Recent SCWDS Publications


Dr. Joe Corn
Dr. William Davidson
Gary L. Doster
Vivien G. Dugan
Dr. John Fischer
Britta Hanson
Dr. Rick Gerhold
Page Luttrell
Dr. Danny Mead
Dr. Vic Nettles
Dr. David Stallknecht
Dr. Cynthia Tate
Dr. Michael Yabsley




Dr. Joe Corn


  • Corn, J.L., J.R. Mendez, and E.E. Catalan.  2003.  Evaluation of baits for delivery of oral rabies vaccine to dogs in Guatemala.  American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 69(2):155-158.  [PDF Reprint]
  • Lehmann, T., D.H. Graham, E. Dahl, C. Sreekumar, F. Launer, J.L. Corn, H.R. Gamble and J.P. Dubey.  2003.  Transmission dynamics of Toxoplasma gondii on a pig farm.  Infection, Genetics, and Evolution.  3(2):135-141.  [PDF Reprint]
  • Corn, J.L. and V.F. Nettles.  2001.  Health protocol for translocation of wild elk.  Journal of Wildlife Diseases 37(3): 413-426.
  • 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.
  • Corn, J.L. and M.J. Conroy.  1998.  Estimation of density of mongooses with  capture-recapture and distance sampling.  Journal of Mammalogy 79(3):1009-1015.
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Dr. William R. Davidson

