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It's a banner year for baby Loggerhead turtles

Communications Director

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Contact Kristen Morales

Phone:
706-542-2079
706-206-3055
kmorales@uga.edu

Campus address

Office:
Building 1-202

About

Education:
B.A., Graphic Design, The Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale, 2002
B.S., Print Journalism, Syracuse University, 1998
Biography:

Kristen comes to Warnell after spending five years as communications manager at the UGA College of Education. At Warnell, she oversees the production of The Log, the college's alumni magazine, as well as regular news releases, website updates and social media content. Before working for UGA, Kristen spent more than 15 years in the newspaper industry as an editor, writer, copy editor and designer at newspapers in New York, Massachusetts, California, Florida and Georgia. 

This summer is a banner year for sea turtles, according to data collected by University of Georgia researchers.

By early July, roughly halfway through the annual nesting season along the southeastern coast of the United States, more than 11,000 loggerhead sea turtle nests have been logged by organizations and volunteers and reported to the Northern Recovery Unit Loggerhead DNA Project, housed in the Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources. This number tops the previous record for sea turtle nests set in 2016, when 11,321 nests were recorded.

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sea turtles; research; loggerheads

Jennings named to international fellows program for fisheries science

Communications Director

Contact Information

Contact Kristen Morales

Phone:
706-542-2079
706-206-3055
kmorales@uga.edu

Campus address

Office:
Building 1-202

About

Education:
B.A., Graphic Design, The Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale, 2002
B.S., Print Journalism, Syracuse University, 1998
Biography:

Kristen comes to Warnell after spending five years as communications manager at the UGA College of Education. At Warnell, she oversees the production of The Log, the college's alumni magazine, as well as regular news releases, website updates and social media content. Before working for UGA, Kristen spent more than 15 years in the newspaper industry as an editor, writer, copy editor and designer at newspapers in New York, Massachusetts, California, Florida and Georgia. 

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Study reveals wildlife is abundant in Chernobyl

Aiken, S.C.  – A scavenger study that used fish carcasses as bait provides additional evidence that wildlife is abundant in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone, University of Georgia researchers said.

A one-month camera study prompted the sighting of 10 mammal and five bird species, according to James Beasley, associate professor at the Savannah River Ecology Laboratory and the Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources.

Faculty Q&A: Dr. Elizabeth Benton

In each edition of The Log, we talk to a faculty member about their work, love of natural resources, and what they are excited about right now. In the most recent edition, we featured Dr. Elizabeth Benton, a forest health outreach specialist.

The wild world of Guinea Worms: research efforts to inform the international guinea worm eradication campaign

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Professor, Wildlife Disease

Contact Information

Dr. Michael Yabsley

Contact Dr. Michael Yabsley

Phone:
706-542-1741
myabsley@uga.edu

Campus address

Office:
College of Veterinary Medicine, Wildlife Health Building
Lab Location:
SCWDS

About

Education:
PhD Infectious Diseases, University of Georgia, 2004
MS Zoology (Parasitology), Clemson University, 2000
BS Biological Sciences (major) and Wildlife Biology (minor), Clemson University, 1997
Biography:

Prior Positions:

Associate Professor                                                                                         

7/1/2011- 6/30/2016

Warnell (50%) and SCWDS (50%)

50% research, 40% instruction and 10% service

 

Assistant Professor

2/2006-6/30/2011

Warnell (50%) and SCWDS (50%)

50% research, 40% instruction and 10% service

Research
Area of Speciality:
Wildlife Ecology and Management
Wildlife Disease
Research Areas Detail:

