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Role for migratory wild birds in the global spread of avian influenza H5N8

Avian influenza viruses affect both poultry production and public health. A subtype H5N8 (clade 2.3.4.4) virus, following an outbreak in poultry in South Korea in January 2014, rapidly spread worldwide in 2014–2015. Our analysis of H5N8 viral sequences, epidemiological investigations, waterfowl migration, and poultry trade showed that long-distance migratory birds can play a major role in the glob
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Hon S. Ip
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Ecosystems Mission Area, National Wildlife Health Center

Transformational principles for NEON sampling of mammalian parasites and pathogens: A response to Springer and colleagues

No abstract available.
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Joseph A. Cook, Stephen E. Greiman, Salvatore J. Agosta, Robert P. Anderson, B. S. Arbogast, Robert J. Baker, Walter Boeger, Robert D. Bradley, Daniel R. Brooks, Rebecca A. Cole, John R. Demboski, Andrew P. Dobson, Jonathan L. Dunnum, Ralph P. Eckerlin, Jacob A. Esselstyn, Kurt E. Galbreath, John Hawdon, Hopi E. Hoekstra, Susan J. Kutz, Jessica E. Light, Link E. Olson, Bruce D. Patterson, James L. Patton, Anna J. Phillips, Eric Rickart, Duke S. Rogers, Mark E. Siddall, Vasyl V. Tkach, Eric P. Hoberg
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Ecosystems Mission Area, National Wildlife Health Center

Proceedings of the 2015 international summit on fibropapillomatosis: Global status, trends, and population impacts

The 2015 International Summit on Fibropapillomatosis (FP) was convened in Honolulu, Hawaii June 11-14, 2015. Scientists from around the world were invited to present results from sea turtle monitoring and research programs as they relate to the global status, trends, and population impacts of FP on green turtles. The participants engaged in discussions that resulted in the following conclusions: 1
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Stacy A. Hargrove, Thierry M. Work, Shandell Brunson, Allen M. Foley, George H. Balazs
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Ecosystems Mission Area, National Wildlife Health Center

Avian influenza ecology in North Atlantic sea ducks: Not all ducks are created equal

Wild waterfowl are primary reservoirs of avian influenza viruses (AIV). However the role of sea ducks in the ecology of avian influenza, and how that role differs from freshwater ducks, has not been examined. We obtained and analyzed sera from North Atlantic sea ducks and determined the seroprevalence in those populations. We also tested swab samples from North Atlantic sea ducks for the presence
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Jeffrey S. Hall, Robin E. Russell, J. Christian Franson, Catherine Soos, Robert J. Dusek, R. Bradford Allen, Sean W. Nashold, Joshua L. Teslaa, Jón Einar Jónsson, Jennifer R. Ballard, Naomi Jnae Harms, Justin D. Brown
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Ecosystems Mission Area, Contaminant Biology, Environmental Health Program, National Wildlife Health Center

Surveillance potential of non-native Hawaiian birds for detection of West Nile Virus

West Nile virus (WNV) was first detected in North America in 1999. Alaska and Hawaii (HI) remain the only U.S. states in which transmission of WNV has not been detected. Dead bird surveillance has played an important role in the detection of the virus geographically, as well as temporally. In North America, corvids have played a major role in WNV surveillance; however, the only corvid in HI is the
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Erik K. Hofmeister, Robert J. Dusek, Christopher J. Brand
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Ecosystems Mission Area, National Wildlife Health Center

Mortality patterns in endangered Hawaiian geese (Nene; Branta sandvicensis)

Understanding causes of death can aid management and recovery of endangered bird populations. Toward those ends, we systematically examined 300 carcasses of endangered Hawaiian Geese (Nene; Branta sandvicensis) from Hawaii, Maui, Molokai, and Kauai between 1992 and 2013. The most common cause of death was emaciation, followed by trauma (vehicular strikes and predation), and infectious/inflammatory
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Thierry M. Work, Julie Dagenais, Robert Rameyer, Renee Breeden
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Ecosystems Mission Area, National Wildlife Health Center

