Epidemiology:

Mark W. Cunningham, Meredith A. Brown, David B. Shindle, Scott P. Terrell, Kathleen A. Hayes, Bambi C. Ferree, R. T. McBride, Emmett L. Blankenship, Deborah Jansen, Scott B. Citino, Melody E. Roelke, Richard A. Kiltie, Jennifer L. Troyer, and Stephen J. O’Brien

EPIZOOTIOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT OF FELINE LEUKEMIA VIRUS IN THE FLORIDA PUMA
J Wildl Dis 2008 44: 537-552. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Paul C. Ramey, Bradley F. Blackwell, Robert J. Gates, and Richard D. Slemons

ORAL RABIES VACCINATION OF A NORTHERN OHIO RACCOON POPULATION: RELEVANCE OF POPULATION DENSITY AND PREBAIT SEROLOGY
J Wildl Dis 2008 44: 553-568. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jerry C. Haigh, Victoria Gerwing, Janchivdorj Erdenebaatar, and Janet E. Hill

A NOVEL CLINICAL SYNDROME AND DETECTION OF ANAPLASMA OVIS IN MONGOLIAN REINDEER (RANGIFER TARANDUS)
J Wildl Dis 2008 44: 569-577. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Kerri Pedersen, Elizabeth J. B. Manning, and Joseph L. Corn

DISTRIBUTION OF MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM SUBSPECIES PARATUBERCULOSIS IN THE LOWER FLORIDA KEYS
J Wildl Dis 2008 44: 578-584. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Aron J. Hall and Emi K. Saito

AVIAN WILDLIFE MORTALITY EVENTS DUE TO SALMONELLOSIS IN THE UNITED STATES, 1985–2004
J Wildl Dis 2008 44: 585-593. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

L. Kristen Page, Stanley D. Gehrt, and Nathaniel P. Robinson

LAND-USE EFFECTS ON PREVALENCE OF RACCOON ROUNDWORM (BAYLISASCARIS PROCYONIS)
J Wildl Dis 2008 44: 594-599. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Conservation Medicine:

Kristen Chaffin, Terry M. Norton, Kirsten Gilardi, Robert Poppenga, John B. Jensen, Paul Moler, Carolyn Cray, Ellen S. Dierenfeld, Tai Chen, Marcie Oliva, Francesco C. Origgi, Samantha Gibbs, Lisa Mazzaro, and Jonna Mazet

HEALTH ASSESSMENT OF FREE-RANGING ALLIGATOR SNAPPING TURTLES (MACROCHELYS TEMMINCKII) IN GEORGIA AND FLORIDA
J Wildl Dis 2008 44: 670-686. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Virology:

Ole Nielsen, Greg Smith, Hana Weingartl, Stéphane Lair, and Lena Measures

USE OF A SLAM TRANSFECTED VERO CELL LINE TO ISOLATE AND CHARACTERIZE MARINE MAMMAL MORBILLIVIRUSES USING AN EXPERIMENTAL FERRET MODEL
J Wildl Dis 2008 44: 600-611. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Felix R. Jackson, Amy S. Turmelle, David M. Farino, Richard Franka, Gary F. McCracken, and Charles E. Rupprecht

EXPERIMENTAL RABIES VIRUS INFECTION OF BIG BROWN BATS (EPTESICUS FUSCUS)
J Wildl Dis 2008 44: 612-621. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Marie E. Pinkerton, James F. X. Wellehan, Jr., April J. Johnson, April L. Childress, Scott D. Fitzgerald, and Michael J. Kinsel

COLUMBID HERPESVIRUS-1 IN TWO COOPER’S HAWKS (ACCIPITER COOPERII) WITH FATAL INCLUSION BODY DISEASE
J Wildl Dis 2008 44: 622-628. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Parasitology:

D. E. Hill, M. D. Samuel, C. A. Nolden, N. Sundar, D. S. Zarlenga, and J. P. Dubey

TRICHINELLA MURRELLI IN SCAVENGING MAMMALS FROM SOUTH-CENTRAL WISCONSIN, USA
J Wildl Dis 2008 44: 629-635. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Toxicology:

