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Impact of host age on viral and bacterial communities in a waterbird population (2022)
Journal Article
Hill, S. C., François, S., Thézé, J., Smith, A., Simmonds, P., Perrins, C., Van Der Hoek, L., & Pybus, O. (in press). Impact of host age on viral and bacterial communities in a waterbird population. ISME Journal,

Wildlife harbour pathogens that can harm human or livestock health and are the source of most emerging infectious diseases. It is rarely considered how changes in wildlife population age-structures or how age-stratified behaviours might alter the lev... Read More about Impact of host age on viral and bacterial communities in a waterbird population.

Review of Peste des Petits Ruminants Occurrence and Spread in Tanzania (2021)
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Mdetele, D., Komba, E., Misago, S., Misinzo, G., Kock, R., & Jones, B. (2021). Review of Peste des Petits Ruminants Occurrence and Spread in Tanzania. Animals, 11(6), Article 1698. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani11061698

Peste des petits ruminants (PPR) is an important transboundary disease of domestic small ruminants, camels and wild artiodactyls. The disease has significant socioeconomic impacts on communities that depend on livestock for their livelihood, and is a... Read More about Review of Peste des Petits Ruminants Occurrence and Spread in Tanzania.

Peste des petits ruminants virus infection at the wildlife-livestock interface in the Greater Serengeti ecosystem, 2015-2019 (2021)
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Jones, B. A., Mahapatra, M., Mdetele, D., Keyyu, J., Gakuya, F., Eblate, E., Lekolool, I., Limo, C., Ndiwa, J. N., Hongo, P., Wanda, J. S., Shilinde, L., Mdaki, M., Benfield, C., Parekh, K., Neto, M. M., Ndeereh, D., Misinzo, G., Makange, M. R., Caron, A., …Kock, R. (2021). Peste des petits ruminants virus infection at the wildlife-livestock interface in the Greater Serengeti ecosystem, 2015-2019. Viruses,

Peste des petits ruminants (PPR) is a viral disease of goats and sheep that occurs in Africa, the Middle East and Asia with severe impact on livelihoods and livestock trade. Many wild artiodactyls are susceptible to PPR virus (PPRV) infection, and so... Read More about Peste des petits ruminants virus infection at the wildlife-livestock interface in the Greater Serengeti ecosystem, 2015-2019.

Limited Genetic Diversity Detected in Middle East Respiratory Syndrome-Related Coronavirus Variants Circulating in Dromedary Camels in Jordan (2021)
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Seifert, S. N., Schulz, J. E., Ricklefs, S., Letko, M., Yabba, E., Hijazeen, Z. S., Holloway, P., Al-Omari, B., Talafha, H. A., Tibbo, M., Adney, D. R., Guitian, J., Amarin, N., Richt, J. A., McDowell, C., Steel, J., Abu-Basha, E. A., Al-Majali, A. M., van Doremalen, N., & Munster, V. J. (in press). Limited Genetic Diversity Detected in Middle East Respiratory Syndrome-Related Coronavirus Variants Circulating in Dromedary Camels in Jordan. Viruses, 13(4), 592. https://doi.org/10.3390/v13040592

Activity In Vitro of Clotrimazole against Canine Methicillin-Resistant and Susceptible Staphylococcus pseudintermedius (2017)
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Frosini, S.-M., & Bond, R. (2017). Activity In Vitro of Clotrimazole against Canine Methicillin-Resistant and Susceptible Staphylococcus pseudintermedius. Antibiotics, 6(4), https://doi.org/10.3390/antibiotics6040029

Emergence of multidrug-resistance in Staphylococcus pseudintermedius (SP) has increased interest in topical therapy as an alternative to systemic antibiotics in canine pyoderma. The antifungal imidazole, clotrimazole, is contained in numerous license... Read More about Activity In Vitro of Clotrimazole against Canine Methicillin-Resistant and Susceptible Staphylococcus pseudintermedius.

Opportunities for topical antimicrobial therapy: permeation of canine skin by fusidic acid (2017)
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Frosini, S.-M., Bond, R., Loeffler, A., & Larner, J. (2017). Opportunities for topical antimicrobial therapy: permeation of canine skin by fusidic acid. BMC Veterinary Research, 13(345), https://doi.org/10.1186/s12917-017-1270-6

Staphylococcal infection of the canine epidermis and hair follicle is amongst the commonest reasons for antimicrobial prescribing in small animal veterinary practice. Topical therapy with fusidic acid (FA) is an attractive alternative to systemic the... Read More about Opportunities for topical antimicrobial therapy: permeation of canine skin by fusidic acid.

Molecular characterisation of protist parasites in human-habituated mountain gorillas (Gorilla beringei beringei), humans and livestock, from Bwindi impenetrable National Park, Uganda (2017)
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Nolan, M. J., Unger, M., Yeap, Y. T., Rogers, E., Millet, I., Harman, K., Fox, M. T., Kalema-Zikusoka, G., & Blake, D. P. (2017). Molecular characterisation of protist parasites in human-habituated mountain gorillas (Gorilla beringei beringei), humans and livestock, from Bwindi impenetrable National Park, Uganda. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-017-2283-5

Over 60 % of human emerging infectious diseases are zoonotic, and there is growing evidence of the zooanthroponotic transmission of diseases from humans to livestock and wildlife species, with major implications for public health, economics, and cons... Read More about Molecular characterisation of protist parasites in human-habituated mountain gorillas (Gorilla beringei beringei), humans and livestock, from Bwindi impenetrable National Park, Uganda.

