2020 WCS Health Programs Publications

Amuasi, JH; C Walzer, D. Heymann, H Carabin, L.T. Huong, A. Haines, AS Winkler, (2020): Calling for a COVID-19 One Health Research Coalition. Lancet 395(10236): 1543-1544. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(20)31028-X

Aulik, N., J. Godhardt-Cooper, A. Mutlow, K. J. Conley, C. Hansen, and A. Taalat (2020). “Detection of a Mycobacterium avium SUBSP avium in a pudu and muntjac in the United States.” 52nd AAZV Annual Conference Proceedings: 111.

Bartlett, S. L., …, S. Zec, …, K. Ingerman, …, D. McAloose, J. M. Sykes, and P. P. Calle 2020. (Non-peer Reviewed). “SARS-CoV-2 infection and longitudinal screening in Malayan tigers (Panthera tigris jacksoni), Amur tigers (Panthera tigris altaica), and African lions (Panthera leo krugeri) at the Bronx Zoo, New York, USA.” BioRxiv. https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.08.14.250928.

Bartlett, S. L., …, S. Zec, …, K. Ingerman, …, D. McAloose, J. M. Sykes, and P. P. Calle (2020). “SARS-CoV-2 infection and longitudinal fecal screening in Malayan tigers (Panthera tigris jacksoni), Amur tigers (Panthera tigris altaica), and African lions (Panthera leo krugeri) at the Bronx Zoo, New York, USA.” Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine 51(4): 733-744. https://doi.org/10.1638/2020-0171  

Batsaikhan, N., Buuveibaatar, B., Chimed-Ochir, B., Enkhtuya, O., Galbardrakh, D., Ganbaatar, O., Lkhagvasuren, B., Nandintsetseg, D., Berger, J., Calabrese, J.M., Edwards, A.E., Fagan, W.F., Fuller, T.K., Heiner, M., Ito, T.Y., Kaczensky, P., Leimgruber, P., Lushchekina, A., Milner-Gulland, E.J., Mueller, T., Murray, M.G., Olson, K.A., Reading, R., Schaller, G.B., Stubbe, A., Stubbe, M., Walzer, C., von Wehrden, H., Whitten, T. 2014. “Conserving the world's finest grassland amidst ambitious national development.” Conservation Biology. 28: 1736–1739.

Berg, C., H. Lerner, A. Butterworth and C. Walzer (2020). "Editorial: Wildlife Welfare." Frontiers in Veterinary Science 7, e576095. https://doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2020.576095

Beltrán-Saavedra, L. F., R. L. Quiñajo, G. Ledezma et al. (2020). "Anaesthetic, clinical, morphometric, haematological, and serum chemistry evaluations of an Andean cat Leopardus jacobita (Cornalia, 1865) (Mammalia: Carnivora: Felidae) before release in Bolivia." Journal of Threatened Taxa 12(16), 17235–17244. https://doi.org/10.11609/jott.5676.12.16.17235-17244

Beltran, F., O. Loayza Cossio, V. Albarracín, J. Chincheros-Paniagua, J. Mollericona, S. Rivera, and R. Wallace (2020). “Total mercury (THg) in vicuñas (Vicugna vicugna) in mining areas of northwestern La Paz department, Bolivia.” Mastozoología Neotropical, 27, 177–181. https://doi.org/10.31687/saremMN.20.27.1.0.05

Berger, J., T. Wangchuk,, C. Briceno, A. Vila and J.E. Lambert (In Press).Disassembled food webs and messy projections: modern ungulate communities in the face of unabating human population growth”.  Front. Ecol. Evol.: 10.3389/fevo.2020.00128

Brown, A. T., D. McAloose, P. P. Calle, Auer, A., Posautz, A., Slavinski, S., Brennan, R., C. Walzer and T. A. Seimon (2020). "Development and validation of a portable, point-of-care canine distemper virus qPCR test." PLoS ONE 15(4), e0232044.   https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0232044

Cameron, K., B. Hayes, S. H. Olson, ..., D. O. Joly et al. (In Press). "Detection of first gammaherpesvirus sequences in Central African bats." New Microbes and New Infections, e100705. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nmni.2020.100705

Chaney, S. B., E. E. V. Crouch, D. Boyer, K. Torregrosa, A. D. Shuter, A. Armendaris, A. L. Childress, C. Hollinger, D. McAloose, J. F. X. Wellehan Jr., J. A. Paré, R. J. Ossiboff, and K. J. Conley (2020). “Novel serpentoviruses and associated disease in viperidae and elapidae.” 52nd AAZV Annual Conference Proceedings: 126.

