PUBLICATIONS AND PROFESSIONAL PAPERS

 

Peer-reviewed articles

Unit Staff and Students


Ahumada, J.A., M.D. Samuel, D.C. Duffy, and A. Dobson.  Modeling the epidemiology of avian malaria and pox Hawaii.  In Hawaiian Forest Birds: Their Biology and Conservation.  T. K. Pratt, C. T. Atkinson, P. C. Banko, J. Jacobi, and B. L. Woodworth (eds.). Yale University Press, New Haven. In press.

 

Anderson, J.L., J.K. Meece, J.J. Koziczkowski, J. L. Clark, Jr, R.D. Radcliff, C.A. Nolden, M.D. Samuel, and J.L.E. Ellingson.  2007.  Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis in scavenging mammals in Wisconsin.  Journal of Wildlife Diseases. 43:302-308.

 

Blanchong, J.A., D.O. Joly, M.D. Samuel, J.A. Langenberg, R.E. Rolley, and J.F. Sausen.  2006.  White-tailed deer harvest from the chronic wasting disease zone in south-central Wisconsin.  Wildlife Society Bulletin 34:725-731.

 

Conner, M.M., J.E. Gross, P.C. Cross, M.R. Ebinger, R.R. Gillies, M.D. Samuel, and M.M. Miller.  Scale-dependent approaches to modeling spatial epidemiology of chronic wasting disease.  Utah Division of Wildlife, United States Geologic Survey, and Association of Fish & Wildlife Agencies Report, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.  Available at: or all of the websites/CWD_Spatial_Modeling.pdf.

 

Docherty, D.E., M.D. Samuel, C.A. Nolden, K.E. Egstad, and K.M. Griffin.  2006.  West Nile Virus Antibody Prevalence in Medium-sized mammals in southern Wisconsin.  Emerging Infectious Diseases 12:1978-1980.

 

Dubey, J.P.,  N. Sundar,  C.A.Nolden, M.D. Samuel, G.V. Velmurugan, L.A. Bandini, O.C.H. Kwok, B. Bodenstein, and C. Su.  Characterization of Toxoplasma gondii from raccoons (Procyon lotor), coyotes (Canis latrans), and stripped skunks (Mephitis mephitis) in Wisconsin identified several atypical genotypes.  Journal of Parasitology.  In press.

 

Joly, D.O., M.D. Samuel, J.A. Langenberg, J.A. Blanchong, C.A. Batha, R.E. Rolley, D.O. Keane, and C.A. Ribic. 2006. Spatial epidemiology of chronic wasting disease in Wisconsin white-tailed deer.  Journal of Wildlife Diseases 42: 578-588.

 

Ribic, C. 2006.  Virginia Rail in Atlas of the breeding birds of Wisconsin (N.J. Cutright, B.R. Harriman, and R.W. Howe, eds.), The Wisconsin Society for Ornithology, Inc., Waukesha, WI, p 182.

 

Ribic, C. 2006. Sora in Atlas of the breeding birds of Wisconsin (N.J. Cutright, B.R. Harriman, and R.W. Howe, eds.), The Wisconsin Society for Ornithology, Inc., Waukesha, WI, p.184.

 

Samuel, M.D., R.G. Botzler, and G.A. Wobeser.  2007.  Avian cholera.  Pages 239-269 in Infectious Diseases of Wild Birds.  N. J. Thomas, B. J. Hunter, and C. T. Atkinson (eds).  Blackwell Press, Ames, IA.

 

Samuel, M.D., and B.J. Richards.  2006.  Chronic wasting disease in free-ranging North American cervids.  Page 324-328 in Proceedings 22nd Vertebrate Pest Conference.  R. M. Timm and J. M. OBrien (eds).  University of California, Davis, CA.

 

Thompson, A.K., and M.D. Samuel.  Alternative bait marker systems for white-tailed deer.  Proceedings of the 12th Wildlife Damage Management Conference.  In press.

 

Thompson, A.K, M.D. Samuel, and T.R. Van Deelen.  Alternative feeding strategies and potential disease transmission in Wisconsin white-tailed deer.  Journal of Wildlife Management.  In press.

 

Williams, C.K., M.D. Samuel, V.V. Baranyuk, E.G. Cooch, and D. Kraege.  Winter fidelity and apparent survival of lesser snow goose populations in the Pacific flyway.  Journal of Wildlife Management. In press.

 

Unit Affiliates

 

Reintiz, D., T. Yoshino,  and R. Cole. In Press.   A Ribeiroia spp. (Class: Trematoda)- Specific PCR-Based Diagnostic. Journal of Parasitology.  In press.

 

Posters and Papers Presented at Professional Meetings

 

Unit Staff and Students

 

Atkinson, C.T., B.L. Woodworth, D.A. LaPointe, and M.D. Samuel.  2007.  Climate change, vector-borne avian diseases and endemic Hawaiian forest birds what will the future bring.  American Society of Parasitologists, Mexico, June 2007.

 

Blanchong, J.A., M.D. Samuel, K.T. Scribner, and B.V. Weckworth.  2007.  Landscape genetics and the spatial distribution of Chronic Wasting Disease.  Wildlife Disease Association Conference, Estes Park, Colorado, August 2007.

