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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. LaPointe, D. A., E. K. HOFMEISTER, C. T. Atkinson, R. E. Porter, and R. J. DUSEK. 2009. Experimental infection of Hawai'I 'amakihi (Hemignathus virens) with West Nile virus and competence of a co-occurring vector, Culex quinquefasciatus: potential impacts on endemic Hawaiian avifauna. Journal of Wildlife Diseases 45(2):257-271. [Journal] 1198
   America, Avia, avian, bird, disease, North America, United States, USA, viral, virus
2. Flint, P. L., and J. C. Franson. 2009. Does influenza A affect body condition of wild mallard ducks, or vice versa? Proceedings of the Royal Society B: doi:10.1098/rspb.2008.1962 [Journal] 1197
   Anas platyrhynchos, Avia, avian, bird, disease, duck, influenza, mallard, viral, virus
3. BALLMAN, A., K. SCHULER, and J. HOEH. 2009. USGS National Wildlife Health Center's quarterly wildlife mortality report. Newsletter of the Wildlife Disease Association, January 2009, 7-13. [Journal] 1194
   mortality
4. Cross, P. C., D. M. HEISEY, J. A. Bowers, C. T. Hay, J. Wolhuter, P. Buss, M. Hofmeyr, A. L. Michel, R. G. Bengis, T. L. F. Bird, J. T. Du Toit, and W. M. Getz. 2009. Disease, predation and demography: assessing the impacts of bovine tuberculosis on African buffalo by monitoring at individual and population levels. Journal of Applied Ecology 46(2):467-475. [Journal] 1193
   bacteria, bacterial, mammal, Mammalia, methodology, surveillance
5. FRANSON, J. C., S. P. HANSEN, and J. H. Schulz. 2009. Ingested shot and tissue lead concentrations in mourning doves. In R. T. Watson, M. Fuller, M. Pokras, and G. Hunt, editors. Ingestion of lead from spent ammunition: implications for wildlife and Humans. DOI 10.4080/ilsa.2009.0202. [Proceedings from meeting/conference] 1192
   Avia, avian, bird, contaminant
6. Rattner, B. A., J. C. FRANSON, S. R. Sheffield, C. I. Goddard, N. J. Leonard, D. Stang, and P. J. Wingate. 2009. Technical review of the sources and implications of lead ammunition and fishing tackle on natural resources. In R. T. Watson, M. Fuller, M. Pokras, and G. Hunt, editors. Ingestion of lead from spent ammunition: implications for wildlife and Humans. DOI 10.4080/ilsa.2009.0106. [Proceedings from meeting/conference] 1191
   contaminant
7. FRIEND, M., J. C. FRANSON, and W. L. Anderson. 2009. Biological and societal dimensions of lead poisoning in birds in the USA. In R. T. Watson, M. Fuller, M. Pokras, and G. Hunt, editors. Ingestion of lead from spent ammunition: implications for wildlife and Humans. DOI 10.4080/ilsa.2009.0104. [Proceedings from meeting/conference] 1190
   Avia, avian, bird, contaminant
8. JANKOWSKI, M. D., D. J. Wittwer, D. M. HEISEY, J. C. FRANSON, and E. K. HOFMEISTER. 2009. The adrenocortical response of greater sage grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) to capture, ACTH injection, and confinement, as measured in fecal samples. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 82(2):190-201. [Journal] 1189
   avian, bird, laboratory, methodology
9. Cole, G. A., N. J. THOMAS, M. Spalding, R. Stroud, R. P. Urbanek, and B. K. Hartup. 2009. Postmortem evaluation of reintroduced migratory whooping cranes in eastern North America. Journal of Wildlife Diseases 45(1):29-40. [Journal] 1186
   Avia, avian, bird, North America
10. Joly, D. O., D. M. HEISEY, M. D. Samuel, C. A. Ribic, N. J. THOMAS, S. D. WRIGHT, and I. E. Wright. 2009. Estimating cause-specific mortality rates using recovered carcasses. Journal of Wildlife Diseases 45(1):122-127. [Journal] 1185
    Avia, avian, bird, mammal, Mammalia, mortality