Wildlife health investigations: needs, challenges and recommendations

Q&A: What is a pathogen? A question that begs the point

(2013) Liise-anne Pirofski et al.   BMC BIOLOGY

Survey of bluetongue virus infection in free-ranging wild ruminants in Switzerland

(2013) Julien Casaubon et al.   BMC Veterinary Research

SITUATION-BASED SURVEILLANCE: ADAPTING INVESTIGATIONS TO ACTUAL EPIDEMIC SITUATIONS

(2013) Hans-Hermann Thulke et al.   JOURNAL OF WILDLIFE DISEASES

FREE-RANGING WILD BOAR: A DISEASE THREAT TO DOMESTIC PIGS IN SWITZERLAND?

(2013) Natacha Wu et al.   JOURNAL OF WILDLIFE DISEASES

EPIZOOTIOLOGIC INVESTIGATIONS OF SELECTED ABORTIVE AGENTS IN FREE-RANGING ALPINE IBEX (CAPRA IBEX IBEX ) IN SWITZERLAND

(2013) Nelson Marreros et al.   JOURNAL OF WILDLIFE DISEASES

HAIR-LOSS EPIZOOTIC IN MOOSE (ALCES ALCES) ASSOCIATED WITH MASSIVE DEER KED (LIPOPTENA CERVI) INFESTATION

(2013) Knut Madslien et al.   JOURNAL OF WILDLIFE DISEASES

FILTER-PAPER BLOOD SAMPLES FOR ELISA DETECTION OF BRUCELLA ANTIBODIES IN CARIBOU

(2013) Patricia S. Curry et al.   JOURNAL OF WILDLIFE DISEASES

EFFICACY OF WILDLIFE REHABILITATION CENTERS IN SURVEILLANCE AND MONITORING OF PATHOGEN ACTIVITY: A CASE STUDY WITH WEST NILE VIRUS

(2013) Natalie J. Randall et al.   JOURNAL OF WILDLIFE DISEASES

OCCURRENCE, QUANTIFICATION, AND GENOTYPING OF MYCOPLASMA CONJUNCTIVAE IN WILD CAPRINAE WITH AND WITHOUT INFECTIOUS KERATOCONJUNCTIVITIS

(2013) Fabien Mavrot et al.   JOURNAL OF WILDLIFE DISEASES

PATHOLOGY OF SARCOPTIC MANGE IN RED FOXES (VULPES VULPES): MACROSCOPIC AND HISTOLOGIC CHARACTERIZATION OF THREE DISEASE STAGES

(2013) Helena Nimmervoll et al.   JOURNAL OF WILDLIFE DISEASES

Surveillance of Bovine Tuberculosis and Risk Estimation of a Future Reservoir Formation in Wildlife in Switzerland and Liechtenstein

(2013) Janne Marie Schöning et al.   PLoS One

Use of FTA® Sampling Cards for Molecular Detection of Avian Influenza Virus in Wild Birds

(2012) Shamus P. Keeler et al.   AVIAN DISEASES

Sarcoptic-mange detector dogs used to identify infected animals during outbreaks in wildlife

(2012) Samer Alasaad et al.   BMC Veterinary Research

Risk factors for contacts between wild boar and outdoor pigs in Switzerland and investigations on potential Brucella suis spill-over

(2012) Natacha Wu et al.   BMC Veterinary Research

Bovine viral diarrhea virus in free-ranging wild ruminants in Switzerland: low prevalence of infection despite regular interactions with domestic livestock

(2012) Julien Casaubon et al.   BMC Veterinary Research

Prospective of Genomics in Revealing Transmission, Reassortment and Evolution of Wildlife-Borne Avian Influenza A (H5N1) Viruses

(2012) Fumin Lei et al.   CURRENT GENOMICS

PARTICIPATORY EPIDEMIOLOGY TO ASSESS SARCOPTIC MANGE IN SEROW OF TAIWAN

(2012) Chen-Chih Chen et al.   JOURNAL OF WILDLIFE DISEASES

Individual and Population-Level Impacts of an Emerging Poxvirus Disease in a Wild Population of Great Tits

(2012) Shelly Lachish et al.   PLoS One

Emergence of a Novel Avian Pox Disease in British Tit Species

(2012) Becki Lawson et al.   PLoS One

Epidemic of Salmonellosis in Passerine Birds in Switzerland With Spillover to Domestic Cats

(2012) S. Giovannini et al.   VETERINARY PATHOLOGY

Emergence of Canine Distemper Virus Strains With Modified Molecular Signature and Enhanced Neuronal Tropism Leading to High Mortality in Wild Carnivores

(2012) F. C. Origgi et al.   VETERINARY PATHOLOGY

Unsupervised clustering of wildlife necropsy data for syndromic surveillance

(2011) Eva Warns-Petit et al.   BMC Veterinary Research

A novel isolation method of Brucella species and molecular tracking of Brucella suis biovar 2 in domestic and wild animals

(2011) Carlos Abril et al.   VETERINARY MICROBIOLOGY

New techniques for an old disease: Sarcoptic mange in the Iberian wolf

(2011) Álvaro Oleaga et al.   VETERINARY PARASITOLOGY

Coprological analyses on apparently healthy Alpine ibex (Capra ibex ibex) from two Swiss colonies

(2011) Nelson Marreros et al.   VETERINARY PARASITOLOGY

The effects of anthropogenic global changes on immune functions and disease resistance

(2010) Lynn B. Martin et al.   Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Emergence of Diseases From Wildlife Reservoirs

(2010) J. C. Rhyan et al.   VETERINARY PATHOLOGY

Spatial and Temporal Association of Outbreaks of H5N1 Influenza Virus Infection in Wild Birds with the 0°C Isotherm

(2010) Leslie A. Reperant et al.   PLoS Pathogens

Effects of environmental change on wildlife health

(2009) K. Acevedo-Whitehouse et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Vorkommen von Trichinella spp. beim Wildschwein in der Schweiz

(2009) F. C. Frey et al.   SCHWEIZER ARCHIV FUR TIERHEILKUNDE

Global trends in emerging infectious diseases

(2008) Kate E. Jones et al.   NATURE

Climate Extremes Promote Fatal Co-Infections during Canine Distemper Epidemics in African Lions

(2008) Linda Munson et al.   PLoS One

Passive, Opportunistic Wildlife Disease Surveillance in the Rocky Mountain Region, USA

(2008) C. Duncan et al.   Transboundary and Emerging Diseases

Veterinary aspects of ecological monitoring: the natural history of emerging infectious diseases of humans, domestic animals and wildlife

(2008) Michael H. Woodford   TROPICAL ANIMAL HEALTH AND PRODUCTION

Detection of Mycoplasma conjunctivae in the eyes of healthy, free-ranging Alpine ibex: Possible involvement of Alpine ibex as carriers for the main causing agent of infectious keratoconjunctivitis in wild Caprinae

(2008) M RYSERDEGIORGIS et al.   VETERINARY MICROBIOLOGY

Assessment of the prevalence of Trichinella spp. in red foxes and Eurasian lynxes from Switzerland

(2008) C.F. Frey et al.   VETERINARY PARASITOLOGY

Phylogenetic characterization of H5N1 highly pathogenic avian influenza viruses isolated in Switzerland in 2006

(2008) Martin A. Hofmann et al.   VIRUS GENES