Chaney, S. B., M. Loewinger, D. Doherty, C. M. McCann, K. J. Conley, D. McAloose, A. Rosenberg, and J. M. Sykes (2020). “Allergen testing in two related one-horned rhinoceroses (Rhinoceros unicornis) with seasonal dermatitis.” 52nd AAZV Annual Conference Proceedings: 92.

Denstedt, E., A. Porco, J. Hwang, N. T. T. Nga, P. T. B. Ngoc, S. Chea, K. Khammavong, P. Milavong, S. Sours, ..., A. Fine and M. Pruvot "Detection of African swine fever virus in free‐ranging wild boar in Southeast Asia." Transboundary and Emerging Diseases. https://doi.org/10.1111/tbed.13964

Desvars-Larrive, A., S. Smith, G. Munimanda, P. Bourhy, T. Waigner, M. Odom,  D. Gliga & C. Walzer (2020) Prevalence and risk factors of Leptospira infection in urban brown rats (Rattus norvegicus), Vienna, Austria. Urban Ecosystems https://doi.org/10.1007/s11252-020-00957-9

Evans, T.D., S.H. Olson, J.E.M. Watson, K. Gruetzmacher, M. Pruvot, S. Jupiter, S. Wang, T. Clements and K. Jung (2020).Links between ecological integrity, emerging infectious diseases originating from wildlife, and other aspects of human health--An overview of the literature” Wildlife Conservation Society. Global Conservation Program. DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.34736.51205

Fernandez Aguilar, Xavier, Mana Mahapatra, Mattia Begovoeva, …, Michael Kock et al. (2020). “Peste des petits ruminants at the Wildlife-Livestock Interface in the Northern Albertine Rift and Nile Basin, East Africa.” Viruses 12(3), e293. https://doi.org/10.3390/v12030293  

Fine, Amanda E., Mathieu Pruvot, Camilla T. O. Benfield, …, Stephane Ostrowski, …, Enkhtuvshin Shiilegdamba, …, Chris Walzer et al. (2020). “Eradication of peste des petits ruminants virus and the Wildlife-Livestock Interface.” Frontiers in Veterinary Science 7. https://doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2020.00050

Fitak, R. R., E. Mohandesan, J. Corander, ..., C. Walzer et al. (2020). "Genomic signatures of domestication in Old World camels." Communications Biology 3(1), e316. https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-020-1039-5

Georoff, T.A., E. C. Ramsay, Z.S. Gyimesi, J.J. Kilburn, J. M. Sykes IV (2020) Review Of Canine Distemper Vaccination Use And Safety In North American Captive Large Felids (Panthera Spp.) From 2000 To 2017. J. of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine, 50(4):778-789 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1638/2018-0163

Gilbert, M., …, T. Seimon, D McAloose, …, and S. Cleaveland (2020). “Distemper, extinction, and vaccination of the Amur tiger.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 117(50): 31954-31962. https://www.pnas.org/content/117/50/31954

Gliga, D. S., B. Pisanu, C. Walzer and A. Desvars-Larrive (2020). "Helminths of urban rats in developed countries: A systematic review to identify research gaps." Parasitology Research. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00436-020-06776-3

Gliga, D. S., N. Petrova, J. D. C. Linnell, ..., C. Walzer and P. Kaczensky (2020). "Dynamics of gastro-intestinal strongyle parasites in a group of translocated, wild-captured Asiatic wild asses in Kazakhstan." Frontiers in Veterinary Science 7, e598371. https://doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2020.598371

Grützmacher, K., C. Walzer, S. Lieberman, A. Fine (2020) “One Health and wildlife trade(-offs) – preventing future pandemics” Rural 21 2020; 54(4): 32-34. https://www.rural21.com/english/current-issue/detail/article/one-health-and-wildlife-trade-offs-preventing-future-pandemics.html?no_cache=1