Wildlife Diseases, Zoonotic Diseases, Parasitology, Vector-borne pathogens

Labs/Centers/Committees:
Southeastern Cooperative Wildlife Disease Study
Recent Citations:
  1. Sapp SGH, S Handali, SB Weinstein, and MJ Yabsley. 2018. Detection and evaluation of antibody response to a Baylisascaris-specific antigen in rodent hosts using western blotting and ELISA. Journal of Parasitology 104(6):651-659
  2. Self SW, C McMahan, DA Brown, R Lund, J GettingsPD, and MJ Yabsley. 2018. A large scale spatio-temporal binomial regression model for estimating seroprevalence trends. Environmetrics 29(8):e2538.  IF:1.321
  3. USTSwanepoel L, GSTCleveland CA, Olfenbuttel C, Gray CA, Brown D, JD Brown, R Tumlison, A Surf and MJ Yabsley. 2018. Prevalence and genetic characterization of Dirofilaria lutrae from North American river otters (Lutra canadensis). Veterinary Parasitology: Regional Studies and Reports 14:187-190.
  4. VSTMulreany LM, KD NiedringhausGST, HMA Fenton, C Smith, R Smith, CH Gardiner, BC Lewis, T Craig, BH Williams, MM Garner, CA ClevelandGST, and MJ Yabsley. 2018. Filarial dermatitis caused by Filaria taxideae in domestic ferrets (Mustela putorius furo) from the western United States. Veterinary Parasitology: Regional Studies and Reports 14:155-160.
  5. Beard, CB, J Occi, DL Bonilla, AM Egizi, DM Fonseca, JW Mertins, BP Backenson, WI Bajwa, AM Barbarin, MA Bertone, JD Brown, NP Connally, ND Connell, RJ Eisen, RC Falco, AM James, RK Krell, K Lahmers, N Lewis, SE Little, M Neault, AA Pérez de León, AR Randall, MG Ruder, MN Saleh, B Schappach, BA Schroeder, LL Seraphin, M Wehtje, GP Wormser, MJ Yabsley, and William Halperin. 2018. Multistate infestation with the exotic disease-vector tick Haemaphysalis longicornis – United States, August 2017-Spet 2018. MMWR. 67(47):1310-1313.
  6. Vanstreels RET, MJ Yabsley, NJ Parsons, L SwanepoelUST, K Kudynia, and PA Pistorius. A novel candidate species of an erythrocytic Anaplasma in African penguins (Spheniscus demersus) from South Africa. Parasites and Vectors. 11:525 https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-018-3089-9  IF=3.43
  7. VSTSinnott D, E Elsmo, SK PeltierGST, MJ Yabsley, HMA Fenton. 2018. Pathology in practice: skin lesions in two fox squirrels. Journal of the American Veterinary Medicine Association 253(6):723-726.
  8. Elsmo EJ, H Fenton, C ClevelandGST, BC ShockGST, MW Cunningham, EW Howerth, and MJ Yabsley. 2018. Acute, necrotizing, interstitial pneumonia and suppurative myocarditis associated with Bartonella henselae infection in three Florida pumas (Puma concolor coryi). Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigations 30(5):728-732 IF=1.219
  9. GST^Williams B, CA ClevelandGST^ (^contributed equally), GG Verocai, L SwanepoelUST, KD NiedringhausGST, KL Paras, Y Nagamori, SE Little, A Varela-Stokes, N Nemeth, H Wyrosdick, A Tucker, L Deal, D Gauthier, S Prout, C DeAngelo, A Marsh, D Piepgras, LH Cook, KB Milliren, JS Becker, C Lyons, J Clark, J Stumph, MM Borst, KL Tucker, A Ward, EM Baird, KA Burke, JW Camp, CA Davis, CN Pulaski, and MJ Yabsley. Dracunculus infections in domestic dogs and cats, an under recognized parasite? Veterinary Parasitology: Regional Studies and Reports 13:148-155.
  10. GSTCleveland CA, R Cozad, B WilliamsGST, MJ. Yabsley, M Murray and K GarrettGST. 2018. The Wild World of Guinea Worms: A review of the genus Dracunculus in wildlife. International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife. IF: 2.777