 

Bunck, C., S.L. Sheriff, and C.A. Ribic.  2007.  Advances in Biometrical Methods Over the Last Decade and the Consequences. The Wildlife Society 14th Annual Conference, Tucson, AZ, 22-26 September 2007. (Invited)

 

Dadisman, J., D. Sample, C. Ribic, and K. Ellison.  2007.  Effects of wooded fencerow removal on grassland birds and their predators.  Presentation made at the Wisconsin chapter of the Wildlife Society annual meeting, 6-7 March 2007, Madison, WI.

 

Ellison, K., C.A. Ribic, and D.W. Sample.  2006.  Effects of removing wooded fencerows on grassland birds and their predators.  Poster presented at the 4th North American Ornithological Conference, Veracruz, Mexico, 3-7 October, 2006.

 

Ellison, K.S., C.A. Ribic, and D.W. Sample.  2007.  Effects of removing wooded fencerows on grassland birds and their predators.  Presentation made at the 125th stated meeting of the American Ornithologists' Union, 8-11 August 2007, Laramie, WY.

 

Keane, D., D. Barr, P. Bochsler, M. Hall, T. Gidlewski, K. ORourke, T. Spreaker, and M. Samuel.  CWD in a Wisconsin captive white-tailed deer farm.  Prion 2007, Edinburgh, Scotland, September 2007.

 

Lawson, G.L., P.H. Wiebe, C.J. Ashjian, C.A. Ribic, E. Chapman, A.S. Friedlaender, and D. Thiele.  2007.  Antarctic krill aggregation structure and vertical migration in relation to features of the physical and biological environment.  Presentation made at the 4th International Zooplankton Production Symposium, 28 May - 1 June 2007, Hiroshima, Japan.

 

Neagari, Y., and M.D. Samuel.  2007.  Wildlife health management challenges in Japan past, present, and future.  Wildlife Disease Association Conference, Estes Park, Colorado, August 2007.

 

Osnas, E.E., and M.D. Samuel.  2007.  Transmission of Chronic Wasting Disease in Wisconsin white-tailed deer: Implications for control.  Wildlife Disease Association Conference, Estes Park, Colorado, August 2007.

 

Ribic, C.A. W.R. Fraser, and E. Erdmann.  2007.  Winter foraging areas of Adelie Penguins in the Western Antarctic Peninsula Region.  Poster presented at the 6th International Penguin Conference, Hobart Tasmania, 3-7 September 2007.

 

Ribic, C.A.  2007.  Effects of removing wooded fence rows on grassland birds and their predators. Presentation made at the Wisconsin Society of Ornithologists 68th annual convention, 19 May 2007, Richland Center, WI. (Invited)

 

Ribic, C.A.  2007.  Grassland Conservation in an Agricultural Landscape-a Bird's Eye View. Presentation made at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater Biology Colloquium, Whitewater, WI, 27 April, 2007. (Invited)

 

Ribic, C. A.  2007.   Example of a data standard: The National Marine Debris Monitoring Program. Presentation made at the Environmental Response Data Collection Standards Workshop, University of New Hampshire-Durham, September 25-27, 2007. (Invited)

 

Ribic, C.A., and K.S. Ellison.  2007. Effects of removing wooded fencerows on grassland birds and their predators in southwest Wisconsin.  Minnesota Chapter of the Wildlife Society, Invasive Woody Vegetation Control Workshop, Spicer, MN, 2 August 2007.  (Invited)

 

Sample, D.W., and C.A. Ribic.  2007.  Biofuels in Wisconsin: boon or bane for birds? ESA/SER Joint Meeting, San Jose, CA, 5-10 August 2007. (Invited)

 

Sample, D.W., and C.A. Ribic.  2007.  Biofuels development in Wisconsin: what will it mean for birds? BIOFULES: Breaking the Barriers for Biomass Conversion – Challenges and Opportunities, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN, 19 July 2007. (Invited)

 

Samuel, M.D.  2007.  CWD in Wisconsin Lessons Learned.  PrP Canada 2007 Canadas Prion Research Conference.  Calgary, Alberta, 19-20 February 2007.  (Invited)

 

Samuel, M.D., C.T. Atkinson, B.L. Woodworth, D.A. LaPointe, and P.J. Hart.  2007. The impact of avian malaria on endemic Hawaiian forest birds.  77th Cooper Ornithological Society Meeting, Moscow, Idaho, June 2007.  (Invited)

 

Samuel, M.D.  2007.  Chronic Wasting Disease in Wisconsin white-tailed deer: Is there a practical solution?  Prion 2007, Edinburgh, Scotland, September 2007.  (Invited)

 

Wasserberg G., E. Osnas, R. Rolley, and M. Samuel.  2006.  Modeling CWD: implications of transmission mode on the demographics, epidemiology, and management of CWD. EcoHealth ONE: Forging Collaboration Between Ecology and Health, University of Wisconsin-Madison, WI, 6-10 October 2006.

 

Wasserberg G. 2006.  The Role of Anthropogenic Disturbances in the Resurgence of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis in Southern Israel.  EcoHealth ONE: Forging Collaboration Between Ecology and Health, University of Wisconsin-Madison, WI, 6-10 October 2006.