Dr Tammy Shadbolt
BSc Hons BVMS MSc PhD PG Cert FHEA MRCVS
Teaching Fellow (Casual)
Campus: Hawkshead
I am currently working as a wildlife veterinarian and post-doctoral research assistant in the disease risk analysis and health surveillence (DRAHS) team at the Zoological Society of London (ZSL). Working in close collaboration with conservation organisations, I carry out disease risk analysis (DRA) prior to the conservation translocation of rare and endangered species, advise on disease risk management (DRM) during translocation and conduct post-release health surveillance (PRHS) to continually monitor the health and welfare of wild animal species of conservation concern. I am an honorary lecturer at the RVC.
I hold a BVM&S in Veterinary Medicine and Surgery and have a clinical background working as a veterinarian in private and charity practice in the UK and internationally. I also hold a BSc Hons in Veterinary Conservation Medicine, MSc in Wild Animal Health, PhD in the Pathogenesis of Tasmanian Devil Facial Tumour Disease and PG Cert in Veterinary Education. I am a member of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons and Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.
My current research interests are focused on infectious and non-infectious disease threats to populations of rare native species translocated for conservation purposes. Specifically, I am interested in improving how we assimilate and analyse data gathered during post-release health surveillance of translocated species to improve our understanding of species-specific disease threats and iteratively inform disease risk analyses for future conservation translocations.
Funk, W.S., Shadbolt, T., Fox, M.T., Sainsbury, A.W. & Blake, D.P. (2025) Identification of Porrocaecum moraveci in red kites in England and Wales, a species of conservation concern. Parasitology Research 124:61. doi: 10.1007/s00436-025-08512-1
Bourn, N.A.D., O’Riordan, S., Maes, D., Goffart, P., Shadbolt, T., Hordley, L., Sainsbury, A.W., Bulman, C., Hoare, D., Field, R., Curson, J., Wildman, J.P., Halford, G., Jaffe, J., Donald, H., Van Eenaeme, D. & Ellis, S. (2024) The history, science and preliminary results from the reintroduction of the chequered skipper, (Carterocephalus palaemon) into Rockingham forest, England. Journal of Insect Conservation 28:1063-1078. doi: 10.1007/s10841-024-00601-3
Gibson, L. & Shadbolt, T., Pranab, P., Gerard, G., Wrigglesworth, E., Sainsbury, A.W., Donald, H., Jaffe, J.E., Januszczak, I., Fitzpatrick, L.D., Burrell, C., Davies, H., Dastjerdi, A. & Spiro, S. (2024) Prevalence and Molecular Analysis of Encephalomyocarditis Virus-2 in the Hazel Dormouse. EcoHealth 21: 112-122. doi: 10.1007/s10393-024-01680-z
Gerard, G., Common, S.M., Jaffe, J.E., Shadbolt, T. & Sainsbury, A.W. (2022) Plastic ingestion in an emaciated red kite (Milvus milvus) in England. Vet Record Case Reports. e454. doi: 10.1002/vrc2.454
Pettorelli N., Schulte to Bühne H., Cunningham A.A., Dancer A., Debney A., Durant S.M., Hoffmann M., Laughlin B., Pilkington J., Pecorelli J., Seiffert S., Shadbolt T. & Terry A. (2022) Rewilding our cities. ZSL report, London, UK
Shadbolt, T., Pocknell, A., Sainsbury, A.W., Egerton-Read, S. & Blake, D.P. (2021) Molecular identification of Sarcocystis wobeseri-like parasites in a new intermediate host species, the white-tailed sea eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla). Parasitology Research 120: 1845-1850. doi: 0.1007/s00436-021-07103-0
Shadbolt, T., Sainsbury, A.W., Foster, J. & Bernhard, T. (2021) Risks from poorly planned conservation translocations. The Veterinary Record 188 (7): 269-269. doi: 10.1002/vetr.373
Common, S., Shadbolt, T., Walsh, K. & Sainsbury, A.W. (2021) The risk from SARS-CoV-2 to bat species in England and mitigation options for conservation field workers. Transboundary and Emerging Diseases 69 (5) 00:1-12. doi: 10.1111/tbed.14035
I am honorary lecturer at the RVC and contribute to wildlife health teaching on degree programmes including the MSc in Wild Animal Biology and MSc in Wild Animal Health. I have previously taught on the BVetMed, accelerated BVetMed, MSci Wild Animal Biology and PG Cert in Veterinary Education programmes.