The ecology of wildlife disease surveillance: demographic and prevalence fluctuations undermine surveillance

Walton, Laura; Marion, Glenn; Davidson, Ross S.; White, Piran C.L.; Smith, Lesley A.; Gavier-Widen, Dolores; Yon, Lisa; Hannant, Duncan; Hutchings, Michael R.

doi:10.1111/1365-2664.12671

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Concentrations of faecal glucocorticoid metabolites in Asian elephant's dung are stable for up to 8 h in a tropical environment (2016)
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Wong, E. P., Yon, L., Purcell, R., Walker, S. L., Othman, N., Saaban, S., & Campos-Arceiz, A. (in press). Concentrations of faecal glucocorticoid metabolites in Asian elephant's dung are stable for up to 8 h in a tropical environment. Conservation Physiology, 4(1), https://doi.org/10.1093/conphys/cow070

The use of faecal glucocorticoid metabolites (fGCMs) has facilitated the development of non-invasive methods to study physiological conditions of endangered wildlife populations. One limitation is that fGCM concentrations are known to change over tim... Read More about Concentrations of faecal glucocorticoid metabolites in Asian elephant's dung are stable for up to 8 h in a tropical environment.

Global population divergence and admixture of the brown rat (Rattus norvegicus) (2016)
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Puckett, E. E., Park, J., Combs, M., Blum, M. J., Bryant, J. E., Caccone, A., …Munshi-South, J. (2016). Global population divergence and admixture of the brown rat (Rattus norvegicus). Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 283(1841), Article 20161762. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2016.1762

Native to China and Mongolia, the brown rat (Rattus norvegicus) now enjoys a worldwide distribution. While black rats and the house mouse tracked the regional development of human agricultural settlements, brown rats did not appear in Europe until th... Read More about Global population divergence and admixture of the brown rat (Rattus norvegicus).

TP53 copy number expansion is associated with the evolution of increased body size and an enhanced DNA damage response in elephants (2016)
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Sulak, M., Fong, L., Mika, K., Chigurupati, S., Yon, L., Mongan, N. P., …Lynch, V. J. (2016). TP53 copy number expansion is associated with the evolution of increased body size and an enhanced DNA damage response in elephants. eLife, 5(2016), Article e11994. https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.11994.001

A major constraint on the evolution of large body sizes in animals is an increased risk of developing cancer. There is no correlation, however, between body size and cancer risk. This lack of correlation is often referred to as 'Peto's Paradox'. Here... Read More about TP53 copy number expansion is associated with the evolution of increased body size and an enhanced DNA damage response in elephants.

TP53 copy number expansion is associated with the evolution of increased body size and an enhanced DNA damage response in elephants (2016)
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Michael, S., Lindsey, F., Katelyn, M., Sravanthi, C., Lisa, Y., Nigel P, M., …Vincent J, L. (2016). TP53 copy number expansion is associated with the evolution of increased body size and an enhanced DNA damage response in elephants. eLife, 5, Article e11994. https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.11994.001

A major constraint on the evolution of large body sizes in animals is an increased risk of developing cancer. There is no correlation, however, between body size and cancer risk. This lack of correlation is often referred to as 'Peto's Paradox'. Here... Read More about TP53 copy number expansion is associated with the evolution of increased body size and an enhanced DNA damage response in elephants.

Detection of a Yersinia pestisgene homologue in rodent samples (2016)
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Giles, T. A., Greenwood, A. D., Tsangaras, K., Giles, T. C., Barrow, P. A., Hannant, D., …Yon, L. (2016). Detection of a Yersinia pestisgene homologue in rodent samples. PeerJ, 4, Article e2216. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2216

A homologue to a widely used genetic marker, pla, for Yersinia pestis has been identified in tissue samples of two species of rat (Rattus rattus and Rattus norvegicus) and of mice (Mus musculus and Apodemus sylvaticus) using a microarray based platfo... Read More about Detection of a Yersinia pestisgene homologue in rodent samples.

Rabies outbreak in Greece during 2012–2014: use of Geographical Information System for analysis, risk assessment and control (2016)
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Giannakopoulos, A., Valiakos, G., Papaspyropoulos, K., Dougas, G., Korou, L. M., Tasioudi, K. E., …Billinis, C. (2016). Rabies outbreak in Greece during 2012–2014: use of Geographical Information System for analysis, risk assessment and control. Epidemiology and Infection, 144(14), https://doi.org/10.1017/S0950268816001527

The objectives of this work were (i) geographical analysis of the 2012–2014 outbreak of rabies in Greece using GIS and (ii) comparative analysis of animal cases with data of potential human exposure to rabies together with environmental data, in orde... Read More about Rabies outbreak in Greece during 2012–2014: use of Geographical Information System for analysis, risk assessment and control.

The ecology of wildlife disease surveillance: demographic and prevalence fluctuations undermine surveillance (2016)
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Walton, L., Marion, G., Davidson, R. S., White, P. C., Smith, L. A., Gavier-Widen, D., …Hutchings, M. R. (2016). The ecology of wildlife disease surveillance: demographic and prevalence fluctuations undermine surveillance. Journal of Applied Ecology, 53(5), 1460-1469. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.12671

1. Wildlife disease surveillance is the first line of defence against infectious disease. Fluctuations in host populations and disease prevalence are a known feature of wildlife disease systems. However, the impact of such heterogeneities on the per... Read More about The ecology of wildlife disease surveillance: demographic and prevalence fluctuations undermine surveillance.