  • Varela, A.S., D.E. Stallknecht, M.J. Yabsley, V.A. Moore, W.R. Davidson, and S.E. Little.  2003.  experimental infection of white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) with Ehrlichia chaffeensis by different inoculation routes.  Journal of Wildlife Diseases 39:881-886.
  • Yabsley, M. J., V.G. Dugan, D.E. Stallknecht, S.E. Little, J. M. Lockhart, J.E. Dawson, and W.R. Davidson.  2003.  Evaluation of a prototype Ehrlichia chaffeensis surveillance system using white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) as natural sentinels. Vector Borne and Zoonotic Diseases 3:195-207. [PDF Reprint]
  • Yabsley, M.J., S.E. Little, E. J. Sims, V.G. Dugan, D.E. Stallknecht, and W.R. Davidson.  2003.  Molecular variation in the variable-length PCR target and 120-kilodalton antigen genes of Ehrlichia chaffeensis from white-tailed deer.  Journal of Clinical Microbiology  41:5202-5206.   [PDF Reprint]
  • Munderloh, U.G.,  C.M. Tate, M.J. Lynch, E.W. Howerth, T.J. Kurtti, and W.R. Davidson.  2003.  Isolation of an Anaplasma sp. organism from white-tailed deer by tick cell culture.  Journal of Clinical Microbiology  41:4328-4335. [PDF Reprint]
  • Sumner, J. W., M. J. Yabsley, M. Q. Arens, G. Buenning, G. A. Storch, and W. R. Davidson.  2003.  Determination of white-tailed deer agent groESL operon sequences for pylogenetic and diagnostic applications.  Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 990:699-700.  [PDF Reprint]
  • Moore, V.A., A.S. Varela, M.J. Yabsley, W.R. Davidson, and S.E. Little.  2003.  Detection of Borrelia lonestari, putative causative agent of Southern Tick-Associated Rash Illness, in white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) from the southeastern United States.  Journal of Clinical Microbiology 41:424-427.  [Medline abstract]  [PDF reprint]  
  • Keel, M.K.,  W. R. Davidson, G. L. Doster, and L. A. Lewis.  2002.  Northern bobwhite and lead shot deposition  in an upland habitat.  Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology 43:318-322. [PDF Reprint] 
  • Nettles, V.F., C.F. Quist, R.R. Lopez, T.J. Wilmers, P. Frank, W. Roberts, S. Chitwood, and W.R. Davidson.  2002.  Morbidity and mortality factors in key deer (Odocoileus virginianus clavium).  Journal of Wildlife Diseases 38(4):685-692.
  • Yabsley, M.J., A. S. Varela, C. M. Tate, V. G. Dugan, D. E. Stallknecht, S. E. Little, and W. R. Davidson. 2002. Ehrlichia ewingii infection in white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus). Emerging Infectious Diseases. 8 (7): 668-671.   [Full online text]  [PDF reprint]  
  • Linday, D.S., S.E. Little, and W.R. Davidson.  2002.  Prevalence of antibodies to Neospora caninum in white-tailed deer, Odocoileus virginianus, from the southeastern United States.  Journal of Parasitology 88(2):415-417.
  • Gaydos, J.K., W.R. Davidson, F. Elvinger, D.G. Mead, E.W. Howerth, and D.E. Stallknecht.  2002.  Innate resistance to epizootic hemorrhagic disease in white-tailed deer.  Journal of Wildlife Diseases 38(4):713-719.