  11. Vanstreels RET, CH Gardiner, MJ Yabsley, L SwanepoelUST, CKM Kolesnikovas, RP Silva-Filho, AC Ewbank, and JL Catão-Dias. 2018. Schistosomes and microfilarial parasites in Magellanic penguins. Journal of Parasitology 104(3):322-328. doi: 10.1645/17-154  IF:1.395
  12. GSTPeltier SK, JD Brown, MA Ternent, H Fenton, KD NiedringhausGST, and MJ Yabsley. Assays for detection and identification of the causative agent of mange in free-ranging black bears (Ursus americanus).  Journal of Wildlife Diseases. 54(3):471-479 IF: 1.552
  13. GSTSapp SGH, MJ Yabsley and R Bradbury. 2018. Abnormal helminth egg development, strange morphology and the identification of intestinal helminth infections. Emering Infectious Diseases 24(8):. IF:8.22
  14. GSTSapp S.G.H., B. MurrayUST, E.R. Hoover, G. Green, and M.J. Yabsley. Raccoon roundworm (Baylisascaris procyonis) as an occupational hazard: 2. Use of personal protective equipment and infection control practices among raccoon rehabilitators. Zoonoses and Public Health 65(5):490-500 if: 2.688
  15. GSTSapp S.G.H., B. MurrayUST, E.R. Hoover, G. Green and M.J. Yabsley. Raccoon roundworm (Baylisascaris procyonis) as an occupational hazard: 1. Knowledge of B. procyonis and attitudes towards it and other zoonoses among wildlife rehabilitators. Zoonoses and Public Health 65(1):e130-e142  if: 2.688
  16. Cohen B, EH Belser, SP Keeler, MJ Yabsley, and KV Miller. 2018. A headache from our past: cranial abscess disease, virulence factors of Trueprella pyogenes, and a legacy of translocating white-tailed deer. Journal of Wildlife Diseases 54(4):671-679. IF:1.552
  17. VSTShockling-Dent CS, E Elsmo, MJ Yabsley, and H Fenton. 2018. Pathology in practice: liver accession in a white-tailed deer. Journal of the American Veterinary Medicine Association 253(2):167-170. doi: 10.2460/javma.253.2.167
  18. Liu EW, DeVincenzo J, R Maves, D Palazzi, C Meyer, H Cusodio, Y Qvarnstrom, MJ Yabsley. R Bradbury, SP Montgomery. 2018. Rat lungworm infection associated with central nervous system disease in the continental United States – Eight states, 2011-2016. MMWR 67(30):825-828. IF=11.483
  19. GSTGarrett KB, R Schott, L Peshock, MJ Yabsley. 2018. Multiple Babesia infections in young raccoons and association of splenomegaly with Babesia sensu stricto-infections. Parasitology Open. 4, e12, 1–9. https://doi.org/10.1017/pao.2018.7
  20. Vanstreels RET, MJ Yabsley, L SwanepoelUST, K Stevens, T Carpenter-Kling, PG Ryan, PA Pistorius. 2018. Molecular characterization and lesions associated with Diomedenema diomedeae (Aproctoidea: Desmidocercidae) from grey-headed albatrosses (Thalassarche chrysostoma) on the Subantarctic Marion Island. International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife. 7(2):155-160. IF: 2.777
  21. GSTNiedringhaus, KD, Fenton HMA, GSTCleveland CA, Anderson AN, Schwartz D, Alex CE, Rogers KH, Mete A, and MJ Yabsley.  2018. Systemic hemosporidiosis infection in juvenile great horned owls (Bubo virginianus) from Louisiana and California, USA.  Veterinary Parasitology:  Regional Studies and Reports 12:49-54
  22. Yabsley MJ, RET Vanstreels, ES Martinsen, AG WicksonUST, AE Holland, SM Hernandez, AT ThompsonUST, SL Perkins, CJ West, AL Bryan, CA ClevelandGST, E JollyUST, JD Brown, D McRuer, S Behmke, and JC Beasley. Molecular characterization of Haemoproteus catharti from New World vultures (Cathartidae) reveals a novel clade of Haemosporida. Malaria Journal 17(1):12. doi:10.1186/s12936-017-2165-5 IF: 3.027
  23. Ortiz S, S Hernandez, MJ Yabsley, NL Stedman, SE Nelson, B Carswell, Y Moore, H Fenton, K NiedringhausGST, C Bahnson, TI Welsh, and T Norton. Introduction and establishment of raccoon rabies on islands: Jekyll Island, Georgia as a case study. Journal of Wildlife Diseases ;54(2):329-334. if: 1.552
