Implications of zoonoses from hunting and use of wildlife in North American arctic and boreal biomes: Pandemic potential, monitoring, and mitigation

LO Keatts, M Robards, SH Olson, K Hueffer… - Frontiers in public …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The COVID-19 pandemic has re-focused attention on mechanisms that lead to zoonotic
disease spillover and spread. Commercial wildlife trade, and associated markets, are …

Environmental DNA and metagenomics of terrestrial mammals as keystone taxa of recent and past ecosystems

PA Seeber, LS Epp - Mammal Review, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Terrestrial mammals shape their ecosystems, and mammalian community assemblages can
be important indicators of ecosystem functioning and ecosystem changes over time …

A scoping review of the global distribution of causes and syndromes associated with mid-to late-term pregnancy loss in horses between 1960 and 2020

CM Macleay, J Carrick, P Shearer, A Begg… - Veterinary …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Equine pregnancy loss is frustrating and costly for horse breeders. The reproductive
efficiency of mares has significant implications for a breeding operation's economic success …

Environmental detection and potential transmission of equine herpesviruses

A Dayaram, PA Seeber, AD Greenwood - Pathogens, 2021 - mdpi.com
Equine herpesviruses (EHV) are a major health concern for domestic and wild equids and
represent one of the most economically important disease agents of horses. Most known …

Corticosterone's roles in avian migration: Assessment of three hypotheses

CM Bauer, HE Watts - Hormones and Behavior, 2021 - Elsevier
While corticosterone (CORT) is often suggested to be an important hormone regulating
processes necessary for avian migration, there has been no systematic assessment of …

Reactivation of latent infections with migration shapes population-level disease dynamics

DJ Becker, ED Ketterson… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Annual migration is common across animal taxa and can dramatically shape the spatial and
temporal patterns of infectious disease. Although migration can decrease infection …

[HTML][HTML] Human viruses lurking in the environment activated by excessive use of COVID-19 prevention supplies

Z Hu, L Yang, J Han, Z Liu, Y Zhao, Y Jin… - Environment …, 2022 - Elsevier
Due to extensive COVID-19 prevention measures, millions of tons of chemicals penetrated
into natural environment. Alterations of human viruses in the environment, the neglected …

Immune differences in captive and free-ranging zebras (Equus zebra and E. quagga)

PA Seeber, T Morrison, A Ortega, ML East… - Mammalian …, 2020 - Springer
Wild mammals in ex situ captivity experience substantially different environmental conditions
compared to free-ranging conspecifics, eg, in terms of diet, climatic conditions, social factors …

Noninvasive detection of equid herpesviruses in fecal samples

PA Seeber, A Dayaram, F Sicks… - Applied and …, 2019 - Am Soc Microbiol
Equid herpesviruses (EHVs) are pathogens of equid and nonequid hosts that can cause
disease and fatalities in captivity and in the wild. EHVs establish latent infections but can …

Serological Examinations of Significant Viral Infections in Domestic Donkeys at the Special Nature Reserve “Zasavica”, Serbia

S Lazić, S Savić, T Petrović, G Lazić, M Žekić… - Animals, 2023 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary The domestic donkey is an endangered equid species. There are 199
donkeys in the Special Nature Reserve “Zasavica”, out of the estimated 1000 that are …