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 wildlife mortality report October 2018
USGS quarterly wildlife mortality report July 2018
Quarterly wildlife mortality report April 2018
Quarterly wildlife mortality report January 2018
Quarterly wildlife mortality report October 2017
Experimental infection of common eider ducklings with Wellfleet Bay virus, a newly characterized orthomyxovirus
Green tree frog (Hyla cinerea) and ground squirrel (Xerospermophilus spilosoma) mortality attributed to inland brevetoxin transportation at Padre Island National Seashore, Texas, 2015
Dispersal hazards of Pseudogymnoascus destructans by bats and human activity at hibernacula in summer
Quarterly wildlife mortality report January 2017
Quarterly wildlife mortality report January 2016 to March 2016
Snake fungal disease: An emerging threat to wild snakes
First detection of bat white-nose syndrome in western North America
Science and Products
USGS quarterly wildlife mortality report October 2018
USGS quarterly wildlife mortality report July 2018
Quarterly wildlife mortality report April 2018
Quarterly wildlife mortality report January 2018
Quarterly wildlife mortality report October 2017
Experimental infection of common eider ducklings with Wellfleet Bay virus, a newly characterized orthomyxovirus
Green tree frog (Hyla cinerea) and ground squirrel (Xerospermophilus spilosoma) mortality attributed to inland brevetoxin transportation at Padre Island National Seashore, Texas, 2015
Dispersal hazards of Pseudogymnoascus destructans by bats and human activity at hibernacula in summer
Quarterly wildlife mortality report January 2017
Quarterly wildlife mortality report January 2016 to March 2016
Snake fungal disease: An emerging threat to wild snakes
First detection of bat white-nose syndrome in western North America
*Disclaimer: Listing outside positions with professional scientific organizations on this Staff Profile are for informational purposes only and do not constitute an endorsement of those professional scientific organizations or their activities by the USGS, Department of the Interior, or U.S. Government