Education and/or Training

B.S.	1979	University of Illinois - Urbana	Ecology, Ethology and Evolution
M.S.	1982	University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI	Veterinary Science
Ph.D.	1985	University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI	Veterinary Science

Areas of Specialization and or Research Interests

Disease investigation
Plague

Current USGS Research and Projects

Plague in prairie dogs and black-footed ferrets

Professional Experience

1975 – 1985

Research Assistant, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI

Professional Activities and/or Memberships

Wildlife Disease Association

Honors and/or Awards

Invited Speaker	2003	Colorado Prairie Dog Technical Conference
Invited Speaker	2003	Waterbirds
Invited Speaker	2002	American Association of Zoo Veterinarians
Invited Speaker	2002	Salton Sea Symposium
Invited Speaker	2002	Wildlife Society annual meeting
Invited Speaker	2002	Defenders of Wildlife
Invited Speaker	2002	Pacific Sea Bird Meeting
Special Service Award	2000	Submitting patent application
Invited Speaker	1999 - 2001	WDA
Invited Speaker	1999	Symposium on Science for Salton Sea Ecosystem Management	Riverside, CA

Selected Publications

ROCKE, T.E., P. Nol, P.E. Marinari, J.S. Kreeger, S.R. SMITH, G.P. Andres, and A.W. Friedlander. Vaccination as a potential means to prevent plague in black-footed ferrets. 2006 Pages 243-247 in Roelle, J.E., B.J. Miller, J.L. Godbey, and D.E. Biggins, editors. Recovery of the black-footed ferret: progress and continuing challenges. U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2005-5293

ROCKE, T.E. and M. Antolin. The ecology of plague as an introduced disease and its impact on conservation of threatened and endangered species. 2005 Invited oral presentation. The Annual Conference of the International Wildlife Disease Association. June 24-July 3, 2005. Cairns, Australia.

ROCKE, T.E., N.J. THOMAS, C.U. METEYER, C.F. Quist, J.R. Fischer, T. Augspurger, and S.E. Ward. Attempts to identify the source of avian vacuolar myelinopathy for waterbirds. 2005 Journal of Wildlife Diseases 41(1):162-169.

ROCKE, T., K. CONVERSE, C. METEYER, and B. McLean. The impact of disease in the American white pelican in North America. 2005 Waterbirds 28(Special Publication 1):87-94.

ROCKE, T.E. The impact of plague on the conservation of threatened and endangered species. 2005 Invited oral presentation. 12th Annual Conference of the Wildlife Society. September 25- 29, 2005. Madison, Wisconsin, USA.