Browsing by Author "Pabilonia, Kristy"

Parasite communities of wild turkeys (Meleagris gallopavo) in Colorado

Contributor:Shilling Littman, Paige Willever;
Date Submitted:2014

Wild turkeys (Meleagris gallopavo) are large galliform birds, are commonly hunted birds, and they are non-migratory. Wild turkeys were originally found over most of the United States. In the early 1900s they experienced ...

Investigating the potential role of wildlife as reservoirs of Chikungunya virus : experimental infections and field studies

Contributor:Blizzard, Emily Lauren;
Date Submitted:2017

Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) is a mosquito-borne human pathogen endemic to Africa and Asia and the etiologic agent of chikungunya fever (CHIKF), a severe debilitating and often chronic arthralgic disease. The recent introduction ...

Environmental maintenance and transmission of Francisella tularensis in cottontail rabbits, prairie voles, and amoebae

Contributor:Brown, Vienna Rae;
Date Submitted:2016

Tularemia is a zoonotic disease that is endemic in much of the Northern Hemisphere, capable of causing severe disease in a wide range of hosts. This disease is caused by the gram-negative bacterium Francisella tularensis ...

Bats as reservoir hosts : exploring novel viruses in New World bats

Contributor:Malmlov, Ashley;
Date Submitted:2018

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