P. Fisher, C. E. O’Connor, and G. Morriss

ORAL TOXICITY OF p-AMINOPROPIOPHENONE TO BRUSHTAIL POSSUMS (TRICHOSURUS VULPECULA), DAMA WALLABIES (MACROPUS EUGENII), AND MALLARDS (ANAS PLATYRHYNCHOS)
J Wildl Dis 2008 44: 655-663. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Karl R. Kroenlein, Jonathan M. Sleeman, Steven D. Holladay, Priscilla H. Joyner, Justin D. Brown, Mark Griffin, Geoffrey Saunders, and Stephen A. Smith

INABILITY TO INDUCE TYMPANIC SQUAMOUS METAPLASIA USING ORGANOCHLORINE COMPOUNDS IN VITAMIN A-DEFICIENT RED-EARED SLIDERS (TRACHEMYS SCRIPTA ELEGANS)
J Wildl Dis 2008 44: 664-669. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Pathology:

Werner T. Flueck and Jo Anne M. Smith-Flueck

AGE-INDEPENDENT OSTEOPATHOLOGY IN SKELETONS OF A SOUTH AMERICAN CERVID, THE PATAGONIAN HUEMUL (HIPPOCAMELUS BISULCUS)
J Wildl Dis 2008 44: 636-648. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Clinical Pathology:

V. Naidoo, M. Diekmann, K. Wolters, and G. E. Swan

ESTABLISHMENT OF SELECTED BASELINE BLOOD CHEMISTRY AND HEMATOLOGIC PARAMETERS IN CAPTIVE AND WILD-CAUGHT AFRICAN WHITE-BACKED VULTURES (GYPS AFRICANUS)
J Wildl Dis 2008 44: 649-654. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Short Communications:

Douglas D. Colwell, Dawn Gray, Kim Morton, and Margo Pybus

Nasal Bots and Lice from White-tailed Deer in Southern Alberta, Canada
J Wildl Dis 2008 44: 687-692. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Arian D. Wallach, Uri Shanas, Kosta Y. Mumcuoglu, and Moshe Inbar

Ectoparasites on Reintroduced Roe Deer Capreolus capreolus in Israel
J Wildl Dis 2008 44: 693-696. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Torsten Mörner, Caroline Bröjer, Marie-Pierre Ryser-Degiorgis, Dolores Gavier-Widén, Hans-Olof Nilsson, and Torkel Wadström

Detection of Gastric Helicobacter Species in Free-ranging Lynx (Lynx lynx) and Red Foxes (Vulpes vulpes) in Sweden
J Wildl Dis 2008 44: 697-700. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Javier Millán, María Ángeles Jiménez, María Viota, Mónica G. Candela, Laura Peña, and Luis León-Vizcaíno

Disseminated Bovine Tuberculosis in a Wild Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes) in Southern Spain
J Wildl Dis 2008 44: 701-706. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Martha Keller, José L. Moliner, Grettys Vásquez, Danilo Cruz, Orestes Bello, Alex M. Costidis, Sentiel A. Rommel, Maron B. Calderwood Mays, and Scott Gearhart

Nephrolithiasis and Pyelonephritis in Two West Indian Manatees (Trichechus manatus spp.)
J Wildl Dis 2008 44: 707-711. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

S. Bovero, G. Sotgiu, C. Angelini, S. Doglio, E. Gazzaniga, A. A. Cunningham, and T. W. J. Garner

Detection of Chytridiomycosis Caused by Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in the Endangered Sardinian Newt (Euproctus platycephalus) in Southern Sardinia, Italy
J Wildl Dis 2008 44: 712-715. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Sara E. Andre, John Parker, and Cheryl J. Briggs

