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Deposition of pathogenic Mycoplasma gallisepticum onto bird feeders: host pathology is more important than temperature-driven increases in food intake
Published 21 August 2013 doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2013.0594
Biol. Lett. 23 October 2013 vol. 9 no. 5 20130594
James S. Adelman et al.

Predicted and observed mortality from vector-borne disease in small songbirds
Biol Conserv. 2013 Sep 1;165:79-85.
Kilpatrick AM et al.

Serosurvey for Schmallenberg Virus in Alpine Wild Ungulates
Transboundary and Emerging Diseases. 2013; [Epub ahead of print 2013 Aug 26]. DOI: 10.1111/tbed.12158
M. Chiari, et al.

The use of radio-collars for monitoring wildlife diseases: a case study from Iberian ibex affected by Sarcoptes scabiei in Sierra Nevada, Spain
Parasit Vectors. 2013 Aug 22;6(1):242. [Epub ahead of print]. doi:10.1186/1756-3305-6-242
Alasaad S et al.

Canine echinococcosis: Global epidemiology and genotypic diversity
Acta Trop. 2013 Aug 13. pii: S0001-706X(13)00207-6. doi: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2013.08.002. [Epub ahead of print]
Carmena D, Cardona GA.

Inventory of veterinary syndromic surveillance initiatives in Europe (Triple-S project): Current situation and perspectives
Prev Vet Med. 2013 Sep 1;111(3-4):220-9. doi: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2013.06.005. Epub 2013 Jul 5.
Dupuy C

Emerging Infectious Diseases: Threats to Human Health and Global Stability
PLoS Pathog. 2013; 9(7): e1003467. doi:10.1371/journal.ppat.1003467
Morens DM, Fauci AS

Context-dependent amphibian host population response to an invading pathogen 
Ecology.  2013; 94:1795–1804. doi: 10.1890/12-1270.1
Benjamin J. Doddington et al.

Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research
Supplement Issue 3:Proceedings of the Conference of the Southern African Centre for Infectious Disease Surveillance ‘One Health’ held at the National Institute for Communicable Diseases, Johannesburg, July 2011. 2012 Jun 20;79(2)

Genome Sequence of a Reassortant H5N1 Avian Influenza Virus Isolated from Domestic Green-Winged Teal
Genome Announc. 2013 Aug 15;1(4). pii: e00639-13. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.00639-13.
Xiong C et al.

Courtesy of the Australian Wildlife Health Network

Genetic evidence for a high diversity and wide distribution of endemic strains of the pathogenic chytrid fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in wild Asian amphibians 
Molecular Ecology. 2013; 22: 4196–4209. doi: 10.1111/mec.12385.
Bataille et al

Australian Society for Parasitology - August 2013
Volume 24, Issue 2