  24. USTLockwood B, I Stasiak, MA PfaffGST, CA ClevelandGST, MJ Yabsley. Widespread distribution of ticks and selected tick-borne pathogens, Kentucky (USA). Ticks and Tick Borne Diseases 9(3):738-741  IF:3.23
  25. Murray, M, A Kidd, S Curry, J Hepinstall-Cymerman, MJ Yabsley, H Adams, T Ellison, C Welch, and SM Hernandez. 2018. From wetland specialist to hand-fed generalist: Shifts in diet and condition with provisioning for a recently urbanized wading bird. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B.  373(1745) pii: 20170100. doi: 10.1098/rstb.2017.0100.  IP=7.055
  26. VSTMehrpad S, CA ClevelandGST, A DeNicola, JP Dubey and MJ Yabsley. 2018. Survey for selected pathogens in Philippine deer (Rusa marianna) from Guam, Marianna Islands, USA. Veterinary Parasitology: Regional Studies and Reports 11:36-40.
  27. Yabsley MJ, RET Vanstreels, BC ShockGST, M PurdeeVST, EC Horne, MA Peirce, and NJ Parsons. 2017. Molecular characterization of Babesia peircei and Babesia ugwidiensis provides insight into the evolution and host specificity of avian piroplasms. Int J Parasitol: Parasites Wildl Aug 24;6(3):257-264. doi: 10.1016/j.ijppaw.2017.08.006.
  28. GSTCoker SM, SM Hernandez, WM KistlerGST, SE Curry, CN Welch, HW Barron, S Harsch, MH Murray, and MJ Yabsley*. 2017. Diversity of hemoparasites of wading birds in southern Florida, USA. International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife 6(3):220-225.
  29. GSTPeltier SK, JD Brown, M Ternent, KD NiedringhausGST, K Schuler, N Dean, F Frenzel, HA Spiker, and MJ Yabsley*. 2017. Genetic characterization of Sarcoptes scabiei from black bears (Ursus americanus) and other hosts in Northeastern United States. Journal of Parasitology 103(5):593-7.
  30. Yabsley MJ. 2017. Book review: Sarcocystosis of Animals and Humans, 2nd Edition. By J.P. Dubey, R. Calero-Bernal, B.M. Rosenthal, C.A. Speer, and R. Fayer. CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida, USA. Journal of Wildlife Diseases 53(4):.
  31. GSTCleveland, CA, ML Eberhard, AT ThompsonUST, SJ SmithUST, H Zirimwabagobo, R Bringolf, and MJ Yabsley. 2017. The potential of fish to act as transport hosts for Dracunculus insignis and D. medinensis larvae. Emerging Infectious Diseases 23(9):1590-1592.
  32. Dalton MF, H Fenton, CA ClevelandGST, EJ Elsmo, and MJ Yabsley*. 2017. Eosinophilic meningoencephalitis associated with rat lungworm (Angiostrongylus cantonensis) migration in two nine-banded armadillos (Dasypus novemcinctus) and an opossum (Didelphis virginiana) in the southeastern United States. International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife 6(2):131-134.
  33. GSTCleveland CA, A Denicola, JP Dubey, RD Berghaus, and MJ Yabsley*. 2017. Survey for selected pathogens in wild pigs (Sus scrofa) from Guam, Marianna Islands, USA. Veterinary Microbiology 205:22-25. IP=2.564
  34. Liu Y, S Watson, J Gettings, R Lund, SK Nordone, MJ Yabsley* (corresponding author), and CS McMahan. 2017. A Bayesian spatio-temporal model for forecasting Anaplasma species seroprevalence in domestic dogs within the contiguous United States. Plos ONE 12(7), 18 pages. IP=no longer provided
  35. Yabsley MJ and SGH SappGST. 2017. Prevalence of Baylisascaris in domestic dog coprological examinations in the United States, 2013-2016. Veterinary Parasitology: Regional Studies and Reports 9:65-69.
