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
Developing online integrated data visualization tools for WNS and NABat
Research collaboration: Brian Reichert (FORT), Anne Ballmann (NWHC), Jeremy Coleman (USFWS), Paul Cryan (FORT), Wayne Thogmartin (UMESC), and Katherine Irvine...
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 across United States at an alarming rate.
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...
Analysis of archival specimens confirms White-nose syndrome in little brown bats (Myotis lucifugus) from New York, USA, in spring 2007
White-nose syndrome (WNS), an emerging fungal disease of North American bats, was first diagnosed in January 2008, although mortality and photo-documentation suggest the disease may have been present earlier. Using archived samples, we describe a definitive case of WNS in little brown bats (Myotis lucifugus) from New York, USA, in spring 2007.
Keller, Saskia; Lorch, Jeffrey M.; Berlowski-Zier, Brenda M.; Ballmann, Anne; Blehert, David S. Environmental contamination and unusual snake mortality in an urban national wildlife refuge
The National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) System protects ~150 million acres of land and water in the United States and provides habitat for >2,000 native vertebrates species. Although legally protected, wildlife populations within these refuges can be threatened by anthropogenic activities. The lack of knowledge about such threats has the potential...
Terrell, Kimberly A.; Ballmann, Anne; Brown, Ashli; Childers, Christina; Knowles, Susan; Meredith, Ashley; Sparks, Darrell When and where: Estimating the date and location of introduction for exotic pests and pathogens
A fundamental question during the outbreak of a novel disease or invasion of an exotic pest is: At what location and date was it first introduced? With this information, future introductions can be anticipated and perhaps avoided. Point process models are commonly used for mapping species distribution and disease occurrence. If the time and...
Hefley, Trevor J.; Russell, Robin E.; Ballmann, Anne; Zhang, Haoyu USGS-NWHC Quarterly Wildlife Mortality Report - October 2018
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Richards, Bryan J.; Dusek, Robert J.; Ballmann, Anne; Nguyen, Natalie T. USGS-NWHC Quarterly Wildlife Mortality Report - July 2018
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Richards, Bryan J.; Bodenstein, Barbara; Ballmann, Anne; St. Martin, Michelle USGS-NWHC Quarterly Wildlife Mortality Report- April 2018
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Richards, Bryan J.; Bodenstein, Barbara; Ballmann, Anne; White, C. LeAnn Quarterly wildlife mortality report - January 2018
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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
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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
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Richards, Bryan J.; Grear, Daniel A.; Ballmann, Anne; Dusek, Robert J.; Bodenstein, Barbara
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.