Alpine biodiversity and assisted migration: The case of the American pika (Ochotona princeps)

Alpine mammals are predicted to be among the species most threatened by climate change, due to the projected loss and further fragmentation of alpine habitats. As temperature or precipitation regimes change, alpine mammals may also be faced with insurmountable barriers to dispersal. The slow rate or inability to adjust to rapidly shifting environmental conditions may cause isolated alpine species
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Jennifer L. Wilkening, Chris Ray, Nathan G. Ramsay, Kelly Klingler
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Ecosystems Mission Area, National Wildlife Health Center

Integrating resource selection into spatial capture-recapture models for large carnivores

Wildlife managers need reliable methods to estimate large carnivore densities and population trends; yet large carnivores are elusive, difficult to detect, and occur at low densities making traditional approaches intractable. Recent advances in spatial capture-recapture (SCR) models have provided new approaches for monitoring trends in wildlife abundance and these methods are particularly applicab
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Kelly M. Proffitt, Joshua Goldberg, Mark Hebblewite, Robin E. Russell, Ben Jimenez, Hugh S. Robinson, Kristine Pilgrim, Michael K. Schwartz
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Ecosystems Mission Area, National Wildlife Health Center

Experimental infection of snakes with Ophidiomyces ophiodiicola causes pathological changes that typify snake fungal disease

Snake fungal disease (SFD) is an emerging skin infection of wild snakes in eastern North America. The fungus Ophidiomyces ophiodiicola is frequently associated with the skin lesions that are characteristic of SFD, but a causal relationship between the fungus and the disease has not been established. We experimentally infected captive-bred corn snakes (Pantherophis guttatus) in the laboratory with
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Jeffrey M. Lorch, Julia S. Lankton, Katrien Werner, Elizabeth A. Falendysz, Kevin McCurley, David S. Blehert
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Ecosystems Mission Area, Biological Threats and Invasive Species Research Program, National Wildlife Health Center

USGS National Wildlife Health Center quarterly wildlife mortality report April 2015 to June 2015

No abstract available.
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Anne Ballmann, Barbara L. Bodenstein, Robert J. Dusek, Daniel A. Grear, Jennifer G. Chipault
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Ecosystems Mission Area, National Wildlife Health Center

Laboratory investigations of African Pouched Rats (Cricetomys gambianus) as a potential reservoir host species for Monkeypox Virus

Monkeypox is a zoonotic disease endemic to central and western Africa, where it is a major public health concern. Although Monkeypox virus (MPXV) and monkeypox disease in humans have been well characterized, little is known about its natural history, or its maintenance in animal populations of sylvatic reservoir(s). In 2003, several species of rodents imported from Ghana were involved in a monkeyp
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Christina L. Hutson, Yoshinori J. Nakazawa, Joshua Self, Victoria A. Olson, Russell L. Regnery, Zachary Braden, Sonja Weiss, Jean Malekani, Eddie Jackson, Mallory Tate, Kevin L. Karem, Tonie E. Rocke, Jorge E. Osorio, Inger K. Damon, Darin S. Carroll
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Ecosystems Mission Area, National Wildlife Health Center

Further assessment of Monkeypox Virus infection in Gambian pouched rats (Cricetomys gambianus) using in vivo bioluminescent imaging

Monkeypox is a zoonosis clinically similar to smallpox in humans. Recent evidence has shown a potential risk of increased incidence in central Africa. Despite attempts to isolate the virus from wild rodents and other small mammals, no reservoir host has been identified. In 2003,Monkeypox virus (MPXV) was accidentally introduced into the U.S. via the pet trade and was associated with the Gambian po
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Elizabeth Falendysz, Juan G. Lopera, Faye Lorenzsonn, Johanna S. Salzer, Christina L. Hutson, Jeffrey Doty, Nadia Gallardo-Romero, Darin S. Carroll, Jorge E. Osorio, Tonie E. Rocke
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Ecosystems Mission Area, National Wildlife Health Center