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National Wildlife Health Center staff members have authored almost 1000 publications including USGS/NBS/FWS series publications, articles in peer-reviewed science journals, chapters in books, fact sheets, and other documents. This collection also includes papers from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Bear River Field Station in Utah and the work of Dr. Wayne Jensen, a pioneer in botulism research.

Nearly 400 of these publications, especially those published in recent years, are also available as PDF documents accessible through this database. Paper reprints of articles are available free of charge from the Center.

Recent publications

1. Flint, M., J. C. Patterson-Kane, C. J. Limpus, T. M. WORK, D. Blair, P. C. Mills. 2009. Postmortem diagnostic investigation of disease in free-ranging marine turtle populations: a review of common pathologic findings and protocols. Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation 21(6):733-759. [Journal] 1239
   disease, methodology, reptile, Reptilia, turtle
2. Chaloupka, M., G. H. Balazs, and T. M. WORK. 2009. Rise and fall over 26 years of a marine epizootic in Hawaiian green sea turtles. Journal of Wildlife Diseases 45(4):2009:1138-1142. [Journal] 1238
   America, Chelonia mydas, disease, green turtle, North America, reptile, Reptilia, turtle, United States, USA
3. Osorio, J. E., K. P. Iams, C. U. METEYER, and T. E. ROCKE. 2009. Comparison of monkeypox viruses pathogenesis in mice by in vivo imaging. PLoS ONE 4(8):e6592. [Journal] View Abstract 1236
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4. HALL, J. S., H. S. IP, J. C. FRANSON, C. METEYER, S. NASHOLD, J. L. TeSlaa, J. French, P. Redig, and C. BRAND. 2009. Experimental infection of a North American raptor, American kestrel (Falco sparverius), with highly pathogenic avian influenza virus (H5N1). PLoS ONE 4(10):e7555. [Journal] View Abstract 1234
   Avia, avian, bird, disease, Falconiformes, raptor
5. BALLMAN, A., L. WHITE, K. SCHULER, and J. BRADSBY. 2009. USGS National Wildlife Health Center's quarterly wildlife mortality report. Newsletter of the Wildlife Disease Association, July 2009, 9-12. [Journal] View Abstract 1233
   disease, mortality
6. GREEN, D. E., M. J. Gray, and D. L. Miller. 2009. Disease monitoring and biosecurity. Pages 481-505 in C. K. Dodd Jr., editor. Amphibian Ecology and Conservation, A Handbook of Techniques. Oxford University Press, Oxford. [Book Chapter (published commercially)] 1232
   Amphibia, amphibian, biosecurity, disease, field work, methodology
7. LAHNER, L. L. and J. C. FRANSON. 2009. Lead poisoning in wild birds. USGS Fact Sheet 2009-3051. [Fact Sheet] 1231
   Avia, avian, bird, contaminant, disease, lead, lead poisoning
8. Munoz, F. A., S. Estrada-Parra, A. Romero-Rojas, T. M. WORK, E. Gonzalez-Ballesteros, and I. Estrada-Garcia. 2009. Identification of CD3+ T lymphocytes in the green turtle Chelonia mydas. Veterinary Immunology and Immunopathology 131(3-4):211-217. [Journal] 1230
   disease, laboratory, malformation, methodology, reptile, Reptilia, turtle
9. BALLMANN, A., K. SCHULER, J. BRADSBY,and J. HOEH. 2009. USGS National Wildlife Health Center's quarterly wildlife mortality report. Newsletter of the Wildlife Disease Association, July 2009, 6-12. [Journal] Download Publication (PDF) Permission granted by the Wildlife Disease Association1229
   mortality
10. Dalton, M. S., L. M. Stewart, and H. S. IP. 2009. Occurrence of viable avian influenza viruses in water and bed sediments from selected water bodies along the Atlantic Flyway, February and May 2006 and January 2007. USGS Open-File Report 2009-1161. [Government technical report] http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2009/1161/1228
    America, Avia, avian, bird, North America, United States, USA, viral, virus