Han, S., A. G. Armién, J. E. Hill, ..., A. L. Newton and Y. Huang (Online First). "Infection with a novel Rickettsiella species in emperor scorpions (Pandinus imperator)." Veterinary Pathology. https://doi.org/10.1177/0300985820951495

Haase, C. G., N. W. Fuller, Y. A. Dzal, ..., C. L. Lausen, K. A. Silas, S. H. Olson and R. K. Plowright (Early View). "Body mass and hibernation microclimate may predict bat susceptibility to white‐nose syndrome." Ecology and Evolution. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.7070

Hopkins, S. R., S. H. Sokolow, J. C. Buck, ..., S. H. Olson et al. (2020). "How to identify win–win interventions that benefit human health and conservation." Nature Sustainability. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41893-020-00640-z

Huong, N. Q., N.T. Nguyen, L. Nguyen Van, Bach Duc L., A. Latinne, M.Pruvot, … S. I. Roberton, T.H. Bich, L. Nguyen Van, M. Gilbert, L. Wicker, … D. O. Joly, C. Walzer, A. E. Fine, S. H. Olson (Preprint).  “Coronavirus testing indicates transmission risk increases along wildlife supply chains for human consumption in Viet Nam, 2013-2014.” PLoS ONE 15(8): e0237129. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0237129

Hyatt, M., A. Newton, S. Cox, and C. Cray (2020). “Lessons from the Dead: Advances in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Invasive Scuticociliatosis in Elasmobranchs.” 51st IAAAM Annual Meeting.

Kaczensky, P., B. Bayarbaatar, J. C. Payne, S. Strindberg, C. Walzer, N. Batsaikhan, S. Bolortsetseg, R. Victurine and K. A. Olson (2020). A Conservation Strategy for Khulan in Mongolia: Background and Key Considerations. NINA Report 1889. Tronheim, Norway: Norwegian Institute for Nature Research. 

Krol, L., R. P. Moore, A. G. Mutlow et al. (Early Access). "A retrospective analysis of mortality in captive Magellanic penguins (Spheniscus magellanicus) in the United States, 2008-2018." Zoo Biology. https://doi.org/10.1002/zoo.21561

Latinne, A., B. Hu, K. J. Olival, G. Zhu, L. Zhang, H. Li, A. A. Chmura, H. E. Field, C. Zambrana-Torrelio, J. H. Epstein, B. Li, W. Zhang, L.-F. Wang, Z.-L. Shi and P. Daszak. (2020). “Origin and cross-species transmission of bat coronaviruses in China.” Nature Communications 11, 4235. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-17687-3

Latinne, A., B. Hu, K. J. Olival et al. (2020). "Origin and cross-species transmission of bat coronaviruses in China." Nature Communications 11(1), e4235. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-17687-3

Luskin, M. S., E. Meijaard, S. Surya, S. Ssheherazade, C. Walzer, M. Linkie. (2020). “African Swine Fever threatens Southeast Asia's 11 endemic wild pig species.” Conservation Letters. 2020;e12784. https://doi-org.wcslibrary.idm.oclc.org/10.1111/conl.12784

Mack Z. E. et al. (2020). “A novel herpesvirus in a white stork associated with splenic and hepatic necrosis.” Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation. 32(3): 471-475. doi: 10.1177/1040638720915539.

Mayewski, P. A., A. P. Gajurel, S. Elvin, ..., T. A. Seimon et al. (2020). "Pushing climate change science to the roof of the world." One Earth 3(5), 556-560. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oneear.2020.10.021

McAloose, D., M. Laverack, L. Y. Wang, ..., S. L. Bartlett, J. M. Sykes, S. Zec, T. Stokol, K. Ingerman, ..., C. McCann, P. Thomas, ..., P. P. Calle et al. (2020). "From people to Panthera: Natural SARS-CoV-2 infection in tigers and lions at the Bronx Zoo." Mbio 11(5), e02220-02220. https://doi.org/10.1128/mBio.02220-20

McClure, M. L., D. Crowley, C. G. Haase, ..., C. L. Lausen, ... and S. H. Olson (2020). "Linking surface and subterranean climate: Implications for the study of hibernating bats and other cave dwellers." Ecosphere 11(10), e03274. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.3274