  • Gaydos, J.K., W.R. Davidson, F. Elvinger, E.W. Howerth, M. Murphy, and D.E. Stallknecht.  2002.  Cross-protection between epizootic hemorrhagic disease virus serotypes 1 and 2 in white-tailed deer.  Journal of Wildlife Diseases 38(4):720-728.
  • 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]  
  • Baumann, C.D., W.R. Davidson, D.E. Roscoe, and K. Beheler-Amass.  2001.  Intracranial abscessation syndrome in white-tailed deer of North America.  Journal of Wildlife Diseases. 37(4): 661-670. 
  • Davidson, W.R., J.M. Lockhart, D.E. Stallknecht, E.W. Howerth, J.E. Dawson, and Y. Rechaev.  2001.  Persistent Ehrlichia chaffeensis infection in white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus).  Journal of Wildlife Diseases 37(3): 538-546. 
  • Williams, C.K., W.R. Davidson, R.S. Lutz, and R.D. Applegate.  2001.  Diseases and parasites of an eastern Kansas northern bobwhite population.  Avian Diseases 44(4): 953-956. 
  • Brandsma, A.R., S.E. Little, J.M. Lockhart, W.R. Davidson, D.E. Stallknecht, and J.E. Dawson.  1999.  Novel Ehrlichia organism (Rickettsiales:  Ehrlichieae) in white-tailed deer associated with lone star tick (Acari:  Ixodidae) parasitism.  Journal of Medical Entomology 36(2):190-194. 
  • Davidson, W.R., J.M. Lockhart, D.E. Stallknecht, and E.W. Howerth.  1999.  Susceptibility of red foxes (Vulpes vulpes) and gray foxes (Urocyon cinereoargenteus) to infection by Ehrlichia chaffeensis.  Journal of Wildlife Diseases 35(4):696-702. 
  • Lockhart, J.M. and W.R. Davidson.  1999.  Evaluation of C3H/HeJ mice for xenodiagnosis of infection with Ehrlichia chaffeensis.  Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigations 11:55-59. 
  • Little, S.E., W.R. Davidson, P.M. Rakich, T.L. Nixon, D.I. Bounous, and V.F. Nettles.  1998.  Responses of red foxes to first and second infection with Sarcoptes scabiei.  Journal of Wildlife Diseases 34(3):600-611. 
  • Little, S.E., W.R. Davidson, E.W. Howerth, P.M. Rakich, and V.F. Nettles.  1998.  Diseases diagnosed in red foxes from the southeastern United States.  Journal of Wildlife Diseases 34(3):620-624. 
  • Lockhart, J.M., W.R. Davidson, D.E. Stallknecht, and J.E. Dawson.  1998.  Lack of seroreactivity to Ehrlichia chaffeensis among rodent populations.  Journal of Wildlife Diseases 34(2):392-396. 
  • Little, S.E., D.E. Stallknecht, J.M. Lockhart, J.E. Dawson, and W.R. Davidson.  1998.  Natural coinfection of a white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) population with three Ehrlichia spp.  Journal of Parasitology 84(5):897-901. 
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Gary L. Doster

  • Keel, M.K., W. R. Davidson, G. L. Doster, and L. A. Lewis.  2002.  Northern bobwhite and lead shot deposition  in an upland habitat.  Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology 43:318-322.[PDF Reprint]
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Vivien G. Dugan

