Anne Ballmann
Biography
I joined the USGS-National Wildlife Health Center as a wildlife disease specialist/field epidemiologist in 2008. I earned my DVM at the University of Tennessee-Knoxville and a PhD in Comparative Medicine-Population Health at North Carolina State University (Raleigh). I’m actively involved in research and multi-agency coordination for bat white-nose syndrome (WNS) and currently serve as the lead for the WNS Diagnostic Working Group as well as on the WNS National Coordination Team.
Education
PhD Comparative Biomedical Sciences-Population Medicine, North Carolina State University (2007)
DVM, University of Tennessee-Knoxville (1997)
BS/BA Biology, Northeast Missouri State University-Kirksville (1993)
Affiliations
Wildlife Disease Association
The Wildlife Society
American Association of Wildlife Veterinarians
American Veterinary Medical Association
Science and Products
White-Nose Syndrome Surveillance
The USGS National Wildlife Health Center (NWHC) assists State, Federal, and Tribal wildlife agencies nationwide with early detection of Pseudogymnoascus destructans (Pd), and addresses specific research priorities identified by partners in conjunction with the...
White-Nose Syndrome
White-nose syndrome (WNS) is an emergent disease of hibernating bats that has spread from the northeastern to the central United States at an alarming rate. Since the winter of 2007-2008, millions of insect-eating bats in 33 states and seven Canadian provinces (as of August 2018)...
North American Bat Data Integration
The purpose of this project was to integrate the Bat Banding Program data (1932-1972) and the U.S. and Canada diagnostic data for white-nose syndrome with the USGS Bat Population Data (BPD) Project and provide the bat research community with secure, role-based access to these previously unavailable datasets. The objectives of this project were to: 1) integrate WNS diagnostic data into the BPD...
USGS-NWHC Quarterly Wildlife Mortality Report - October 2018
No abstract available.
Richards, Bryan J.; Dusek, Robert J.; Ballmann, Anne; Nguyen, Natalie T. USGS-NWHC Quarterly Wildlife Mortality Report - July 2018
No abstract available.
Richards, Bryan J.; Bodenstein, Barbara; Ballmann, Anne; St. Martin, Michelle USGS-NWHC Quarterly Wildlife Mortality Report- April 2018
No abstract available.
Richards, Bryan J.; Bodenstein, Barbara; Ballmann, Anne; White, C. LeAnn Quarterly wildlife mortality report - January 2018
No abstract available.
Richards, Bryan J.; Grear, Daniel A.; Ballmann, Anne; Dusek, Robert J.; Kaler, Robert; Kuletz, Kathy Green tree frog (Hyla cinerea) and ground squirrel (Xerospermophilus spilosoma) mortality attributed to inland brevetoxin transportation at Padre Island National Seashore, Texas, 2015
On 16 September 2015, a red tide (Karenia brevis) bloom impacted coastal areas of Padre Island National Seashore Park. Two days later and about 0.9 km inland, 30–40 adult green tree frogs (Hyla cinerea) were found dead after displaying tremors, weakness, labored breathing, and other signs of neurologic impairment. A rainstorm, accompanied by high...
Buttke, Danielle E.; Walker, Alicia; Huang, I-Shuo; Flewelling, Leanne; Lankton, Julia S.; Ballmann, Anne E.; Clapp, Travis; Lindsay, James; Zimba, Paul V. USGS-NWHC Quarterly Wildlife Mortality Report- October 2017
No abstract available
Richards, Bryan J.; Bodenstein, Barbara; Ballmann, Anne; White, C. LeAnn; Frattaroli, Leslie Experimental infection of common eider ducklings with Wellfleet Bay virus, a newly characterized orthomyxovirus
Wellfleet Bay virus (WFBV), a novel orthomyxovirus in the genus Quaranjavirus, was first isolated in 2006 from carcasses of common eider (Somateria mollissima) during a mortality event in Wellfleet Bay (Barnstable County, Massachusetts, USA) and has since been repeatedly isolated during recurrent mortality events in this location. Hepatic,...
Shearn-Bochsler, Valerie I.; Ip, Hon S.; Ballmann, Anne; Hall, Jeffrey S.; Allison, Andrew B.; Ballard, Jennifer R.; Ellis, Julie C.; Cook, Robert; Gibbs, Samantha E.J.; Dwyer, Chris P. Dispersal hazards of Pseudogymnoascus destructans by bats and human activity at hibernacula in summer
Bats occupying hibernacula during summer are exposed to Pseudogymnoascus destructans (Pd), the causative agent of white-nose syndrome (WNS), and may contribute to its dispersal. Furthermore, equipment and clothing exposed to cave environments are a potential source for human-assisted spread of Pd. To explore dispersal hazards for...
Ballmann, Anne; Torkelson, Miranda R.; Bohuski, Elizabeth A.; Russell, Robin E.; Blehert, David S. USGS-NWHC Quarterly Wildlife Mortality Report- January 2017
No abstract available.
Richards, Bryan J.; Grear, Daniel A.; Ballmann, Anne; Dusek, Robert J.; Bodenstein, Barbara WNS summer surveillance: DATA
Bats occupying hibernacula during summer months may play an important role in the epidemiology of white-nose syndrome (WNS). For example, bats exposed to viable Pseudogymnoascus destructans (Pd), the causative agent of WNS, in late summer could spread the fungus by transmitting it to other bats or to other locations suitable for establishment of...
Ballmann, Anne USGS National Wildlife Health Center quarterly wildlife mortality report: January 2016 to March 2016
No abstract available
Ballmann, Anne E.; Bodenstein, Barbara L.; Dusek, Robert J.; Grear, Daniel R.; Chipault, Jennifer Snake fungal disease: An emerging threat to wild snakes
Since 2006, there has been a marked increase in the number of reports of severe and often fatal fungal skin infections in wild snakes in the eastern USA. The emerging condition, referred to as snake fungal disease (SFD), was initially documented in rattlesnakes, where the infections were believed to pose a risk to the viability of affected...
Lorch, Jeffrey M.; Knowles, Susan; Lankton, Julia S.; Michell, Kathy; Edwards, Jaime L.; Kapfer, Joshua M.; Staffen, Richard A.; Wild, Erik R.; Schmidt, Katie Z.; Ballmann, Anne; Blodgett, Doug; Farrell, Terence M.; Glorioso, Brad M.; Last, Lisa A.; Price, Steven J.; Schuler, Krysten L.; Smith, Christopher; Wellehan, James F. X.; Blehert, David S.
White-nose syndrome surveillance and research updates
Updates on white-nose syndrome surveillance and research from the USGS National Wildlife Health Center in Fall 2019.