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Skin Lesions in European Hibernating Bats Associated with Geomyces destructans, the Etiologic Agent of White-Nose Syndrome
PLoS One. 2013 Sep 4;8(9):e74105. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0074105.
Wibbelt G et al.

Psychrophilic and Psychrotolerant Fungi on Bats and the Presence of Geomyces spp. on Bat Wings Prior to the Arrival of White Nose Syndrome
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2013 Sep; 79(18): 5465-5471. [Epub ahead of print 2013 Jun 28]. doi: 10.1128/AEM.01429-13
Lynnaun J. A. N. Johnson et al.

First detection of Schmallenberg virus in elk (Alces alces) indicating infection of wildlife in Białowieża National Park in Poland
Vet J. 2013 Aug 16. pii: S1090-0233(13)00388-2. doi: 10.1016/j.tvjl.2013.08.013. [Epub ahead of print]
Larska M et al.

Novel hemotropic Mycoplasma species in white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus)
Comp Immunol Microbiol Infect Dis. 2013 Aug 22. pii: S0147-9571(13)00073-8. doi: 10.1016/j.cimid.2013.08.001. [Epub ahead of print]
Maggi RG et al.

Genetic diversity of Chlamydia pecorum strains in wild koala locations across Australia and the implications for a recombinant C. pecorum major outer membrane protein based vaccine
Vet Microbiol. 2013 Aug 18. pii: S0378-1135(13)00408-2. doi: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2013.08.009. [Epub ahead of print]
Kollipara A et al.

Avian blood parasite infection during the non-breeding season: an overlooked issue in declining populations?
BMC Ecology. 2013; 13:30 [Epub ahead of print 2013 Sep 06]. doi:10.1186/1472-6785-13-30
Jenny C Dunn et al.

Genotype and spatial structure shape pathogen dispersal and disease dynamics at small spatial scales
Ecology. 2013; [Epub ahead of print] doi: 10.1890/13-0518.1
Ayco Jerome Michel Tack et al.

Larval exposure to predator cues alters immune function and response to a fungal pathogen in post-metamorphic wood frogs
Ecological Applications. 2013; 23:1443–1454. doi:10.1890/12-1572.1
Maya L. Groner et al.

Systems Biology and Ratio-Based, Real-Time Disease Surveillance
Transboundary and Emerging Diseases. 2013; [Epub ahead of print 2013 Sep 11]. DOI: 10.1111/tbed.12162
J. M. Fair and A. L. Rivas

Fatal Combined Infection With Canine Distemper Virus and Orthopoxvirus in a Group of Asian Marmots (Marmota caudata)
Veterinary Pathology. 2013 Sep; 50(5):914-920 [Epub ahead of print 2013 Feb 04]. doi:10.1177/0300985813476060
F. C. Origgi et al.

Cutaneous Squamous Cell Carcinoma presenting as a Wound with Discharging Sinus Tracts in a Wild African Lion (Panthera leo)
Journal of Comparative Pathology. 2013; [Epub ahead of print 2013 Sep 07]. doi:
10.1016/j.jcpa.2013.06.004
M. Mwase et al.

Phylogenetic studies of H3 low pathogenic avian influenza viruses isolated from wild mallards in Poland
Acta Vet Hung. 2013 Sep;61(3):416-24. doi: 10.1556/AVet.2013.017.
Olszewska M et al.

Further observations on in vitro hybridization of hemosporidian parasites: patterns of ookinete development in Haemoproteus spp.
J Parasitol. 2013 Feb;99(1):124-36. doi: 10.1645/GE-3226.1. Epub 2012 Aug 27.
Valkiūnas G et al.

Impact of human activities on chimpanzee ground use and parasitism (Pan troglodytes) 
Conservation Letters. 2013 Jul/Aug; 6(4): 264–273. [Epub ahead of print 2012 Sep 25]. doi:10.1111/j.1755-263X.2012.00288.x
Zinta Zommers et al.

Trichomonad parasite infection in four species of Columbidae in the UK
Parasitology. 2013 Sep; 140(11): 1368-1376
RJ Lennon et al.

Experimental exposure indicates the amphibian chytrid pathogen poses low risk to New Zealand's threatened endemic frogs
Animal Conservation. 2013 Aug; 16(4): 422–429. DOI: 10.1111/acv.12010
M. E. Ohmer et al.

The recent establishment of North American H10 lineage influenza viruses in Australian wild waterfowl and the evolution of Australian avian influenza viruses
Journal of Virology. 2013 Sep; 87(18): 10182-10189. [Epub of ahead of print 2013 Jul 17]. doi: 10.1128/JVI.03437-12
Dhanasekaran Vijaykrishna et la.