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Case definitions provide a standardized, science-based set of criteria for diagnosing disease and pathogens. This manual provides case definitions for selected diseases of importance to wildlife in Canada and the United States.

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Diseases of salamanders Diseases of salamanders

Few diseases are reported in salamanders. Two notable exceptions are infections by Ranavirus and Ichthyophonus. Except for mortality events associated with ranaviruses in tiger salamanders (Ambystoma tigrinum) and spotted salamanders (A. maculatum), dieoffs of salamanders are rarely detected or reported. Diseases presented in this chapter are those encountered in free-living salamanders...
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K. A. Converse, D. E. Green
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Ecosystems Mission Area, National Wildlife Health Center

Diseases of frogs and toads Diseases of frogs and toads

This chapter presents information on infectious diseases of free-living frogs and toads that have completed metamorphosis. The diseases discussed in this chapter pertain principally to sub-adult and adult frogs and toads that are at least 60-90 days removed from completion of metamorphosis. The main emphasis of this chapter is the diseases found in amphibians of Canada and the United...
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D. E. Green, K. A. Converse
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Ecosystems Mission Area, National Wildlife Health Center

Amphibian Research and Monitoring Initiative (ARMI): A successful start to a national program in the United States Amphibian Research and Monitoring Initiative (ARMI): A successful start to a national program in the United States

Most research to assess amphibian declines has focused on local-scale projects on one or a few species. The Amphibian Research and Monitoring Initiative (ARMI) is a national program in the United States mandated by congressional directive and implemented by the U.S. Department of the Interior (specifically the U.S. Geological Survey, USGS). Program goals are to monitor changes in...
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Erin Muths, Robin E. Jung, Larissa L. Bailey, M. J. Adams, P. Stephen Corn, C. Kenneth Dodd, Gary M. Fellers, Walter J. Sadinski, Cecil R. Schwalbe, Susan C. Walls, Robert N. Fisher, Alisa L. Gallant, William A. Battaglin, D. Earl Green
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Ecosystems Mission Area, Toxic Substances Hydrology, Environmental Health Program, Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center, Fort Collins Science Center, National Wildlife Health Center, Forest and Rangeland Ecosystem Science Center, Wetland and Aquatic Research Center

USGS/National Wildlife Health Center's Quarterly Wildlife Mortality Report USGS/National Wildlife Health Center's Quarterly Wildlife Mortality Report

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R. Sohn, K. A. Converse, E. Saito, G. McLaughlin
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Ecosystems Mission Area, National Wildlife Health Center

USGS/National Wildlife Health Center's Quarterly Wildlife Mortality Report USGS/National Wildlife Health Center's Quarterly Wildlife Mortality Report

No abstract available.
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R. Sohn, K. A. Converse, G. McLaughlin, Kimberli J.G. Miller
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Ecosystems Mission Area, National Wildlife Health Center

Lichens of the U.S. National Parks Lichens of the U.S. National Parks

Over 26,100 records of lichens present in 144 U.S. national park units were assembled from various sources into a database and analyzed. Within these 144 park units 2,435 species and 375 genera are reported, representing 63% and 74% of the North American flora, respectively. The park units are located in 41 states and Washington, D.C. The average number of species in a park is 104, but...
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J. P. Bennett, C. M. Wetmore
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Ecosystems Mission Area, National Wildlife Health Center

Pathology and proposed pathophysiology of diclofenac poisoning in free-living and experimentally exposed oriental white-backed vultures (Gyps bengalensis) Pathology and proposed pathophysiology of diclofenac poisoning in free-living and experimentally exposed oriental white-backed vultures (Gyps bengalensis)

Oriental white-backed vultures (Gyps bengalensis; OWBVs) died of renal failure when they ingested diclofenac, a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID), in tissues of domestic livestock. Acute necrosis of proximal convoluted tubules in these vultures was severe. Glomeruli, distal convoluted tubules, and collecting tubules were relatively spared in the vultures that had early lesions...
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Carol U. Meteyer, Bruce Rideout, Martin Gilbert, H. L. Shivaprasad, J. Lindsay Oaks
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Ecosystems Mission Area, National Wildlife Health Center

Phylogenetic classification of the frog pathogen Amphibiothecum (Dermosporidium) penneri based on small ribosomal subunit sequencing Phylogenetic classification of the frog pathogen Amphibiothecum (Dermosporidium) penneri based on small ribosomal subunit sequencing

We determined 1,600 base pairs of DNA sequence in the 18S small ribosomal subunit from two geographically distinct isolates of Dermosporidium penneri. Maximum likelihood and parsimony analysis of these sequences place D. penneri in the order Dermocystida of the class Mesomycetozoea. The 18S rRNA sequences from these two isolates only differ within a single region of 16 contiguous...
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S. H. Feldman, Jeffrey Wimsatt, D. Earl Green
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Ecosystems Mission Area, National Wildlife Health Center

Cancer in sea turtles Cancer in sea turtles

No abstract available.
Authors
Thierry M. Work
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Ecosystems Mission Area, National Wildlife Health Center

Epizootiology of spirorchid infection in green turtles (Chelonia mydas) in Hawaii Epizootiology of spirorchid infection in green turtles (Chelonia mydas) in Hawaii

We describe the epizootiology of spirorchiid trematode infections in Hawaiian green turtles (Chelonia mydas) by quantifying tissue egg burdens in turtles submitted for necropsy and by assessing antibody response to crude adult worm and egg antigens among a variety of age groups. Hapalotrema sp. and Laeredius sp. predominated in turtles infected with spirorchiids. Tissue egg burdens...
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Thierry M. Work, George H. Balazs, Jody L. Schumacher, Amarisa Marie
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Ecosystems Mission Area, National Wildlife Health Center

Avian cholera exposure and carriers in greater white-fronted geese breeding in Alaska, USA Avian cholera exposure and carriers in greater white-fronted geese breeding in Alaska, USA

We conducted a 3-yr study (2001–03) on greater white-fronted geese (Anser albifrons frontalis) breeding in Alaska, USA, to determine the exposure of this population to Pasteurella multocida and the potential role of these birds as disease carriers. We tested sera from nearly 600 adult geese for antibodies to P. multocida serotype 1. We found a low prevalence (
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Michael D. Samuel, Daniel J. Shadduck, Diana R. Goldberg
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Ecosystems Mission Area, National Wildlife Health Center

Exertional myopathy in whooping cranes (Grus americana) with prognostic guidlelines Exertional myopathy in whooping cranes (Grus americana) with prognostic guidlelines

Exertional myopathy developed in three whooping cranes (Grus americana) secondary to routine capture, handling, and trauma. Presumptive diagnosis of exertional myopathy was based on history of recent capture or trauma, clinical signs, and elevation of aspartate aminotransferase, alanine aminotransferase, creatine kinase, lactate dehydrogenase, and serum potassium. Treatments were...
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C. S. Hanley, Nancy J. Thomas, Joanne R. Paul-Murphy, Barry K. Hartup
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Ecosystems Mission Area, National Wildlife Health Center
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