McIver, D. J., S. Silithammavong, W. Theppangna, ..., K. Khammavong, S. Singhalath, ..., S. H. Olson, L. Keatts, A. E. Fine, Z. Greatorex, M. Gilbert, ..., D. O. Joly et al. (Early Access). "Coronavirus surveillance of wildlife in the Lao People’s Democratic Republic detects viral RNA in rodents." Archives of Virology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00705-020-04683-7

Montecino-Latorre, D., C. Napolitano, C. Briceño and M. M. Uhart (In Press). "Sarcoptic mange: An emerging threat to Chilean wild mammals?" Perspectives in Ecology and Conservation. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pecon.2020.09.007

Mollericona, J. L., L. Beltrán and I. Rodríguez (2020). "First record of Colpocephalum trichosum Harrison, 1916 (Phthiraptera: Menoponidae) in the Andean condor (Vultur gryphus Linnaeus, 1758), in La Paz Bolivia." Neotropical Helminthology 14(1), 59-66. https://doi.org/10.24039/rnh2020141614

Mollericona, J.L. & H. Ticona (2020). “Primer reporte de parásitos en la tortuga terrestre (Chelonoidis denticulata Linnaeus, 1766) en el Territorio Indígena Tacana, La Paz-Bolivia.” Ciencia Animal 5: 64-67. Printed version only

Officer, K., M. Pruvot, P. Horwood, ..., N. Broadis et al. (2020). "Epidemiology and pathological progression of erythematous lip lesions in captive sun bears (Helarctos malayanus)." PLoS ONE 15(12), e0243180. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0243180

Oporto, R. & J.L. Mollericona (2020). “Presencia de endoparásitos en avestruces (Struthio camelus Linnaeus, 1758) en el criadero del Centro Experimental Kallutaca, Provincia Los Andes, La Paz-Bolivia.” Ciencia Animal 5: 11-15. Printed version only

Origgi, F. C., R. J. Ossiboff, and J. A. Paré (2020). “Isolation of Pathogens.” In: Infectious diseases and pathology of reptiles: Color atlas and text, 2nd edition. Jacobson E. R. and Garner M. M., Eds. Abingdon, U.K.: CRC Press. Volume 1, Pp: 969-987.

Paré, J. A. and K. J. Conley (2021). "Mycotic diseases of reptiles". Infectious diseases and pathology of reptiles: Color atlas and text, 2nd edition. E. R. Jacobson and M. M. Garner. Abingdon, U.K.: CRC Press. Volume 1.

Payne, J. C., B. Buuveibaatar, D. E. Bowler, K. A. Olson, C. Walzer and P. Kaczensky (2020). "Hidden treasure of the Gobi: Understanding how water limits range use of khulan in the Mongolian Gobi." Scientific Reports 10. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-59969-2

Philavong, C., M. Pruvot, D. Reinharz, M. Mayxay, K. Khammavong, P. Milavong, ..., A. E. Fine et al. (2020). "Perception of health risks in Lao market vendors." Zoonoses and Public Health. https://doi.org/10.1111/zph.12759

Pruvot, M., M. Musianiac, M.S. Boyce, S.Kutz, K.Orsel (2020) Integrating livestock management and telemetry data to assess disease transmission risk between wildlife and livestock. Preventive Veterinary Medicine Volume 174, January 2020, 104846 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.prevetmed.2019.104846

Pruvot, M., A.E. Fine, C. Hollinger, S. Strindberg, B. Damdinjav, B. Buuveibaatar, B. Chimeddorj, G. Bayandonoi, B. Khishgee, B. Sandag, J. Narmandakh, T.Jargalsaikhan, B. Bataa, D. McAloose, M. Shatar, G. Basan, M. Mahapatra, M. Selvaraj, S. Parida, F. Njeumi, R. Kock & E. Shiilegdamba (2020). Outbreak of Peste des Petits Ruminants among Critically Endangered Mongolian Saiga and Other Wild Ungulates, Mongolia, 2016–2017.  Emerging Infectious Diseases, 26(1), 51-62. https://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2601.181998.

