Anne Ballmann
Anne Ballmann is a Wildlife Disease Specialist at the National Wildlife Health Center.
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.
Professional Experience
Wildlife Disease Specialist, National Wildlife Health Center
Education and Certifications
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 and Memberships*
Wildlife Disease Association
The Wildlife Society
American Association of Wildlife Veterinarians
American Veterinary Medical Association
Science and Products
USGS Quarterly Report: January 2013-March 2013
USGS quarterly report: July 2012 to September 2012
USGS National Wildlife Health Center quarterly mortality report – July 2012 to September 2012
White-nose syndrome in cave bats of North America
Recovery of little brown bats (Myotis lucifugus) from natural infection with Geomyces destructans, white-nose syndrome
Bat white-nose syndrome in North America
National Wildlife Health Center's quarterly wildlife mortality report January 2011 to March 2011
National Wildlife Health Center's quarterly wildlife mortality report October 2010 to December 2010
Links between type E botulism outbreaks, lake levels, and surface water temperatures in Lake Michigan, 1963-2008
Experimental infection of bats with Geomyces destructans causes white-nose syndrome
Quarterly wildlife mortality report July 2010 to September 2010
Quarterly wildlife mortality report April 2011 to June 2011
Science and Products
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USGS Quarterly Report: January 2013-March 2013
No abstract available.AuthorsAnne E. Ballmann, C. LeAnn White, Barb Bodenstein, Jennifer BucknerUSGS quarterly report: July 2012 to September 2012
No abstract available.AuthorsAnne Ballmann, C. LeAnn White, Barb Bodenstein, Jennifer BucknerUSGS National Wildlife Health Center quarterly mortality report – July 2012 to September 2012
No abstract available.AuthorsAnne Ballmann, C. Leann White, Barbara L. Bodenstein, Jennifer BucknerWhite-nose syndrome in cave bats of North America
No abstract available.AuthorsE.L. Buckles, Anne E. BallmannRecovery of little brown bats (Myotis lucifugus) from natural infection with Geomyces destructans, white-nose syndrome
Geomyces destructans produces the white fungal growth on the muzzle and the tacky white discoloration on wings and ears that characterize white-nose syndrome (WNS) in cave-hibernating bats. To test the hypothesis that postemergent WNS-infected bats recover from infection with G. destructans, 30 little brown bats (Myotis lucifugus) were collected in May 2009 from a WNS-affected hibernation site inAuthorsCarol Uphoff Meteyer, Mick Valent, Jackie Kashmer, Elizabeth L. Buckles, Jeffrey M. Lorch, David S. Blehert, Amanda Lollar, Douglas Berndt, Emily Wheeler, C. LeAnn White, Anne E. BallmannBat white-nose syndrome in North America
* The newly described fungus, Geomyces destructans, causes an invasive skin infection in bats and is the likely agent of white-nose syndrome (WNS). * With immune system functions and body temperatures reduced during hibernation, bats may be unusually susceptible to a pathogenic fungus such as G. destructans. * WNS was first observed in a popular show cave near Albany, New York, leading some investAuthorsDavid S. Blehert, Jeffrey M. Lorch, Anne E. Ballmann, Paul M. Cryan, Carol U. MeteyerNational Wildlife Health Center's quarterly wildlife mortality report January 2011 to March 2011
No abstract available.AuthorsAnne Ballmann, C. LeAnn White, Jennifer BradsbyNational Wildlife Health Center's quarterly wildlife mortality report October 2010 to December 2010
No abstract available.AuthorsAnne Ballmann, C. LeAnn White, Jennifer BradsbyLinks between type E botulism outbreaks, lake levels, and surface water temperatures in Lake Michigan, 1963-2008
Relationships between large-scale environmental factors and the incidence of type E avian botulism outbreaks in Lake Michigan were examined from 1963 to 2008. Avian botulism outbreaks most frequently occurred in years with low mean annual water levels, and lake levels were significantly lower in outbreak years than in non-outbreak years. Mean surface water temperatures in northern Lake Michigan duAuthorsBrenda Moraska Lafrancois, Stephen C. Riley, David S. Blehert, Anne E. BallmannExperimental infection of bats with Geomyces destructans causes white-nose syndrome
White-nose syndrome (WNS) has caused recent catastrophic declines among multiple species of bats in eastern North America. The disease's name derives from a visually apparent white growth of the newly discovered fungus Geomyces destructans on the skin (including the muzzle) of hibernating bats. Colonization of skin by this fungus is associated with characteristic cutaneous lesions that are the onlAuthorsJ.M. Lorch, C.U. Meteyer, M.J. Behr, J.G. Boyles, P.M. Cryan, A.C. Hicks, A.E. Ballmann, J.T.H. Coleman, D.N. Redell, D.M. Reeder, D.S. BlehertQuarterly wildlife mortality report July 2010 to September 2010
No abstract available.AuthorsAnne Ballmann, C. LeAnn White, Jennifer BradsbyQuarterly wildlife mortality report April 2011 to June 2011
No abstract available.AuthorsAnne Ballmann, C. LeAnn White, Barb Bodenstein, Jennifer Bradsby - News
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