  36. Watson S, Y Liu, R Lund, JR GettingsPD, SK Nordone, CS McMahan and MJ Yabsley* (corresponding author). 2017. A Bayesian Spatio-temporal model for forecasting the prevalence of antibodies to Borrelia burgdorferi, causative agent of Lyme disease, in domestic dogs within the contiguous United States. PLoS ONE 12(5): e0174428.. http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0174428 IP=no longer provided
  37. GSTSapp S.G.H, M.A. PfaffGST, M.K. Martin, P. Gupta, K.D. NiedringhausGST, and M.J. Yabsley. 2017. Beyond the raccoon roundworm: The natural history of Baylisascaris species in the New World. International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife 6(2):85-99.
  38. Liu Y, CS McMahan, SK Nordone, RW Stitch, MJ Yabsley, and RB Lund. 2017. A Bayesian spatio-temporal  model for forecasting the prevalence of antibodies to Ehrlichia in domestic dogs within the contiguous United States. Parasites and Vectors 10(1):138 oi: 10.1186/s13071-017-2068-x. IP=3.234
  39. GSTMcDermid, K, A Snyman, FJ Verreynne, J Carroll , B Penzhorn, and MJ Yabsley*. 2017. Surveillance for viral and parasitic pathogens in a vulnerable African lion (Panthera leo) population in the Northern Tuli Game Reserve, Botswana. Journal of Wildlife Diseases 53(1):54-61. IP=1.355
  40. Deprez I, MJ Yabsley, S Fogelson, AC Haley, JA Hicks, R Barber, I Sladokovic, SA Secrest, J Mayer, and SJ Divers. 2017. Baylisascaris procyonis larva migrans in two North American beavers (Castor canadensis), Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine 48(1):232-236. IP=0.421
  41. Geoghegan EM, NL Welch, MJ Yabsley, ME Church, PA Pesavento, and CB Buck. 2017. Identification of a second raccoon-associated polyomavirus. Genome Announcements 5(26):e00548-17. doi:10.1128/genomeA.00548-17
  42. Sircar AD, F Abanyie, D Blumberg, P Chin-Hong, KS Coulter, D Cunningham, WC Huskins, C Langelier, M Reid, BJ Scott, D Shirley, J Babik, A Belova, SGH Sapp, I McAuliffe, HN Rivera, MJ Yabsley, and SP Montgomery. 2016. Baylisascaris procyonis, raccoon roundworm, central nervous system and ocular disease, United States, 2014— 2015. MMWR (in press, will be out September 9th 2016)
  43. Sapp GHS, SB Weinstein, CS McMahan, and MJ Yabsley. Variable infection dynamics in four Peromyscus species following experimental inoculation with Baylisascaris procyonis. Journal of Parasitology (online early)
  44. Gonzalez-Astudillo V, S Hernandez, MJ Yabsley, D Mead, MK Keel, B Munk, JF Fischer, M Ruder, JD Brown, V Peters, and N Nemeth. 2016. Mortality of selected avian orders submitted to a wildlife diagnostic laboratory (Southeastern Cooperative Wildlife Disease Study, USA): a 36-year retrospective analysis. Journal of Wildlife Diseases 52(3):online ahead of print.
  45. Last LA, H Fenton, MJ Yabsley, JG McGuire, and M Moore. Snake fungal disease caused by Ophidiomyces ophiodiicola in a free-ranging mud snake (Farancia abacura). Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation (in press)
  46. Loftis AD, PJ Kelly, CD Paddock, K Blount, JW Johnson, ER Gleim, MJ Yabsley, ML Levin, and L Beati. 2016. Panola Mountain Ehrlichia in Amblyomma maculatum from the United States and Amblyomma variegatum from the Caribbean and Africa. Journal of Medical Entomology (in press).
  47. Eberhard ML, MJ Yabsley, H Zirimwabagabo, H Bishop, CA Cleveland, JC Maerz, R Bringolf, and E Ruiz-Tiben. 2016. The role of fish and frogs as paratenic hosts of Dracunculus medinensis, Emerging Infectious Diseases 22(8):128-1430.
  48. Gleim, ER, LE Garrison, D Cole, M Vello, MY Savage, G Lopez, RD Bergaus, and MJ Yabsley. 2016.  Factors associated with tick bites and pathogen prevalence in ticks parasitizing humans in Georgia, USA. Parasites and Vectors. Mar 2;9(1):125. doi: 10.1186/s13071-016-1408-6.