  • Yabsley, M. J., V.G. Dugan, D.E. Stallknecht, S.E. Little, J. M. Lockhart, J.E. Dawson, and W.R. Davidson.  2003.  Evaluation of a prototype Ehrlichia chaffeensis surveillance system using white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) as natural sentinels. Vector Borne and Zoonotic Diseases 3:195-207.  [PDF Reprint]
  • Yabsley, M.J., S.E. Little, E. J. Sims, V.G. Dugan, D.E. Stallknecht, and W.R. Davidson.  2003.  Molecular variation in the variable-length PCR target and 120-kilodalton antigen genes of Ehrlichia chaffeensis from white-tailed deer.  Journal of Clinical Microbiology  41:5202-5206.    [PDF Reprint]
  • Yabsley, M.J., A. S. Varela, C. M. Tate, V. G. Dugan, D. E. Stallknecht, S. E. Little, and W. R. Davidson. 2002. Ehrlichia ewingii infection in white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus). Emerging Infectious Diseases. 8 (7): 668-671.   [Full online text]  [PDF reprint] 
  • Dugan, V.G., S. E. Little, A. D. Beall, and D. E. Stallknecht.  2000.  Natural infection of domestic goats with Ehrlichia chaffeensis.  Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 38 (1): 448-449. [PDF Reprint]
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Dr. John Fischer

  • 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.
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Britta Hanson

  • Hanson, B.A., D.E. Stallknecht, D.E. Swayne, L.A. Lewis, and D.A. Senne.  2003.  Avian influenza viruses in Minnesota ducks during 1998-2000.  Avian Diseases  47:867-871.   [PDF Reprint]
  • Gaydos, J.K., A.B. Allison, B.A. Hanson, and A.S. Yellin.  2002.  Oral and fecal shedding of epizootic hemorrhagic disease virus, Serotype 1 from experimentally infected white-tailed deer.  Journal of Wildlife Diseases 38(1): 166-168.
  • Hanson, B.A.  2001.  Shorebirds and avian influenza viruses.  International Wader Study, Group Bulletin 96: 4. [PDF Reprint]
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Dr. Rick Gerhold

  • 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]
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Page Luttrell

  • Pillai, S.R., H.L. Mays Jr., D.H. Ley, P. Luttrell, V.S. Panangala, K.L. Farmer, and S.R. Roberts.  2003.  Molecular variability of house finch Mycoplasma gallisepticum isolates as revealed by sequencing and restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis of teh pvpA gene.  Avian Diseases.  47(3):640-648.  [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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
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Dr. Danny Mead

  • Mead, D.G., E.W.Gray, R. Noblet, M.D. Murphy, E.W. Howerth, and D.E. Stallknecht.  2004.  Biological transmission of vesicular stomatitis virus (New Jersey serotype) by Simulium vittatum (Dipetera: Simuliidae) to domestic swine (Sus scrofa).  Journal of Medical Entomology 41(1):78-82   [PDF Reprint]
  • Gottdenker, N.L., E.W. Howerth, and D.G. Mead.  2003.  Natural infection of a great egret (Casmerodius albus) with eastern equine encephalitis virus.  Journal of Wildlife Diseases.  39(3):702-706.
  • Gaydos, J.K., W.R. Davidson, F. Elvinger, D.G. Mead, E.W. Howerth, and D.E. Stallknecht.  2002.  Innate resistance to epizootic hemorrhagic disease in white-tailed deer.  Journal of Wildlife Diseases 38(4):713-719.
  • Noon, T.H., S.L. Wesche, D. Cagle, D.G. Mead, E.J. Bicknell, G.A. Bradley, S. Riplog-Peterson, D. Edsall, and C. Reggiardo.  2002.  Hemorrhagic Disease in Bighorn sheep in Arizona.  Journal of Wildlife Diseases 38(1): 172-176.
  • Howerth, E.W., D.G. Mead, D.E. Stallknecht.  2002.  Immunolocalization of vesicular stomatitis virus in black flies (Simulium vittatum).  Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences  969:340-345.  [Abstract]          [PDF reprint]
  • Hayden, C.W., T. M. Fink, F.B. Ramberg, C.J. Mare, and D.G. Mead.  2001.  Occurrence of Anopheles hermsi (Diptera: Culicidae) in Arizona and Colorado.  Journal of Medical Entomology  38:341-343.     [PDF reprint]
  • Mead, D.G., F.B. Ramberg, D.G. Besselsen, C.J. Mare.  2000.  Transmission of vesicular stomatitis virus (New Jersey serotype) between infected and non-infected black flies co-feeding on non-viremic deer mice.  Science  287:485-487.     [PDF reprint]
  • Mead, D.G., F.B. Ramberg, and C.J. Mare.  2000.  Vector competence of wild and colonized black flies to the Indiana and New Jersey serotypes of vesicular stomatits virus.  Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences  916:437-443.    [PDF reprint]
  • Mead, D.G., C.J. Mare, and F.B. Ramberg.  1999.  Bite transmission of vesicular stomatits virus (New Jersey serotype) to laboratory mice by Simulium vittatum (Diptera: Simuliidae).  Journal of Medical Entomology  36:410-413.    [PDF reprint]
  • Fink, T.M., B. Hau, B.L. Baird, S. Palmer, S. Kaplan, F.B. Ramberg, D.G. Mead, and H. Hagedorn.  1998.  Aedes aegypti in Tuscson, Arizona.  Emerging Infectious Diseases  4:703-704.     [PDF reprint]
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Dr. Vic Nettles

