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Crossing the scale from within-host infection dynamics to between-host transmission fitness: a discussion of current assumptions and knowledge

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Effects of Acute Restraint Stress, Prolonged Captivity Stress and Transdermal Corticosterone Application on Immunocompetence and Plasma Levels of Corticosterone on the Cururu Toad (Rhinella icterica)

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MOLECULAR METHODS TO DETECT MYCOPLASMA SPP. AND TESTUDINID HERPESVIRUS 2 IN DESERT TORTOISES (GOPHERUS AGASSIZII) AND IMPLICATIONS FOR DISEASE MANAGEMENT

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Host nutrition alters the variance in parasite transmission potential

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EFFECTS OF MYCOPLASMAL UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE ON MORBIDITY AND MORTALITY OF GOPHER TORTOISES IN NORTHERN AND CENTRAL FLORIDA

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Within-host dynamics of mycoplasma infections: Conjunctivitis in wild passerine birds

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Disease Tolerance as a Defense Strategy

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Structured approach to design of diagnostic test evaluation studies for chronic progressive infections in animals

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Pathogenicity and immunogenicity of three Mycoplasma gallisepticum isolates in house finches (Carpodacus mexicanus)

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Site-occupancy modelling as a novel framework for assessing test sensitivity and estimating wildlife disease prevalence from imperfect diagnostic tests

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Defining population structure for the Mojave desert tortoise

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Understanding the vertebrate immune system: insights from the reptilian perspective

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Future dryness in the southwest US and the hydrology of the early 21st century drought

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Upper respiratory tract disease, force of infection, and effects on survival of gopher tortoises

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