  49. Rothermel BB, DL Miller, ER Travis, JL McGuire, JB Jensen, and MJ Yabsley. 2016. Disease dynamics of red-spotted newts (Notophthalmus viridescens viridescens) and their anuran prey in a montane pond community. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms. 118(2):113-27. doi: 10.3354/dao02965.
  50. McMahan CS, Wang D, Beall MJ, Bowman DD, Little SE, Pithua PO, Sharp JL, Stich RW, Yabsley MJ, Lund RB. 2016. Factors associated with Anaplasma spp. seroprevalence among dogs in the United States. Parasit Vectors. Mar 22;9(1):169.
  51. Martinsen ES, N McInerney, H Brightman, K Ferebee, T Walsh, W McShea, T Forrester, L Ware, PH Joyner, SL Perkins, EK Latch, MJ Yabsley, JJ Schall, RC Fleischer. 2016. Hidden in plain sight: Endemic malaria parasites in the iconic North American white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) provide insight into malarial evolution. Science Advances Feb 5;2(2):e1501486. 10.1126/sciadv.1501486.
  52. Springer, YP, Hoekman, D, Johnson, PTJ, Duffy, PA, Allan, BF, Amman, BR, Barker, CM, Barrera, R, Beard, CB, Beati, L, Begon, M, Blackmore, MS, Bradshaw, WE, Brisson, D, Calisher, CH, Childs, JE, Diuk-Wasser, MA, Douglass, RJ, Eisen, R, Foley, DH, Foley, JE, Gaff, HD, Gardner, SL, Ginsberg, HS, Glass, GE, Hamer, SA, Hayden, MH, Hjelle, B, Holzapfel, CM, Juliano, SA, Kramer, LD, Kuenzi, AJ, LaDeau, SL, Livdahl, TP, Mills, JN, Moore, CG, Morand, S, Nasci, RS, Ogden, NH, Ostfeld, RS, Parmenter, RR, Piesman, J, Reisen, WK, Savage, HM, Sonenshine, DE, Swei, A, and Yabsley, MJ. Vector and pathogen sampling designs for the National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON). Ecosphere 7(5):e01271. 10.1002/ecs2.1271 40 pages + 25 pages of supplemental material.
  53. Beckwith-Cohen B, DJ Gasper, E Bentley, H Gittleman, AE Ellis, KF Snowden, BC ShockGST, MJ Yabsley, and RR Dubielzig. 2016. Protozoal infections of the cornea and conjunctiva in dogs associated with chronic ocular surface disease and topical immunosuppression. Veterinary Ophthalmology 19(3):206-213. 10.1111/vop.12285
  54. Chambouvet A, D Gower, M Jirku, MJ Yabsley, AK Davis, G Leonard, F Maguire, TM Doherty-Bone, GB Bittencourt-Silva, M Wilkinson, and TA Richards. 2015. Cryptic infection by Perkinsea protists of diverse and globally distributed tadpoles. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 112(34): E4743–E4751.
  55. Rushmore J, A Allison, E Edwards, S Altizer, U Bagal, MR Cranfield, T Glenn, H Liu, M Muller, RM Stumpf, ME Thompson, R. Wrangham, and MJ Yabsley. 2015. Screening great apes for putative sexually transmitted diseases: evidence of Trichomonadidae infections in wild chimpanzees. Journal of Primatology 77(10):1075-85.
  56. Yabsley MJ, AE Ellis, and C Ruckdeschel. High prevalence of Porocephalus crotali infection on a barrier island (Cumberland Island) off the coast of Georgia, with identification of novel intermediate hosts. Journal of Parasitology 101(5):603-7.
  57. Yabsley MJ, K Bailey, and HC Adams. 2015. A novel Eimeria species (Apicomplexa: Eimeriidae) from the mourning dove, Zenaida macroura (Colubiformes: Columbidae). Comparative Parasitology 82(2):231-234.
  58. Cohen, BS, EH Belser, CH Killmaster, JW Bowers, BJ Irwin, MJ Yabsley, and KV Miller. 2015. Epizootiology of cranial abscess disease in white-tailed deer from Georgia. Journal of Wildlife Diseases 51(3):609-18. 