  • Corn, J.L. and V.F. Nettles.  2001.  Health protocol for translocation of wild elk.  Journal of Wildlife Diseases 37(3): 413-426.
  • Quist, C.F., J. Kilburn, D.I. Bounous, R.L. Brooks, V.F. Nettles, and R.D. Wyatt.  2000.  The effect of dietary aflatoxin on wild turkey poults.  Journal of Wildlife Diseases 36(3):436-444.
  • Little, S.E., W.R. Davidson, E.W. Howerth, P.M. Rakich, and V.F. Nettles.  1998.  Diseases diagnosed in red foxes from the southeastern United States.  Journal of Wildlife Diseases 34(3):620-624.
  • Little, S.E., W.R. Davidson, P.M. Rakich, T.L. Nixon, D.I. Bounous, and V.F. Nettles.  1998.  Responses of red foxes to first and second infection with Sarcoptes scabiei.  Journal of Wildlife Diseases 34(3):600-611.
  • Van Brackle, M.D., R.L. Marchinton, G.O. Ware, V.F. Nettles, S.B. Linhart, C.R. Ruth, and L.O. Rogers.  1998.  Oral biomarking of a supplementally-fed herd of free-ranging white-tailed deer.  Proceedings of the 49th Annual Conference of the Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies, September 23-27, 1995, Nashville, TN 49:372-381.
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Dr. David Stallknecht
  • Varela, A.S., D.E. Stallknecht, M.J. Yabsley, V.A. Moore, W.R. Davidson, and S.E. Little.  2003.  experimental infection of white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) with Ehrlichia chaffeensis by different inoculation routes.  Journal of Wildlife Diseases 39:881-886.
  • Yabsley, M. J., V.G. Dugan, D.E. Stallknecht, S.E. Little, J. M. Lockhart, J.E. Dawson, and W.R. Davidson.  2003.  Evaluation of a prototype Ehrlichia chaffeensis surveillance system using white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) as natural sentinels. Vector Borne and Zoonotic Diseases 3:195-207. [PDF Reprint]
  • Yabsley, M.J., S.E. Little, E. J. Sims, V.G. Dugan, D.E. Stallknecht, and W.R. Davidson.  2003.  Molecular variation in the variable-length PCR target and 120-kilodalton antigen genes of Ehrlichia chaffeensis from white-tailed deer.  Journal of Clinical Microbiology  41:5202-5206.  [PDF Reprint]
  • Mecham, J.O., D. Stallknecht, and W.C. Wilson.  2003.  The s7 gene and VP7 protein are highly conserved among temporally and geographically distinct American isolates of epizootic hemorrhagic disease virus.  Virus Research 94(2):129-133.
  • Nusbaum, K.E., J.C. Wright, W.B. Johnston, A.B. Allison, C.D. Hilton, L.A. Staggs, D.E. Stallknecht, and J.L. Shelnutt.  2003.  Absence of humoral response in flamingos and red-tailed hawks to experimental vaccination with a killed West Nile vaccine.  Avian Diseases 47:750-752.  [PDF Reprint] 
  • Hanson, B.A.,  D.E. Stallknecht, D.E. Swayne, L.A. Lewis, and D.A. Senne.  2003.  Avian influenza viruses in Minnesota ducks during 1998-2000.  Avian Diseases  47:867-871.   [PDF Reprint]
  • Howerth, E.W., D.G. Mead, and D.E. Stallknecht.  2002.  Immunolocalization of vesicular stomatitis virus in black flies (Simulium vittatum).  Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences  969:340-345.  [Abstract]          [PDF reprint]
  • Gaydos, J.K., D.E. Stallknecht, D.M. Kavanaugh, R.J. Olson, and E.R. Fuchs.  2002.  The dynamics of maternal antibodies to hemorrhagic disease viruses (Reoviridae: Orbivirus) in white-tailed deer.  Journal of Wildlife Diseases 38(2): 253-257.
  • Gaydos, J.K., W.R. Davidson, F. Elvinger, D.G. Mead, E.W. Howerth, and D.E. Stallknecht.  2002.  Innate resistance to epizootic hemorrhagic disease in white-tailed deer.  Journal of Wildlife Diseases 38(4):713-719.
  • Gaydos, J.K., W.R. Davidson, F. Elvinger, E.W. Howerth, M. Murphy, and D.E. Stallknecht.  2002.  Cross-protection between epizootic hemorrhagic disease virus serotypes 1 and 2 in white-tailed deer.  Journal of Wildlife Diseases 38(4):720-728.
  • Yabsley, M. J., A. S. Varela, C. M. Tate, V. G. Dugan, D. E. Stallknecht, S. E. Little, and W. R. Davidson.  2002.  Ehrlichia ewingii infection in white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus).  Emerging Infectious Diseases 8:668-671.  [Full online text]  [PDF reprint]   
  • Stallknecht, D.E.  2001.  VSV-NJ on Ossabaw Island Georgia:  The truth is out there.  Proceedings of the Society of Tropical Veterinary Medicine, New York Academy of Sciences 916: 431-436.  [PDF Reprint]
