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A New Pathogen Transmission Mechanism in the Ocean: The Case of Sea Otter Exposure to the Land-Parasite Toxoplasma gondii
PLoS One. 2013 Dec 18;8(12):e82477. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0082477.
Mazzillo FF et al.

Pathology in euthermic bats with white nose syndrome suggests a natural manifestation of immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome
Virulence. 2012 Nov 15;3(7):583-8. doi: 10.4161/viru.22330. Epub 2012 Nov 15.
Meteyer CU, Barber D, Mandl JN.

Occurrence and transmission efficiencies of Borrelia burgdorferi ospC types in avian and mammalian wildlife
Infect Genet Evol. 2013 Dec 29. pii: S1567-1348(13)00454-1. doi: 10.1016/j.meegid.2013.12.011. [Epub ahead of print]
Vuong HB et al.

Evidence for widespread Leishmania infantum infection among wild carnivores in L. infantum periendemic northern Spain
Prev Vet Med. 2013 Dec 17. pii: S0167-5877(13)00366-8. doi: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2013.12.001. [Epub ahead of print]
Del Río L et al.

Wildlife contact rates at artificial feeding sites in Texas
Environ Manage. 2013 Jun;51(6):1187-93. doi: 10.1007/s00267-013-0046-4. Epub 2013 Apr 23.
Campbell TA, Long DB, Shriner SA.

Schmallenberg Virus Infection among Red Deer, France, 2010-2012
Emerg Infect Dis. 2014 Jan;20(1):131-4. doi: 10.3201/eid2001.130411.
 Laloy E, Bréard E, Sailleau C, Viarouge C, Desprat A, Zientara S, Klein F, Hars J, Rossi S.

Synergistic effects of predators and trematode parasites on larval green frog (Rana clamitans) survival
Ecology. 2013; 94:2697–2708. doi: 10.1890/13-0396.1
John A. Marino, Jr. and Earl E. Werner

Impacts of wildlife baiting and supplemental feeding on infectious disease transmission risk: A synthesis of knowledge
Prev Vet Med. 2013 Nov 26. pii: S0167-5877(13)00360-7. doi: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2013.11.010. [Epub ahead of print]
Sorensen A, van Beest FM, Brook RK.

Intranasal inoculation of white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) with lyophilized chronic wasting disease prion particulate complexed to montmorillonite clay
PLoS One. 2013 May 9;8(5):e62455. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0062455. Print 2013.
Nichols TA et al.

Disentangling the interaction among host resources, the immune system and pathogens
Ecology Letters. 2013; [Ahead of print 2013 Dec 18]. doi:10.1111/ele.12229
Clayton E. Cressler et al.

Butcherbird polyomavirus isolated from a grey butcherbird (Cracticus torquatus) in Queensland, Australia
Vet Microbiol. 2013 Nov 28. pii: S0378-1135(13)00549-X. doi: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2013.11.026. [Epub ahead of print]
Bennett MD and Gillett A

Health of Common Bottlenose Dolphins ( Tursiops truncatus ) in Barataria Bay, Louisiana, Following the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill
Environ Sci Technol. 2014 Jan 7;48(1):93-103. doi: 10.1021/es403610f. Epub 2013 Dec 18.
Schwacke LH et al.

The crucial contribution of veterinarians to conservation biology
Top Companion Anim Med. 2013 Nov;28(4):131-4. doi: 10.1053/j.tcam.2013.09.003.
Reading RP et al.

Tularaemia in a brown hare (Lepus europaeus) in 2013: first case in the Netherlands in 60 years
Euro Surveill. 2013 Dec 5;18(49). pii: 20655.
Rijks J et al.

Data on the parasitological status of golden jackal (Canis aureus l., 1758) in Hungary
Acta Vet Hung. 2013 Dec 11:1-9. [Epub ahead of print]
Takacs A et al.

The role of wildlife in bluetongue virus maintenance in Europe: Lessons learned after the natural infection in Spain
Virus Res. 2014 Jan 3. pii: S0168-1702(13)00477-2. doi: 10.1016/j.virusres.2013.12.031. [Epub ahead of print]
Ruiz-Fons F et al.