. doi:10.1080/15287394.2011.618980
KG Rogers et al.

Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health, Part A - 2011
Special Issue: Prion Research in Perspective III
Volume 74, Issue 22-24

Genomic Transition to Pathogenicity in Chytrid Fungi
PLoS Pathog. 2011; 7(11): e1002338. doi:10.1371/journal.ppat.1002338
S Joneson et al.

Protozoan Parasite Toxoplasma gondii Manipulates Mate Choice in Rats by Enhancing Attractiveness of Males
PLoS ONE. 2011; 6(11): e27229. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0027229
SAH Dass et al.

The opportunistic Sarcoptes scabiei: A new episode from giraffe in the drought-suffering Kenya
Veterinary Parasitology. 2011; [Epub ahead of print]
S Alasaad et al.

Use of a third class in latent class modelling for the diagnostic evaluation of five infectious salmon anaemia virus detection tests
Preventive Veterinary Medicine. 2011; [Epub ahead of print]
C Caraguel et al.

Viral elution and concentration method for detection of influenza A viruses in mud by real-time RT-PCR
J Virol Methods. 2011 Oct 20. [Epub ahead of print]
N Deboosere et al.

Cross-Seasonal Patterns of Avian Influenza Virus in Breeding and Wintering Migratory Birds: A Flyway Perspective
Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases. 2011; [Epub ahead of print] doi:10.1089/vbz.2010.0246.
NJ Hill et al.

Avian Coronavirus in Wild Aquatic Birds
J. Virol. 2011 Dec; 85 (23): 12815-12820
DKW Chu et al.

Amphibian immune defenses against chytridiomycosis: impacts of changing environments
Integr Comp Biol. 2011 Oct;51(4):552-62. Epub 2011 Aug 3.
LA Rollins-Smith et al.

Geographic incidence of human West Nile virus in northern Virginia, USA, in relation to incidence in birds and variations in urban environment
Sci Total Environ. 2011 Sep 15;409(20):4235-41. Epub 2011 Jul 29
H Liu et al.

A dilution effect in the emerging amphibian pathogen Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis
PNAS September 27, 2011 vol. 108 no. 39 16322-16326. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1108490108
CL Searle et al.

Veterinary Pathology - November 2011
Volume 48, Number 6

Continued evolution of highly pathogenic avian influenza A (H5N1): updated nomenclature
Influenza Other Respi Viruses. 2011 Oct 29. doi: 10.1111/j.1750-2659.2011.00298.x. [Epub ahead of print]
WHO/OIE/FAO H5N1 Evolution Working Group

White-tailed deer are susceptible to the agent of sheep scrapie by intracerebral inoculation
Vet Res. 2011 Oct 11;42(1):107. doi:10.1186/1297-9716-42-107
JJ Greenlee et al.