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Lead in Ammunition: A Persistent Threat to Health and Conservation
EcoHealth. 2014; [Epub ahead of print]. doi:10.1007/s10393-013-0896-5
C. K. Johnson, T. R. Kelly, B. A. Rideout
[Courtesy of a fellow Digest reader!]

River otters as biomonitors for organochlorine pesticides, PCBs, and PBDEs in Illinois
Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety. 2014 Feb; 100: 99–104
Samantha K Carpenter et al.
[Another great article shared by a member. Digest readers are the best!]

A case of chronic wasting disease in a captive red deer (Cervus elaphus)
Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation. 2013 Sep; 25(5):573-576. doi:10.1177/1040638713499914
Marc D. Schwabenlander et al.

A survey of fish viruses isolated from wild marine fishes from the coastal waters of southern Korea
Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation. 2013 Nov; 25(6): 750-755. doi:10.1177/1040638713504755
Wi-Sik Kim et al.

Influenza A virus infections in marine mammals and terrestrial carnivores
Berl Munch Tierarztl Wochenschr. 2013 Nov-Dec;126(11-12):500-8.
Harder TC et al.

Disease and Predation: Sorting out Causes of a Bighorn Sheep (Ovis canadensis) Decline
PLoS One. 2014 Feb 7;9(2):e88271. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0088271. eCollection 2014.
Smith JB et al.

Network Analysis of Translocated Takahe Populations to Identify Disease Surveillance Targets
Conserv Biol. 2014 Feb 11. doi: 10.1111/cobi.12178. [Epub ahead of print]
Grange ZL, VAN Andel M, French NP, Gartrell BD.

Perfluorinated compounds: emerging POPs with potential immunotoxicity
Toxicol Lett. 2014 Feb 3. pii: S0378-4274(14)00058-7. doi: 10.1016/j.toxlet.2014.01.038. [Epub ahead of print]
Corsini E et al.

Frequent and seasonally variable sublethal anthrax infections are accompanied by short-lived immunity in an endemic system
J Anim Ecol. 2014 Feb 5. doi: 10.1111/1365-2656.12207. [Epub ahead of print]
Cizauskas CA, Bellan SE, Turner WC, Vance RE, Getz WM.

Do-or-die life cycles and diverse post-infection resistance mechanisms limit the evolution of parasite host ranges
Ecology Letters. 2013; [Epub ahead of print 2014 Feb 04]. DOI:10.1111/ele.12249
Michael Sieber and Ivana Gudelj

A need for One Health approach - lessons learned from outbreaks of Rift Valley fever in Saudi Arabia and Sudan
Infection Ecology and Epidemiology. 2014; 4: 20710. doi: 10.3402/iee.v4.20710
Osama Ahmed Hassan, Clas Ahlm, Magnus Evander

Monitoring diseases in garden wildlife [No online abstract]
Vet Rec. 2014 Feb 1;174(5):126. doi: 10.1136/vr.g1295.
Cunningham AA, Lawson B, Hopkins T, Toms M, Wormald K, Peck K.

Community change and evidence for variable warm-water temperature adaptation of corals in Northern Male Atoll, Maldives
Mar Pollut Bull. 2014 Jan 30. pii: S0025-326X(14)00036-8. doi: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2014.01.035. [Epub ahead of print]
McClanahan TR and Muthiga NA

Identifying future zoonotic disease threats: Where are the gaps in our understanding of primate infectious diseases?
Evol Med Public Health. 2013 Jan;2013(1):27-36. doi: 10.1093/emph/eot001. Epub 2013 Jan 22.
Cooper N and Nunn CL.