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A global model of avian influenza prediction in wild birds: the importance of northern regions
Vet Res. 2013 Jun 13;44(1):42. doi: 10.1186/1297-9716-44-42.
Herrick KA et al.

Climate change and infectious diseases of wildlife: Altered interactions between pathogens, vectors and hosts [pdf]
Current Zoology. 2013; 59(3): 427 - 437
M Gallana et al.

Parasite zoonoses and wildlife: One health, spillover and human activity
International Journal for Parasitology. 2013; [Epub ahead of print 2013 Jul 23]. doi:10.1016/j.ijpara.2013.06.007
R.C.A Thompson

Zoonosis emergence linked to agricultural intensification and environmental change
PNAS. 2013; [Epub ahead of print 13 May 2013]. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1208059110
Bryony A. Jones et al. 

Lipid reserves and immune defense in healthy and diseased migrating monarchs Danaus plexippus [pdf]
Current Zoology. 2013; 59(3): 393 - 402
DA Satterfield et al.

Mortality of Adult Green Turtles (Chelonia mydas) at the Nesting Beaches of Aldabra Atoll, Seychelles [Notes and Field Reports]
Chelonian Conservation and Biology. 2013 Jul; 12(1): 151-157. doi: 10.2744/CCB-0991.1
JA Mortimer and RG von Brandis

High occupancy of stream salamanders despite high ranavirus prevalence in a southern appalachians watershed
Ecohealth. 2013 Jun;10(2):184-9. doi: 10.1007/s10393-013-0843-5. Epub 2013 May 4.
Rothermel BB et al.

Experimental Evidence for American Bullfrog (Lithobates catesbeianus) Susceptibility to Chytrid Fungus (Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis)
Ecohealth. 2013 Jun;10(2):166-71. doi: 10.1007/s10393-013-0832-8.
Gervasi SS et al.

Complex history of the amphibian-killing chytrid fungus revealed with genome resequencing data
PNAS. 2013; [Epub ahead of print 2013 May 6]. doi:10.1073/pnas.1300130110
EB Rosenblum et al.

A complex system perspective on the emergence and spread of infectious diseases: Integrating economic and ecological aspects
Ecological Economics. 2013 Jun; 90: 124–131. doi:10.1016/j.ecolecon.2013.03.013
MG Ceddia et al.

Structural plasticity of the cellular prion protein and implications in health and disease
PNAS. 2013; 110(21): 8549–8554. doi:10.1073/pnas.1306178110
B Christen et al.

Tracking Pathogen Transmission at the Human–Wildlife Interface: Banded Mongoose and Escherichia coli
EcoHealth. 2013 Jun; 10(2): 115-128. doi:10.1007/s10393-013-0838-2
R. Pesapane et al.

Soil moisture influences the development of Haemonchus contortus and Trichostrongylus colubriformis to third stage larvae
Veterinary Parasitology. 2013 Sep; 196(1-2): 161–171. doi:10.1016/j.vetpar.2013.01.010
S. Khadijah et al.

Gastrointestinal nematode infections in roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) from the NW of the Iberian Peninsula: Assessment of some risk factors
Veterinary Parasitology. 2013 Sep; 196(1-2): 136–142. doi:10.1016/j.vetpar.2013.01.027
F.J. Pato et al.

Proposed terms and concepts for describing and evaluating animal-health surveillance systems
Preventive Veterinary Medicine. 2013; [Epub ahead of print 2013 Jul 30]. doi: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2013.06.006
L.J. Hoinville et al

Surveillance of bovine tuberculosis and risk estimation of a future reservoir formation in wildlife in Switzerland and Liechtenstein
PLoS One. 2013;8(1):e54253. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0054253. Epub 2013 Jan 21.
Schöning JM et al.

Surveillance of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) in susceptible wildlife and domestic ungulates in Southeast of Bulgaria following a FMD case in wild boar
Veterinary Microbiology. 2013 Sep; 166(1-2): 84–90. doi: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2013.05.016
Tsviatko Alexandrova et al.

Salmonella spp. and antibiotic-resistant strains in wild mammals and birds in north-western Italy from 2002 to 2010
Vet Ital. 2013 Jun;49(2):195-202.
Botti V et al.

Comparing bird and bat fatality-rate estimates among North American wind-energy projects
Wildlife Society Bulletin. 2013 Mar; 37(1): 19–33, March 2013 [Epub 2013 Mar 26]. DOI: 10.1002/wsb.260
KS Smallwood

Body of evidence: forensic use of baseline health assessments to convict wildlife poachers
Wildlife Research. 2013; 40(4): 261-268. doi: 10.1071/WR13056
BT Henen et al.

FrogLog 107 (July 2013)[pdf]
Volume 21, Number 03