Regulation of bone mineral density in the grey squirrel, Sciurus carolinensis: Bioavailability of calcium oxalate, and implications for bark stripping (2017)
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Nichols, C. P., Gregory, N. G., Goode, N., Gill, R. M. A., & Drewe, J. A. (2017). Regulation of bone mineral density in the grey squirrel, Sciurus carolinensis: Bioavailability of calcium oxalate, and implications for bark stripping. Journal of Animal Physiology and Animal Nutrition, 102(1), https://doi.org/10.1111/jpn.12740

Policies and livestock systems driving brucellosis re-emergence in Kazakhstan (2017)
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Beauvais, W., Coker, R., Nurtazina, G., & Guitian, J. (2017). Policies and livestock systems driving brucellosis re-emergence in Kazakhstan. EcoHealth, 14(2), 399-407. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10393-015-1030-7

Brucellosis is a considerable public health and economic burden in many areas of the world including sub-Saharan Africa, the Middle East and former USSR countries. The collapse of the USSR has been cited as a driver for re-emergence of diseases inclu... Read More about Policies and livestock systems driving brucellosis re-emergence in Kazakhstan.

Isolation and Potential for Transmission of Mycobacterium bovis at Human–livestock–wildlife Interface of the Serengeti Ecosystem, Northern Tanzania (2017)
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Katale, B. Z., Mbugi, E. V., Siame, K. K., Keyyu, J. D., Kendall, S., Kazwala, R. R., Dockrell, H. M., Fyumagwa, R., Michel, A. L., Rweyemamu, M., Streicher, E. M., Warren, R. M., Van Helden, P., & Matee, M. I. (2017). Isolation and Potential for Transmission of Mycobacterium bovis at Human–livestock–wildlife Interface of the Serengeti Ecosystem, Northern Tanzania. Transboundary and Emerging Diseases, 64(3), 815-825. https://doi.org/10.1111/tbed.12445

A Blueprint to Evaluate One Health (2017)
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Rüegg, S., McMahon, B. J., Haesler, B., Esposito, R., Nielsen, L. R., Ifejika Speranza, C., Ehlinger, T., Peyre, M., Aragrande, M., Zinsstag, J., Davies, P., Mihalca, A. D., Buttigieg, S. C., Rushton, J., Carmo, L. P., De Meneghi, D., Canali, M., Filippitzi, M. E., Goutard, F. L., Ilieski, V., …Lindberg, A. (2017). A Blueprint to Evaluate One Health. Frontiers in Public Health, 5, https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2017.00020

Spatial analysis and identification of environmental risk factors affecting the distribution of Indoplanorbis and Lymnaea species in semi-arid and irrigated areas of Haryana, India (2016)
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Sangwan, A. K., Jackson, B. F., De Glanville, W. A., Pfeiffer, D. U., & Stevens, K. B. (2016). Spatial analysis and identification of environmental risk factors affecting the distribution of Indoplanorbis and Lymnaea species in semi-arid and irrigated areas of Haryana, India. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.parepi.2016.05.005

Nutritional characterisation of low-income households of Nairobi: socioeconomic, livestock and gender considerations and predictors of malnutrition from a cross-sectional survey (2016)
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Dominguez-Salas, P., Alarcon, P., Häsler, B., Doohoo, I. R., Colverson, K., Kimani-Murage, E. W., Alonso, S., Ferguson, E., Fèvre, E. M., Rushton, J., & Grace, D. (2016). Nutritional characterisation of low-income households of Nairobi: socioeconomic, livestock and gender considerations and predictors of malnutrition from a cross-sectional survey. BMC Nutrition, 2(47), https://doi.org/10.1186/s40795-016-0086-2

Interaction of chlorhexidine with trisEDTA or miconazole in vitro against canine meticillin-resistant and susceptible Staphylococcus pseudintermedius isolates from two UK regions (2016)
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Clark, S. M., Schmidt, V. M., Chang, Y. M., Wilson, A., Timofte, D., Bond, R., & Loeffler, A. (2016). Interaction of chlorhexidine with trisEDTA or miconazole in vitro against canine meticillin-resistant and susceptible Staphylococcus pseudintermedius isolates from two UK regions. Veterinary Dermatology, 27(5), 340+. https://doi.org/10.1111/vde.12357

Investigating poultry trade patterns to guide avian influenza surveillance and control: a case study in Vietnam (2016)
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Fournié, G., Tripodi, A., Nguyen, T. T. T., Nguyen, V. T., Tran, T. T., Bisson, A., Pfeiffer, D. U., & Newman, S. H. (2016). Investigating poultry trade patterns to guide avian influenza surveillance and control: a case study in Vietnam. https://doi.org/10.1038/srep29463

Live bird markets are often the focus of surveillance activities monitoring avian influenza viruses (AIV) circulating in poultry. However, in order to ensure a high sensitivity of virus detection and effectiveness of management actions, poultry manag... Read More about Investigating poultry trade patterns to guide avian influenza surveillance and control: a case study in Vietnam.

Exploring pig trade patterns to inform the design of risk-based disease surveillance and control strategies (2016)
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Guinat, C., Relun, A., Wall, B. A., Morris, A., Dixon, L., & Pfeiffer, D. U. (2016). Exploring pig trade patterns to inform the design of risk-based disease surveillance and control strategies. https://doi.org/10.1038/srep28429

An understanding of the patterns of animal contact networks provides essential information for the design of risk-based animal disease surveillance and control strategies. This study characterises pig movements throughout England and Wales between 20... Read More about Exploring pig trade patterns to inform the design of risk-based disease surveillance and control strategies.