  • Stallknecht, D.E., D.E. Perzak, L.D. Bauer, M.D. Murphy, and E.W. Howerth.  2001.  Contact transmission of vesicular stomatitis virus New Jersey in pigs.  American Journal of Veterinary Research 62(4): 516-520.
  • Davidson, W.R., J.M. Lockhart, D.E. Stallknecht, E.W. Howerth, J.E. Dawson, and Y. Rechaev.  2001.  Persistent Ehrlichia chaffeensis infection in white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus).  Journal of Wildlife Diseases 37(3): 538-546. 
  • Dinkins, M.B., D.E. Stallknecht, and B.G. Brackett.  2001.  Reduction of infectious epizootic hemorrhagic disease virus associated with in vitro produced bovine embryos by non-specific protease.  Animal Reproduction Science 65:205-213.
  • Dinkins, M.B., D.E. Stallknecht, E.W. Howerth, and B.G. Brackett.  2001.  Photosensitive chemical and laser light treatments decrease epizootic hemorrhagic disease virus associated with in vitro produced bovine embryos.  Theriogenology 55(8): 1639-1655.  [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.
  • Kocan, A.A., S.A. Ewing, D.E. Stallknecht, G.L. Murphy, S.E. Little, L.C. Whitworth, and R.W. Barker.  2001.  Attempted transmission of Ehrlichia chaffeensis among white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) by Amblyomma maculatum.  Journal of Wildlife Diseases 36(3): 592-594.
  • Beringer, J., L.P. Hanson, and D.E. Stallknecht.  2001.  An epizootic of hemorrhagic disease in white-tailed deer in Missouri.  Journal of Wildlife Diseases 36(3):588-591.
  •  Cornish, T.E., D.E. Stallknecht, C.C. Brown, B.S. Seal, and E.W. Howerth.  2001.  Pathogenesis of experimental vesicular stomatitis virus (New Jersey serotype) infection in the deer mouse (Peromyscus maniculatus).  Veterinary Pathology 38(4): 396-406.  [PDF Reprint]
  • Davidson, W.R., J.M. Lockhart, D.E. Stallknecht, E.W. Howerth, J.E. Dawson, and Y. Rechaev.  2001.  Persistent Ehrlichia chaffeensis infection in white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus).  Journal of Wildlife Diseases 37(3): 538-546.
  • Dugan, V.G., S.E. Little, D.E. Stallknecht, and D. Beale.  2000.  Natural infection of domestic goats with Ehrlichia chaffeensis.  Journal of Clinical Microbiology 38:448-449.  [PDF Reprint]
  • Stallknecht, D.E.  2000.  PRV in feral swine on Ossabaw Island, Georgia:  Options for control and eradication.  Proceedings of the 1999 National Feral Swine Conference, June 2-3, 1999, Ft. Worth, Texas, 99:69-72.
  • Abdy, M.J., E.W. Howerth, and D.E. Stallknecht.  1999.  Experimental infection of calves with epizootic hemorrhagic disease virus.  American Journal of Veterinary Research 60(5):  621-626.
  • Brandsma, A.R., S.E. Little, J.M. Lockhart, W.R. Davidson, D.E. Stallknecht, and J.E. Dawson.  1999.  Novel Ehrlichia organism (Rickettsiales:  Ehrlichieae) in white-tailed deer associated with lone star tick (Acari:  Ixodidae) parasitism.  Journal of Medical Entomology 36(2):190-194.
  • Davidson, W.R., J.M. Lockhart, D.E. Stallknecht, and E.W. Howerth.  1999.  Susceptibility of red foxes and gray foxes to infection by Ehrlichia chaffeensis.  Journal of Wildlife Diseases 35(4):696-702.
  • Stallknecht, D.E., E.W. Howerth, C.L. Reeves, and B.S. Seal.  1999.  Potential for contact and mechanical vector transmission of vesicular stomatitis virus New Jersey in pigs.  American Journal of Veterinary Research 60(1):43-48.
  • Lockhart, J.M., W.R. Davidson, D.E. Stallknecht, and J.E. Dawson.  1998.  Lack of seroreactivity to Ehrlichia chaffeensis among rodent populations.  Journal of Wildlife Diseases 34(2):392-396.
  • 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.
  • Creekmore, T.E., W.O. Fletcher, and D.E. Stallknecht.  1998.  Evaluation of two oral baiting systems for wild rodents.  Journal of Wildlife Diseases 34(2):369-372.
  • 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.
  • Little, S.E., D.E. Stallknecht, J.M. Lockhart, J.E. Dawson, and W.R. Davidson.  1998.  Natural coinfection of a white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) population with three Ehrlichia spp.  Journal of Parasitology 84(5):897-901.
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Dr. Cynthia Tate

