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Canine Distemper Virus: an Emerging Disease in Wild Endangered Amur Tigers (Panthera tigris altaica)
MBio. 2013 Aug 13;4(4). pii: e00410-13. doi: 10.1128/mBio.00410-13.
Seimon TA et al.

Combined effects of energy development and disease on greater sage-grouse
PLoS One. 2013 Aug 5;8(8):e71256. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0071256. Print 2013.
Taylor RL et al.

A case of chronic wasting disease in a captive red deer (Cervus elaphus)
Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation. 2013; [Epub ahead of print 2013 Aug 15]. doi: 10.1177/1040638713499914
MD Schwabenlander et al.

Staying cold through dinner: cold-climate bats rewarm with conspecifics but not sunset during hibernation
J Comp Physiol B. 2013 Aug;183(6):859-66. doi: 10.1007/s00360-013-0753-4. Epub 2013 Mar 29.
Czenze ZJ et al.

Evolutionary and Ecological Dynamics of Transboundary Disease Caused by H5N1 Virus in Southeast Asia
Transboundary and Emerging Diseases. 2013; [Epub ahead of print 2013 Aug 16]. DOI: 10.1111/tbed.12147
K Wei et al.

An approach to model monitoring and surveillance data of wildlife diseases - exemplified by Classical Swine Fever in wild boar
Preventive Veterinary Medicine. 2013; [Epub ahead of print 2013 Aug 19]. doi:10.1016/j.prevetmed.2013.07.020
N. Stahnke et al.

Chronic Mycoplasma conjunctivitis in house finches: Host antibody response and M. gallisepticum VlhA expression
Vet Immunol Immunopathol. 2013 Aug 15;154(3-4):129-37. doi: 10.1016/j.vetimm.2013.05.010. Epub 2013 May 20.
Grodio JL et al.

Ixodes ricinus infestation in free-ranging cervids in Norway--a study based upon ear examinations of hunted animals
Vet Parasitol. 2013 Jul 1;195(1-2):142-9. doi: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2013.02.012. Epub 2013 Feb 28.
Handeland K et al.

Effect of suboptimal environment and host age on helminth community of black grouse (Tetrao tetrix)
European Journal of Wildlife Research. 2013 Jun; 59(3): 351-358. DOI:10.1007/s10344-012-0681-8
Nicoletta Formenti et al.

Climatic variables are associated with the prevalence of biliary trematodes in otters
Int J Parasitol. 2013 Aug;43(9):729-37. doi: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2013.04.006. Epub 2013 Jun 7.
Sherrard-Smith E et al.

Skin peptides protect juvenile leopard frogs (Rana pipiens) against chytridiomycosis
J Exp Biol. 2013 Aug 1;216(Pt 15):2908-16. doi: 10.1242/jeb.084145. Epub 2013 Apr 11.
Pask JD, et al.

Facts and dilemmas in diagnosis of tuberculosis in wildlife
Special issue: One Health
Comp Immunol Microbiol Infect Dis. 2013 May;36(3):269-85. doi: 10.1016/j.cimid.2012.10.010. Epub 2012 Dec 6.
Maas M et al.

Survey of bluetongue virus infection in free-ranging wild ruminants in Switzerland
BMC Vet Res. 2013 Aug 14;9(1):166. [Epub ahead of print]
Casaubon J et al.

Wildlife and paratuberculosis: a review
Res Vet Sci. 2013 Apr; 94(2):191-7. doi: 10.1016/j.rvsc.2012.11.002. Epub 2012 Dec 20.
Carta T, et al.

Bovine tuberculosis in “Eurasian” badgers (Meles meles) in France
European Journal of Wildlife Research. 2013 Jun; 59(3): 331-339. DOI:10.1007/s10344-012-0678-3
Ariane Payne et al.

Improving the Performance of Outbreak Detection Algorithms by Classifying the Levels of Disease Incidence
PLoS ONE. 2013; 8(8): e71803. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0071803
Zhang H et al.

Small Ruminant Lentiviruses (SRLVs) Break the Species Barrier to Acquire New Host Range
Viruses. 2013 July; 5(7): 1867–1884. [Epub ahead of print 2013 Jul 23]. doi:10.3390/v5071867
Juliano Cezar Minardi da Cruz et al.

Avian Pathology
Volume 42, Issue 04

Wildlife Disease & Contaminant Monitoring & Surveillance Network Newsletter
Summer Spotlight
Number 07

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Juveniles and migrants as drivers for seasonal epizootics of avian influenza virus
Journal of Animal Ecology. 2013 [Epub ahead of print]. DOI: 10.1111/1365-2656.12131
Jacintha G.B. et al.

Impact of a toxic invasive species on freshwater crocodile (Crocodylus johnstoni) populations in upstream escarpments
Wildlife Research. 2013 Jun 17; 40(4) 312-317. doi:10.1071/WR12215
Adam R. C. Britton et al.

Movement and mortality of Murray cod, Maccullochella peelii, during overbank flows in the lower River Murray, Australia
Australian Journal of Zoology. 2013 Jul 09; 61(2) 160-169. doi:10.1071/ZO12124
Sandra J. Leigh et al.

Mycobacterium bovis infection in a grey seal pup (Halichoerus grypus) [Short communications]
Veterinary Record. 2013; [Epub ahead of print]. doi:10.1136/vr.101480
J. E. F. Barnett et al.