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Unusual striped dolphin mass mortality episode related to cetacean morbillivirus in the Spanish Mediterranean Sea [Case report]
Consuelo Rubio-Guerri,
BMC Veterinary Research 2013, 9:106 doi:10.1186/1746-6148-9-106
Published: 23 May 2013

Modelling the effect of landscape heterogeneity on the efficacy of vaccination for wildlife infectious disease control
Journal of Applied Ecology. Article first published online: 23 MAY 2013. DOI: 10.1111/1365-2664.12101
EE Rees et al. 

Monkeys in the middle: parasite transmission through the social network of a wild primate
PLoS One. 2012;7(12):e51144. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0051144. Epub 2012 Dec 5.
AJ MacIntosh et al.

Pandemic H1N1 Influenza Isolated from Free-Ranging Northern Elephant Seals in 2010 off the Central California Coast
PLoS One. 2013 May 15;8(5):e62259. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0062259. Print 2013.
T Goldstein et al.

Host compatibility rather than vector-host-encounter rate determines the host range of avian Plasmodium parasites
Proc Biol Sci. 2013 Apr 17;280(1760):20122947. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2012.2947. Print 2013 Jun 7.
MC Medeiros et al.

House Finch Populations Differ in Early Inflammatory Signaling and Pathogen Tolerance at the Peak of Mycoplasma gallisepticum Infection
Am Nat. 2013 May;181(5):674-89. doi: 10.1086/670024. Epub 2013 Mar 14.
JS Adelman et al.

Special issue oceans and humans health: the ecology of marine opportunists
Microb Ecol. 2013 May;65(4):869-79. doi: 10.1007/s00248-013-0190-7. Epub 2013 Feb 19.
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CA Burge et al.

Zoonotic disease risk and the bushmeat trade: assessing awareness among hunters and traders in sierra leone
Ecohealth. 2012 Dec;9(4):471-82. doi: 10.1007/s10393-012-0807-1. Epub 2013 Feb 14.
M Subramanian

White-nose syndrome in bats: illuminating the darkness
BMC Biology 2013, 11:47 doi:10.1186/1741-7007-11-47
PM Cryan et al.

Courtesy of The Australia Wildlife Health Network

Identifying species' characteristics associated with natural population die-offs in mammals
Animal Conservation. 2013; [Epub ahead of print 2013 May 17]. DOI: 10.1111/acv.12053
EI Ameca y Juarez et al.

Wildlife Disease & Contaminant Monitoring & Surveillance Network Newsletter - Spring 2013
Number 6 - Highlights

• Notifiable disease – PPMV-1; two incidents in columbids
• Emerging disease reports - Trichomonosis and chlamydiosis in garden birds
• Emerging disease reports – new aquatic species disease pathogens
• Risks to priority species – adders, sand lizards, cranes
• Mass mortality incidents – herring gulls in Dorset, avian botulism
• Annual summary – 2012 a busy year for new diseases in wildlife

GB Wildlife Disease Surveillance Partnership: October - December 2012
Quarterly Report - Volume 14.4

Animal Health in Australia Report - Issue 2012