Rainwater, K. L., C. McClave, B. L. Raphael, C. Cray, A. D. Franklin, D. M. Powell, F. J. Burton, and P. P. Calle (2020). “Hematology, plasma biochemistry, and plasma protein electrophoresis reference intervals for blue iguanas (Cyclura lewisi) from Grand Cayman Island.” Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine 51(4): 933-947. https://doi.org/10.1638/2020-0094

Ramos-Yana, V. & J.L. Mollericona-Quispe (2020). “Registros de distribución de pulgas (Siphonaptera) parásitos de roedores (Rodentia) del Parque Nacional y Área Natural de Manejo Integrado Madidi Norte de La Paz-Bolvia.” Ciencia Animal 5: 58-63. Printed version only

Rivas, A. E., S. H. Zec, K. Conley, D. A. Oehler, B. Motkowicz, S. Semis, A. Tapia, M. Kalkum, and J. A. Paré (2020). “Investigation of a novel aspergillosis prophylaxis vaccine in inca terns (Larosterna inca).” 52nd AAZV Annual Conference Proceedings: 32.

Sangkakam, A., P. Hemachudha, A. W. Saraya, B. Thaweethee-Sukjai, T. Cheun-Arom, A. Latinne, K. J. Olival, S. Wacharapluesadee (2021). "Detection of influenza virus in rectal swabs of patients admitted in hospital for febrile illnesses in Thailand." SAGE Open Medicine, in press

Seah A., Lim M., McAloose D., Prost S., Seimon T. A. (2020) “MinION-based DNA barcoding of preserved and non-invasively collected wildlife samples.” Genes 11(4), 445. https://doi.org/10.3390/genes11040445

Soilemetzidou, E. S., E. de Bruin, K. Eschke, ..., B. Buuveibaatar, ..., C. Walzer and A. D. Greenwood (2020). "Bearing the brunt: Mongolian khulan (Equus hemionus hemionus) are exposed to multiple influenza A strains." Veterinary Microbiology 242, e108605. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vetmic.2020.108605

Spottiswoode, N., Bartlett, S. L., Conley, K. J., Seimon, T. A., Griffin, D. O., Sykes, J. M. (2020) “Analysis of plasmodium lineages identified in captive penguins (Sphenisciformes spp.), Eiders (Somateria spp.), and Inca terns (Larosterna inca) in a North American zoological collection”. Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine 51(1): 140-149. https://doi.org/10.1638/2019-0078

Stokol, T., D. McAloose, K. A. Terio and F. J. Salguero (2020). "Severe acute respiratory syndrome-coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2): A perspective through the lens of the veterinary diagnostic laboratory." Frontiers in Veterinary Science 7, e576267. https://doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2020.576267

Tomaszewicz Brown, A., McAloose, D., Calle, P. P., Auer, A., Posautz, A., Slavinski, S., … Seimon, T. A. (2020). Development and validation of a portable, point-of-care canine distemper virus qPCR test. PLOS ONE, 15(4), e0232044. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0232044

Trimmel, N. E. and C. Walzer (2020). "Infectious wildlife diseases in Austria-A literature review from 1980 until 2017." Frontiers in Veterinary Science 7. https://doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2020.00003

Wahltinez, Sarah J., Alisa L. Newton, Craig A. Harms et al. (2020). “Coelomic fluid evaluation in Pisaster ochraceus affected by sea star wasting syndrome: Evidence of osmodysregulation, calcium homeostasis derangement, and coelomocyte responses.” Frontiers in Veterinary Science 7. https://doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2020.00131

Walzer, C. (2020). “COVID-19 and the Curse of Piecemeal Perspectives.” Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 7, 582983. https://doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2020.582983

Wang, L., P. K. Mitchell, P. P. Calle, S. L. Bartlett, D. McAloose et al. (2020). "Complete genome sequence of SARS-CoV-2 in a tiger from a U.S. zoological collection." Microbiology Resource Announcements 9(22), e00468-00420. https://doi.org/10.1128/MRA.00468-20

Womble, M., …, and D. McAloose (2020). “Mortality review for the North American snow leopard (Panthera uncia) population from January 1999 to December 2019.” 52nd AAZV Annual Conference Proceedings: 50.

Youngblut, N. D., J. De la Cuesta-Zuluaga, G. H. Reischer, ..., C. Walzer and e. al. (2020). "Large-scale metagenome assembly reveals novel animal-associated microbial genomes, biosynthetic gene clusters, and other genetic diversity." Msystems 5(6), e01045-01020. https://doi.org/10.1128/mSystems.01045-20

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