  • Munderloh, U.G., C.M. Tate, M.J. Lynch, E.W. Howerth, T.J. Kurtti, and W.R. Davidson.  2003.  Isolation of an Anaplasma sp. organism from white-tailed deer by tick cell culture.  Journal of Clinical Microbiology  41:4328-4335.
  • Fischer, J.R., L.A. Lewis-Weis, and C.M. Tate.  2003.  Experimental vacuolar myelinopathy in red-tailed hawks.  Journal of Wildlife Diseases  39:400-406.
  • Yabsley, M. J., A. S. Varela, C. M. Tate, V. G. Dugan, D. E. Stallknecht, S. E. Little, and W. R. Davidson.  2002.  Ehrlichia ewingii infection in white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus).  Emerging Infectious Diseases 8:668-671.  [Full online text]  [PDF reprint]   




Dr. Michael J. Yabsley

  • Yabsley, M. J., V.G. Dugan, D.E. Stallknecht, S.E. Little, J. M. Lockhart, J.E. Dawson, and W.R. Davidson.  2003.  Evaluation of a prototype Ehrlichia chaffeensis surveillance system using white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) as natural sentinels. Vector Borne and Zoonotic Diseases 3:195-207. [PDF Reprint]
  • Varela, A.S., D.E. Stallknecht, M.J. Yabsley, V.A. Moore, W.R. Davidson, and S.E. Little.  2003.  experimental infection of white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) with Ehrlichia chaffeensis by different inoculation routes.  Journal of Wildlife Diseases 39:881-886.
  • Yabsley, M.J., S.E. Little, E. J. Sims, V.G. Dugan, D.E. Stallknecht, and W.R. Davidson.  2003.  Molecular variation in the variable-length PCR target and 120-kilodalton antigen genes of Ehrlichia chaffeensis from white-tailed deer.  Journal of Clinical Microbiology  41:5202-5206.   [PDF Reprint]
  • Sumner, J. W., M. J. Yabsley, M. Q. Arens, G. Buenning, G. A. Storch, and W. R. Davidson.  2003.  Determination of white-tailed deer agent groESL operon sequences for pylogenetic and diagnostic applications.  Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 990:699-700.   [PDF Reprint]
  • Moore, V.A., A.S. Varela, M.J. Yabsley, W.R. Davidson, and S.E. Little.  2003.  Detection of Borrelia lonestari, putative causative agent of Southern Tick-Associated Rash Illness, in white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) from the southeastern United States.  Journal of Clinical Microbiology 41:424-427.  [Medline abstract]  [PDF reprint]  
  • Yabsley, M.J., N.L. Gottdenker, and J.R. Fischer.  2002.  Description of a new Eimeria species and associated lesions in the kidneys of double-crested cormorants (Phalacrocorax auritus).  Journal of Parasitology 88:989-993. [Medline abstract] [PDF reprint]   
  • Yabsley, M.J. and G.P. Noblet2002.  Biological and molecular characterization of a raccoon-isolate of Trypanosoma cruzi from South Carolina.  Journal of Parasitology 88:1230-1233. [Medline abstract]  [PDF reprint]  
  • James, M. J., M. J. Yabsley, O. J. Pung, and M. J. Grijalva.  2002.  Amplification of Trypanosoma cruzi-specific DNA sequences in formalin-fixed raccoon tissues using polymerase chain reaction.  Journal of Parasitology 88:989-993.  [PDF reprint] 
  • Yabsley, M. J., A. S. Varela, C. M. Tate, V. G. Dugan, D. E. Stallknecht, S. E. Little, and W. R. Davidson.  2002.  Ehrlichia ewingii infection in white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus).  Emerging Infectious Diseases 8:668-671.  [Full online text]  [PDF reprint]   
  • Yabsley, M. J. and G. P. Noblet.  2002.  Seroprevalence of Trypanosoma cruzi in raccoons from South Carolina and Georgia.  Journal of Wildlife Disease 38:75-83. [Medline abstract] 
  •  Yabsley, M. J., G. P. Noblet, and O. J. Pung.  2001.  Comparison of serological methods and blood culture for detection of Trypanosoma cruzi infection in raccoons (Procyon lotor).  Journal of Parasitology 87:1155-1159. [Medline abstract]  [PDF reprint]  
  • Noblet, G. P. and M. J. Yabsley.  2000.  The Good and the Bad: Symbiosis in the Animal Kingdom.  In Tested Studies for Laboratory Teaching. Proceedings of the 22nd Workshop/Conference of the Association for Biology Laboratory Education (ABLE) 22: 120-155. [Abstract]  
  • Yabsley, M. J., G. P. Noblet, and O. J. Pung.  1999.  Use of the indirect immunofluorescent antibody test (IFAT) and blood culture to detect Trypanosoma cruzi infections in raccoons from Georgia.  International Virtual Conference on Veterinarian Medicine – Diseases of Exotic Animals and Wildlife, November 15-30, 1999. [Full online text]  
  • Yabsley, M. J. and G. P. Noblet.  1999.  Nematodes and Acanthocephalans of raccoons (Procyon lotor), with a new geographical record for Centrorhynchus conspectus (Acanthocephala) in South Carolina, U.S.A.  Journal of the Helminthological Society of Washington 66: 111-114. 
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