Wildlife Disease Journal Digest

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Wildlife Disease and Risk Perception
Journal of Wildlife Diseases. 2013 Oct; 49(4): 841-849. doi: 10.7589/2013-02-031
Shauna L. Hanisch-Kirkbride, Shawn J. Riley, and Meredith L. Gore

Illegal Wildlife Imports More than Just Animals—Baylisascaris procyonis in Raccoons (Procyon lotor) in Norway [SHORT COMMUNICATIONS]
Journal of Wildlife Diseases. 2013 Oct; 49(4): 986-990. doi: 10.7589/2012-06-154
Rebecca K. Davidson, Oivind Oines, Inger S. Hamnes, and Johan E. Schulze

Molecular identification of avian haemosporidia in wild birds and mosquitoes on Tsushima Island, Japan
J Vet Med Sci. 2013;75(3):319-26. Epub 2012 Oct 31.
Tanigawa M, Sato Y, Ejiri H, Imura T, Chiba R, Yamamoto H, Kawaguchi M, Tsuda Y, Murata K, Yukawa M.

Emerging Epidemics: Management and Control [Online book]
Prakash S. Bisen, Ruchika Raghuvanshi

Preserved Specimens of the Extinct Golden Toad of Monteverde (Cranopsis periglenes) Tested Negative for the Amphibian Chytrid Fungus (Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis)
Journal of Herpetology. 2013; 47(3):456-458. 2013. doi: 10.1670/11-243
Kathryn L. Richards-Hrdlicka

Cutaneous mycosis in a Barbastelle bat (Barbastella barbastellus) caused by Hyphopichia burtonii
Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation. 2013 Jul; 25(4): 551-554. [Epub ahead of print 2013 Jun 21]. doi: 10.1177/1040638713493780
Victor R. Simpson et al.

Chronic Wasting Disease Articles

Targeting hunter distribution based on host resource selection and kill sites to manage disease risk
Ecology and Evolution. 2013 Oct; 3(12): 4265–4277. [Epub ahead of print 2013 Oct 01]. doi: 10.1002/ece3.788
Cherie J. Dugal et al.

Early detection of chronic wasting disease prions in urine of pre-symptomatic deer by real-time quaking-induced conversion assay [Short Communication]
Prion. 2013 May-June ; 7(3): 253 - 258. doi: 10.4161/pri.24430
Theodore R. John, Hermann M. Schätzl, Sabine Gilch

Avian Influenza Articles

A new piece in the puzzle of the novel avian-origin influenza a (H7N9) virus
Biol Direct. 2013 Oct 26;8(1):26. [Epub ahead of print]
Lee RT, Gunalan V, Van TD, Le LT, Eisenhaber F, Maurer-Stroh S.

Evolutionary interactions between haemagglutinin and neuraminidase in avian influenza
BMC Evol Biol. 2013 Oct 9;13:222. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-13-222.
Ward MJ, Lycett SJ, Avila D, Bollback JP, Leigh Brown AJ.

Avian hosts of West Nile virus in Arizona
Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2013 Sep;89(3):474-81. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.13-0061. Epub 2013 Jul 15.
Komar N, Panella NA, Young GR, Brault AC, Levy CE.

White-Nose Syndrome Articles

TEMPORAL VARIATION IN BAT WING DAMAGE IN THE ABSENCE OF WHITE-NOSE SYNDROME 
Journal of Wildlife Diseases. 2013 Oct; 49(4): 946-954. doi: 10.7589/2012-02-034
Lisa E. Powers, Joyce E. Hofmann, Jean Mengelkoch, and B. Magnus Francis

WHITE-NOSE SYNDROME-AFFECTED LITTLE BROWN MYOTIS (MYOTIS LUCIFUGUS) INCREASE GROOMING AND OTHER ACTIVE BEHAVIORS DURING AROUSALS FROM HIBERNATION
Journal of Wildlife Diseases. 2013 Oct; 49(4): 850-859. doi: 10.7589/2012-10-242
Sarah A. Brownlee-Bouboulis and DeeAnn M. Reeder