Dr. John  R. Fischer

Education:
B.S., Wildlife Biology, University of Missouri-Columbia, 1979
D.V.M., University of Missouri, 1986
Ph.D., Pathology, University of Missouri, 1992

John searches for the cause of
avian vacuolar myelinopathy.

Recent Publications

• Wiley FE, Wilde SB, Birrenkott AH, Williams SK, Murphy TM, Hope CP, Bowerman WW, Fischer JR. 2007.  Investigation of the link between avian vacuolar myelinopathy and a novel species of cyanobacteria through laboratory feeding trials. J Wildl Dis. 43(3):337-44.
• Gerhold RW, Tate CM, Gibbs SE, Mead DG, Allison AB, Fischer JR. 2007.  Necropsy findings and arbovirus surveillance in mourning doves from the southeastern United States. J Wildl Dis. 43(1):129-35.
• Dierauf LA, Karesh WB, Ip HS, Gilardi KV, Fischer JR. 2006,  Avian influenza virus and free-ranging wild birds. J Am Vet Med Assoc. 228(12):1877-82. 
• Fischer, J.R., L.A. Lewis-Weis, C.M. Tate, J.K. Gaydos, R.W. Gerhold, and R.H. Poppenga.  2006. Avian vacuolar myelinopathy outbreaks at a southeastern reservoir.  Journal of Wildlife Diseases. in press
• Gerhold, RW and JR Fischer.  2005.  Avian tuberculosis in a wild turkey.  Avian Diseases 49:164-166.
• Corn JL, Manning EJ, Sreevatsan S, Fischer JR. 2005.  Isolation of Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis from free-ranging birds and mammals on livestock premises. Appl Environ Microbiol. 71(11):6963-7.
• Rocke, TE, NJ Thomas, CU Meteyer, CF Quist, JR Fischer, T Augspurger, and SE Ward.  2005.  Attempts to identify the source of avian vacuolar myelinopathy for waterbirds.  Journal of Wildlife Diseases 41:163-170.
• Bengis, RG, FA Leighton, JR Fischer, M Artois, T Morner, and CM Tate.  2004.  The role of wildlife in emerging and re-emerging zoonoses.  OIE Scientific and Technical Review 23:497-512.
• Corn, JL, DE Stallknecht, NM Mechlin, MP Luttrell and JR Fischer.  2004.  Persistence of pseudorabies virus in feral swine populations.  Journal of Wildlife Diseases 40:307-310.
• Lewis-Weis, LA, RW Gerhold, and JR Fischer.  2004.  Attempts to reproduce vacuolar myelinopathy in domestic swine and chickens.  Journal of Wildlife Diseases 40:476-484.
• Birrenkott, AH, SB Wilde, JJ Hains, JR Fischer, TM Murphy, CP Hope, PG Parnell, and WW Bowerman.  2004.  Establishing a food chain linkage between aquatic plant material and avian vacuolar myelinopathy in mallard ducks (Anas platyrhynchos).  Journal of Wildlife Diseases 40:485-492.
• Fischer, J.F., L.A. Lewis-Weis, and C.M. Tate.  2003.  Experimental vacuolar myelinopathy in red-tailed hawks.  Journal of Wildlife Diseases  39:400-406.
• Chardonnet, Ph., B. des Clers, J. Fischer, R. Gerhold, F. Jori, and F. Lamarque.  2002.  The value of wildlife. in R. G. Bengis, editor.  Infectious diseases of wildlife: detection, diagnosis, and management.  Scientific and Technical Review, Office International Des Epizooties 21(1):15-51.  [PDF Reprint]
• Lewis, L.A., R.J. Poppenga, W.R. Davidson, J.R. Fischer, and K.A. Morgan.  2001.  Lead toxicosis and trace element levels in wild birds and mammals at a firearms training facility.  Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology 41:208-214.    [PDF Reprint]     [Full online text]
  
• Fischer, J.R., T. Zhao, M.P. Doyle, M.R. Goldberg, C.A. Brown, C.T. Sewell, D.M. Kavanaugh, and C.D Baumann.  2001.  Experimental and field studies of Escherichia coli O157:H7 in white-tailed deer.  Applied and Environmental Microbiology 67(3): 1218-1224. [PDF Reprint]
• Luttrell, M.P., D.E. Stallknecht, S.H. Kleven, D.M. Kavanaugh, J.L. Corn, and J.R. Fischer.  2001.  Mycoplasma gallisepticum in house finches (Carpodacus mexicanus) and other wild birds associated with poultry production facilities.   Avian Diseases 45: 321-329.
• Pence, D.B., R.A. Cole, K.E. Brugger, and J.R. Fischer.  2000.  Epizootic Podoknemidokoptiasis in American robins.  Journal of Wildlife Diseases 35(1):1-7.
• Luttrell, M.P., D.E. Stallknecht, J.R. Fischer, C.T. Sewell, and S.H. Kleven.  1998.  Natural Mycoplasma gallisepticum infection in a captive flock of house finches.  Journal of Wildlife Diseases 34(2):289-296.
• Stallknecht, D.E., M.P. Luttrell, J.R. Fischer, and S.H. Kleven.  1998.  Potential for transmission of the finch strain of Mycoplasma gallisepticum between house finches and chickens.  Avian Diseases 42:352-358.