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Case definitions provide a standardized, science-based set of criteria for diagnosing disease and pathogens. This manual provides case definitions for selected diseases of importance to wildlife in Canada and the United States.

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Tularemia

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Authors
Milton Friend
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Ecosystems Mission Area, National Wildlife Health Center

Autoinducer 2: a concentration-dependent signal for mutualistic bacterial biofilm growth

4,5-dihydroxy-2,3-pentanedione (DPD), a product of the LuxS enzyme in the catabolism of S-ribosylhomocysteine, spontaneously cyclizes to form autoinducer 2 (AI-2). AI-2 is proposed to be a universal signal molecule mediating interspecies communication among bacteria. We show that mutualistic and abundant biofilm growth in flowing saliva of two human oral commensal bacteria, Actinomyces naeslundii 
Authors
A.H. Rickard, R.J. Palmer, David S. Blehert, S.R. Campagna, M.F. Semmelhack, P.G. Egland, B.L. Bassler, P.E. Kolenbrander
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Ecosystems Mission Area, National Wildlife Health Center

Chronic wasting disease infection patterns in female white-tailed deer related to demographics, genetic relationships, and spatial proximity of infected deer in southern Wisconsin

Chronic wasting disease (CWD) is a fatal disease of white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) caused by transmissible protease resistant prions. Since the discovery of CWD in southern Wisconsin in 2001, more than 20,000 deer have been removed from a >2,500 km2 disease eradication zone surrounding the three initial cases. Nearly all deer removed were tested for CWD infection and sex, age, and harv
Authors
Daniel A. Grear
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Ecosystems Mission Area, National Wildlife Health Center

Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Early Detection Data System (HEDDS)

HEDDS offers a unique opportunity for multiagency cooperation for data sharing and visualization.
Authors
Robert Worrest, F. Joshua Dein
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Core Science Systems Mission Area, Ecosystems Mission Area, National Wildlife Health Center

Molecular phylogeny of Babesia poelea from brown boobies (Sula leucogaster) from Johnston Atoll, Central Pacific

The phylogenetic relationship of avian Babesia with other piroplasms remains unclear, mainly because of a lack of objective criteria such as molecular phylogenetics. In this study, our objective was to sequence the entire 18S, ITS-1, 5.8S, and ITS-2 regions of the rRNA gene and partial ß-tubulin gene of B. poelea, first described from brown boobies (Sula leucogaster) from the central Pacific, and
Authors
Michael J. Yabsley, Thierry M. Work, Robert A. Rameyer
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Ecosystems Mission Area, National Wildlife Health Center

Vaccination as a potential means to prevent plague in black-footed ferrets: Progress and continuing challenges

This study was conducted to further assess the feasibility of vaccinating black-footed ferrets (Mustela nigripes) against plague (caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis). On days 0 and 28, 17 postreproductive ferrets were immunized by subcutaneous injection with a recombinant fusion protein containing F1 and V antigens from Y. pestis. Another 17 animals received a placebo by the same route. Two w
Authors
Tonie E. Rocke, Pauline Nol, Paul E. Marinari, J.S. Kreeger, Susan R. Smith, G.P. Andrews, A.W. Friedlander
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Ecosystems Mission Area, National Wildlife Health Center, Fort Collins Science Center

USGS/National Wildlife Health Center's Quarterly Wildlife Mortality Report

No abstract available.
Authors
R. Sohn, K. A. Converse, G. McLaughlin
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Ecosystems Mission Area, National Wildlife Health Center

USGS National Wildlife Health Center's Quarterly Wildlife Mortality Report

No abstract available.
Authors
K. A. Converse, R. Sohn, G. McLaughlin
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Ecosystems Mission Area, National Wildlife Health Center

USGS National Wildlife Health Center's Quarterly Wildlife Mortality Report

No abstract available.
Authors
R. Sohn, K. A. Converse, G. McLaughlin
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Ecosystems Mission Area, National Wildlife Health Center

USGS National Wildlife Health Center's Quartlerly Wildlife Mortality Report

No abstract available.
Authors
K. A. Converse, G. McLaughlin, Lori Steckervetz
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Ecosystems Mission Area, National Wildlife Health Center

Field responses of Prunus serotina and Asclepias syriaca to ozone around southern Lake Michigan

Higher ozone concentrations east of southern Lake Michigan compared to west of the lake were used to test hypotheses about injury and growth effects on two plant species. We measured approximately 1000 black cherry trees and over 3000 milkweed stems from 1999 to 2001 for this purpose. Black cherry branch elongation and milkweed growth and pod formation were significantly higher west of Lake Michig
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J. P. Bennett, E.A. Jepsen, J.A. Roth
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Ecosystems Mission Area, National Wildlife Health Center

Increased levels of IgE and autoreactive, polyreactive IgG in wild rodents: implications for the hygiene hypothesis

To probe the potential role of Th1 versus Th2 reactivity underlying the hygiene hypothesis, intrinsic levels of Th1-associated and Th2-associated antibodies in the serum of wild rodents were compared with that in various strains of laboratory rodents. Studies using rat lung antigens as a target indicated that wild rats have substantially greater levels of autoreactive, polyreactive immunoglobulin
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A.P. Devalapalli, A. Lesher, K. Shieh, J.S. Solow, M.L. Everett, A.S. Edala, P. Whitt, Renee R. Long, N. Newton, W. Parker
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Ecosystems Mission Area, National Wildlife Health Center