  59. Coomansingh, CM, MJ Yabsley, N Wagner, R Pinckney, MI Bhaiyat, A Chikweto, C Macpherson, and PJ Fields. 2015. Meta-analysis of the prevalence of Dirofilaria immitis in dogs from Grenada, West Indies. International Journal of Veterinary Medicine: Research & Reports. Article 429690, 8 pages.
  60. Thomas JM, Phillips JE, Bunting EM, Yabsley MJ, and Brown, JD. 2015. Molecular surveillance for lymphoproliferative disease virus in hunter killed wild turkeys (Meleagris gallopavo) from the Eastern United States. Journal of Wildlife Diseases. PLoS One 10(4):e0122644. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0122644
  61. Cohen, BS, EH Belser, SP Keeler, MJ Yabsley, and KV Miller. 2015. Isolation and genotypic characterization of Truperella (Arcanobacterium) pyogenes recovered from active cranial abscess infections of male white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus). Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine 46(1):62-7. 
  62. Kistler, WM, DE Stallknecht, C Lebarbenchon, K Pedersen, D Marks, R Mickley, TJ Deliberto, and MJ Yabsley. 2015. Influenza A virus H5-specific antibodies in North American mute swans (Cygnus olor). Journal of Wildlife Diseases 51(2):523-6 http://dx.doi.org/10.7589/2014-08-192 
  63. Kistler, WM, DE Stallknecht, TJ Deliberto, K Van Why, and MJ Yabsley. 2015. Subtype-Specific Influenza A Virus Antibodies in Canada Geese (Branta canadensis). Veterinary Microbiology 177(3-4):296-301.
  64. Kistler WM, SEJ Gibbs, DE Stallknecht, and MJ Yabsley. 2015. Wood ducks (Aix sponsa) as potential reservoirs for avian influenza and avian paramyxoviruses. Avian Pathology 44(3):169-74. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03079457.2015.1020757
  65. Casey CL, SM Hernandez, MJ Yabsley, KF Smith, and S Sanchez.  2015. The carriage of antibiotic resistance by enteric bacteria from imported tokay geckos (Gekko gecko) destined for the pet trade. Science of the Total Environment 505(299-305).
  66. Ramey, A, JA Schmutz, JA Reed, G Fujita, BD Scotton, B Casler, JP Fleskes, K Konishi, and MJ Yabsley. 2015. Evidence of intercontinental parasite exchange through molecular detection and characterization of haematozoa in northern pintails (Anas acuta) sampled throughout the North Pacific Basin. International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife 4(1):11-21.
  67. Gleim, ER, LM Conner, RD Bergaus, ML Levin, GE Zemtsova, and MJ Yabsley. 2014. The effects of long-term prescribed burning on tick population dynamics in southwest Georgia and northwestern Florida. PLOS One 9(11): e112174. http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0112174
  68. Slusher, MJ, BR Wilcox, MP Lutrell, R Poulsen, JD Brown, MJ Yabsley, and DE Stallknecht. 2014. Are passerine birds reservoirs for avian influenza viruses? Journal of Wildlife Diseases 50(4):792-809.
  69. McGuire JL, LL Smith, C Guyer, and MJ Yabsley. 2014. Effects of upper respiratory tract disease on movement and behavior of gopher tortoises (Gopherus polyphemus) in a southwestern Georgia population. Journal of Wildlife Diseases. 50(4):745-756.
  70. McGuire JL, LL Smith, C Guyer, JM Lockhart, and MJ Yabsley. 2014. Surveillance for upper respiratory tract disease and Mycoplasma in free-ranging gopher tortoises (Gopherus polyphemus) in Georgia. Journal of Wildlife Diseases 50(4):733-744.
  71. Winternitz J, MJ Yabsley, and S Altizer. 2014. Wild cyclic voles maintain high neutral and MHC diversity without strong evidence for parasite-mediated selection. Evolutionary Ecology 28:957-975.
  72. Keeler SM, MJ Yabsley, SN McGraw, HC Adams, and SM Hernandez. 2014. A novel Isospora species from warblers of Costa Rica. Journal of Parasitology 100(3):302-304.
