Wildlife Health Group Publications

[NB wildlife health group staff members are underlined]

Llanos-Soto, S.G., Yaffy, D., Pavlak, M., & Ivanek, R. (2025) Transmission dynamics of highly pathogenic avian influenza among multiple waterfowl species and backyard poultry: the impact of the stopover period. Scientific Reports, 15, 5861. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-89827-y

Vecchiato, M., Lawson, B., Seilern-Moy, K., White, M. L., Jones, N., Brown, F., Yaffy, D., Medlock, J. M., & Hansford, K. M. (2025). Limited occurrence of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato in the European hedgehog (Erinaceus europaeus) and Ixodes hexagonus in Great Britain. Ticks and tick-borne diseases, 16(3), 102475. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ttbdis.2025.102475 

Milnes E.L. (2025) ‘Chapter 12: Rehabilitation of deer’, in Foster, A (ed.) Deer Medicine. Chichester: John Wiley and Sons Inc, pp. 115-122. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781394221370.ch09

Wrigglesworth, E., Dodds, J., Morgan, R.E., Milnes, E. and Spiro, S., 2025. Severe periodontal disease in a geriatric southern white rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum simum). Veterinary Record Case Reports, 13(2), p.e70009. https://doi.org/10.1002/vrc2.70009

Norman, A., Simpson-Brown, E. and Patterson, S., 2025. A retrospective study comparing the safety of ketamine-medetomidine and tiletamine-zolazepam-medetomidine for chemical restraint of captive Panthera spp. Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine, 56(1), pp.16-24. https://doi.org/10.1638/2024-0018

Smith, E.H., Van de Weyer, Y. and Patterson, S., 2024. Rabies and the Arctic Fox (Vulpes lagopus): A Review. The Journal of Wildlife Diseases, 60(3), pp.572-583. https://doi.org/10.7589/JWD-D-23-00113

Patterson, S., 2024. Utilising a livestock model for wildlife health planning. Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 11, p.1466740. https://doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2024.1466740

McCreesh, K., Guthrie, A.L., Spiro, S. and Patterson, S., 2024. A systematic review of retrospective morbidity and mortality studies on captive wildlife species. Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine, 55(1), pp.1-12. https://doi.org/10.1638/2023-0093

Lakshminarayana, S.B., Guthrie, A., Blake, D.P., Harley, J., MacKintosh, A., Lait, P.J., Bacon, A. and Milnes, E.L., 2024. Detection of Babesia cf. odocoilei, Babesia capreoli, and Anaplasma phagocytophilum in cervids of the Scottish Highlands, United Kingdom. Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine, 55(3), pp.750-756. https://doi.org/10.1638/2023-0140

Ferreira, B., Girling, S., Guthrie, A., Milnes, E., Stidworthy, M.F. and Bacon, A., 2024. Mortality and morbidity review in the United Kingdom ex situ population of European wildcats (Felis silvestris) between 2000 and 2021. Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine, 55(2), pp.369-380. https://doi.org/10.1638/2023-0086

Curry, B.A., Drane, A.L., Atencia, R., Feltrer, Y., Calvi, T., Milnes, E.L., Moittié, S., Weigold, A., Knauf-Witzens, T., Sawung Kusuma, A. and Howatson, G., 2024. Left ventricular trabeculation in Hominidae: divergence of the human cardiac phenotype. Communications Biology, 7(1), p.682. https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-024-06280-9