Effect of Temperature on Host Response to Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis Infection in the Mountain Yellow-legged Frog (Rana muscosa)
J Wildl Dis 2008 44: 716-720. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Kyle M. Good, AnnMarie Houser, Lorraine Arntzen, and Peter C. B. Turnbull

Naturally Acquired Anthrax Antibodies in a Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) in Botswana
J Wildl Dis 2008 44: 721-723. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Paul Stapp, Daniel J. Salkeld, Rebecca J. Eisen, Ryan Pappert, John Young, Leon G. Carter, Kenneth L. Gage, Daniel W. Tripp, and Michael F. Antolin

Exposure of Small Rodents to Plague during Epizootics in Black-tailed Prairie Dogs
J Wildl Dis 2008 44: 724-730. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Bala Thiagarajan, Ying Bai, Kenneth L. Gage, and Jack F. Cully, Jr.

Prevalence of Yersinia pestis in Rodents and Fleas Associated with Black-tailed Prairie Dogs (Cynomys ludovicianus) at Thunder Basin National Grassland, Wyoming
J Wildl Dis 2008 44: 731-736. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jennifer Zipser Adjemian, Michael K. Adjemian, Patrick Foley, Bruno B. Chomel, Rickie W. Kasten, and Janet E. Foley

Evidence of Multiple Zoonotic Agents in a Wild Rodent Community in the Eastern Sierra Nevada
J Wildl Dis 2008 44: 737-742. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Rohana P. Dassanayake, Weiguo Liu, William C. Davis, William J. Foreyt, and Subramaniam Srikumaran

Bighorn Sheep β₂-Integrin LFA-1 Serves as a Receptor for Mannheimia haemolytica Leukotoxin
J Wildl Dis 2008 44: 743-747. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Lisa L. Wolfe, Catherine T. Goshorn, and Sharon Baruch-Mordo

Immobilization of Black Bears (Ursus americanus) with a Combination of Butorphanol, Azaperone, and Medetomidine
J Wildl Dis 2008 44: 748-752. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Christopher C. L. Chase, Lyle J. Braun, Pamela Leslie-Steen, Tanya Graham, Dale Miskimins, and Julia F. Ridpath

Bovine Viral Diarrhea Virus Multiorgan Infection in Two White-Tailed Deer in Southeastern South Dakota
J Wildl Dis 2008 44: 753-759. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Samuel P. Franklin, Roland W. Kays, Ricardo Moreno, Julie A. TerWee, Jennifer L. Troyer, and Sue VandeWoude

Ocelots on Barro Colorado Island Are Infected with Feline Immunodeficiency Virus but Not Other Common Feline and Canine Viruses
J Wildl Dis 2008 44: 760-765. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Elsa Jourdain, Hervé G. Zeller, Philippe Sabatier, Séverine Murri, Yves Kayser, Timothy Greenland, Murielle Lafaye, and Michel Gauthier-Clerc

Prevalence of West Nile Virus Neutralizing Antibodies in Wild Birds from the Camargue Area, Southern France
J Wildl Dis 2008 44: 766-771. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Glauco Camenisch, Risch Bandli, and Richard Hoop

Monitoring of Wild birds for Newcastle Disease Virus in Switzerland Using Real Time RT-PCR
J Wildl Dis 2008 44: 772-776. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Kamil Sedlak, Eva Bartova, and Jirina Machova

Antibodies to Selected Viral Disease Agents in Wild Boars from the Czech Republic
J Wildl Dis 2008 44: 777-780. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Shih-Jen Chou, Yao-Ching Shieh, and Chang-You Yu

Hematologic and Biochemistry Values for Black-faced Spoonbills (Platalea minor) with and Recovering from Botulism
J Wildl Dis 2008 44: 781-784. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Book Reviews:

Ian K. Barker

Infectious Diseases of Wild Birds
J Wildl Dis 2008 44: 785-787. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Terry J. Kreeger

Chemical and Physical Restraint of Wild Animals
J Wildl Dis 2008 44: 788-789. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Books Received for Review
J Wildl Dis 2008 44: 790. [Full Text] [PDF]  

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