  73. Mascarelli PE, MK Keel, MJ Yabsley, L Last, EB Breitschwerdt, and RG Maggi. 2014. Hemotropic mycoplasmas in little brown bats (Myotis lucifugus). Parasites and Vectors 7:117 doi: 10.1186/1756-3305-7-117.
  74. Shock, BC, A Moncayo, S Cohen, PK Williamson, and MJ Yabsley. 2104. Diversity of piroplasms detected in blood-fed and questing ticks from several states in the United States. Tick and Tick-borne Diseases 5(4):373-380 doi: 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2014.01.003
  75. Santamaria A, JE Calzada, A Saldana, MJ Yabsley, and NL Gottdenker. 2014. Molecular diagnosis and species identification of Ehrlichia and Anaplasma infections in dogs from Panama, Central America. Vector Borne and Zoonotic Diseases 14(5):368-370. doi:10.1089/vbz.2013.1488)
  76. Mercurio AD, SM Hernandez, JC Maerz, MJ Yabsley, AL Coleman, LM Shellnutt, AE Ellis, JR Fischer, and SB Wilde. 2014. Experimental feeding of Hydrilla verticillata colonized with Stigonematales cyanobacteria induces vacular myelinoapthy in painted turtles (Chrysemys picta). PLoS ONE 9(4): e93295. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0093295.
  77. Williams, B, A Berentsen, BC Shock, M Teixeira, MR Dunbar, MS Becker, and MJ Yabsley. 2014. Prevalence and diversity of Babesia, Hepatozoon, Ehrlichia, and Bartonella in wild and domestic carnivores in Zambia. Parasitology Research 113(3):911-918.
  78. Kistler WM, JD Brown, and MJ Yabsley. 2014. First report of Angiostrongylus vasorum and Hepatozoon canis in a red fox (Vulpes vulpes) from the United States. Veterinary Parasitology 200(1-2):216-220.
  79. Murray HL, MJ Yabsley, MK Keel, EJB Manning, TJ Wilmers, and JL Corn. 2014. Potential contamination of endangered Florida key deer (Odocoileus virginianus clavium) habitat with Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis. Journal of Wildlife Diseases 50(2):349-353.
  80. Gonynor-McGuire JL, SM Hernandez, LL Smith, and MJ Yabsley. 2014. Safety and utility of an anesthetic protocol for the collection of biological samples from gopher tortoises (Gopherus polyhemus). Wildlife Society Bulletin 38(1):43-50.
  81. Fitzen C, E Mosites, RD Applegate, SR Telford, J Huang, MJ Yabsley, LR Carpenter, JR Dunn, and AC Moncayo. 2014. Ecological investigation following the first human case of babesiosis in Tennessee. Journal of Parasitology 100(1):106-109.
Teaching:

WILD(POPH) 5100/7100 Wildlife Disease Ecology and Management   

WILD(POPH) 4600/6600 Field Methods in Wildlife Health, Research, and Management

POPH 8580 Current Topics in Wildlife Health

FYOS 1001 Freshman Odyssey Seminar: Wildlife Diseases-why do we care?

WILD 8500 Wildlife Disease Ecology and Management (fall 2016)

IDIS 5200/5200L Veterinary Helminthology, Ectoparasitology, and Protozoology

POPH 5201 Wildlife Diseases

 

Service:

Diagnostic parasitologist for SCWDS clinical cases

Conjoined deer fawns offer Warnell researcher glimpse into rare wildlife deformity

An MRI image of the conjoined deer fawns.

A Minnesota mushroom hunter on the prowl for some fungi stumbled across an unbelievable find: two deer fawns sharing one body. The conjoined twin fawns, which were stillborn, are believed to be the first ones found to have reached full-term and then be delivered by their mother. The only other examples of conjoined twin fawns have been found still in utero, said Gino D’Angelo, the University of Georgia researcher who studied the deer.

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