U.S. Department of Agriculture: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

United States Department of Agriculture Wildlife Services: Staff Publications

The mission of USDA APHIS Wildlife Services (WS) is to provide federal leadership and expertise to resolve wildlife conflicts to allow people and wildlife to coexist. Wildlife Services conducts program delivery, research, and other activities through its regional and state offices, the National Wildlife Research Center (NWRC), its field stations, as well as through its national programs.

2024

Toxoplasma gondii Survey in Waterfowl and Gulls from Eight USA States, Sawsan Ammar, Tania J. Dawant, Janetta Kelly, Graham Hickling, Justin Brown, Kyle R. Van Why, Rebecca Poulson, Chunlei Su, and Richard W. Gerhold Jr.

Molecular Characterization of Non-H5 and Non-H7 Avian Influenza Viruses from Non-Mallard Migratory Waterbirds of the North American Flyways, 2006–2011, Shahan Azeem, John A. Baroch, Deepanker Tewari, Kristy L. Pabilonia, Mary L. Killian, Birgit Bradel-Tretheway, Dong Sun, Sara Ghorbani-Nezami, and Kyoung-Jin Yoon

Natural Selection on Feralization Genes Contributed to the Invasive Spread of Wild Pigs Throughout the United States, Niek W. G. Barmentlo, Patrick G. Meirmans, William H. Stiver, Joseph G. Yarkovich, Blake E. McCann, Antoinette J. Piaggio, Dominic Wright, Timothy J. Smyser, and Mirte Bosse

Assessing the Efficiency of Local Rabies Vaccination Strategies for Raccoons (Procyon lotor) in an Urban Setting, Guillaume Bastille-Rousseau, Nicole T. Gorman, Katherine M. McClure, Larissa Nituch, Tore Buchanan, Richard B. Chipman, Amy T. Gilbert, and Kim M. Pepin

Oral Rabies Vaccination of Raccoons (Procyon lotor) across a Development Intensity Gradient in Burlington, Vermont, USA, 2015–2017, Emily M. Beasley, Kathleen M. Nelson, Dennis Slate, Amy T. Gilbert, Frederick E. Pogmore, Richard B. Chipman, and Amy J. Davis

Use of Nest Boxes by European Starlings (Sturnus vulgaris): Effects of Perceived Nest Predation Risk, Bradley F. Blackwell, Morgan B. Pfeiffer, Joshua L. Hoblet, and Bruce N. Buckingham

African Swine Fever at the Wildlife-Livestock Interface: Challenges for Management and Outbreak Response within Invasive Wild Pigs in the United States, Vienna R. Brown; Ryan S. Miller; Kim M. Pepin; Keith M. Carlisle; Merril A, Cook; Cole F. Vanicek; Lindsey K. Holmstrom; Lisa T. Rochette; and Timothy J. Smyser

Invasive Wild Pig (Sus scrofa) Diets on Barrier Islands in the Southeastern United States, Vienna R. Canright, Antoinette J. Piaggio, and James C. Beasley

Distribution and Prevalence of Antibodies to Trichinella spp. and Toxoplasma gondii in wild pigs (Sus scrofa) in the United States, Christopher A. Cleveland, Ellen Haynes, Katherine C. Callaghan, Alinde Fojtik, Sarah Coker, Emily Doub, Vienna R. Brown, Ania A. Majewska, and Michael J. Yabsley

Evaluation of Contingency Actions to Control the Spread of Raccoon Rabies in Ohio and Virginia, Amy J. Davis, Richard B. Chipman, Kathleen M. Nelson, Betsy S. Haley, Jordana D. Kirby, Xiaoyue Ma, Ryan M. Wallace, and Amy. T. Gilbert

Applications of Chemical Bird Repellents for Crop and Resource Protection: A Review and Synthesis, Shelagh T. DeLiberto and Scott J. Werner

Discrimination among Similarly Colored Goose Species in Federal Harvest Surveys, Joshua L. Dooley, Paul F. Doherty Jr., David L. Otis, Gary C. White, Daniel R. Taylor, Doreen L. Griffin, Syephen C. Chandler, Stephanie M. Catino, Kathy K. Fleming, Robert V. Raftovich, and Antoinette J. Piaggio

Use of Rhodamine B as a Biomarker in a Simulated Oral Vaccine Deployment against Bovine Tuberculosis in White-tailed Deer, David Dressel, Kurt VerCauteren, Michael Lavelle, Nathan P. Snow, and Henry Campa III

Alabama Agricultural Producers’ Experiences with Wild Pigs (Sus scrofa) and Their Preferences Concerning Wild Pig Management, Hailey E. Ellis, Luren M. Jaebker, Alan D. Bright, Mark D. Smith, and Keith M. Carlisle

Eradication of Feral Swine from a Barrier Island in Florida, USA: An Examination of Effort and Multi-method, Multi-species Population Indexing, Richard M. Engeman, Eric A. Tillman, Betsy A. Evans, John C. Griffin, Garrison Grobaski, Bradley S. Smith, John Stark, and Bryan M. Kluever

Site-specific Space Use and Resource Selection by Black Vultures (Coragyps atratus) in the Southeastern USA, Betsy Evans, John S. Humphrey, Eric A. Tillman, Michael L. Avery, and Bryan M. Kluever

Relief Displacement of Airborne Objects, Esteban Fernández-Juricic, Joe Crumpton, Morgan B. Pfeiffer, Sathishkummar Saiappan, Jared A. Elmore, Landon R. Jones, B. Santhana Krishnan, Raymond B. Iglay, and Bradley F. Blackwell

Estimating Landscape Spread of a Low-prevalence Disease using Multiple Surveillance Methods, Abigail Feuka, Aakash Pandey, Melinda Cosgrove, Megan Moriarty, Anthony Duffiney, Henry Campa III, Kurt C. VerCuteren, and Kimberly M. Pepin

Binding Affinity, Selectivity, and Pharmacokinetics of the Oxytocin Receptor Antagonist L-368,899 in the Coyote (Canis latrans), Sara M. Freeman, J. Leon Catrow, James Eric Cox, Alexandra Turano, McKenna A. Rich, Hillary P. Ihrig, Naveena Poudyal, Cheng-Wei Tom Chang, Eric M. Gese, Julie K. Young, and Aaron L. Olsen

Effects of the Immunocontraceptive GonaCon on Pregnancy in Brucella-Seropositive American Bison (Bison bison), Rebecca K. Frey, Morgan E. Wehtje, Pauline Nol, Patrick R. Clarke, Jack C. Rhyan, Matthew P. McCollum, Lowell A. Miller, and Douglas C. Eckery

Population Growth Rates of Pronghorn: Influence of Temporally and Spatially Explicit Conditions, Density Dependence, and Scale, Eric M. Gese, Cole A. Bleke, Shane B. Roberts, Paul Atwood, and Patricia A. Terletzky

Characterizing Feral Swine Movement across the Contiguous United States Using Neural Networks and Genetic Data, Rachael M. Giglio, Courtney F. Bowden, Ryan K. Brook, Antoinette J. Piaggio, and Timothy J. Smyser

Reemergence of a Big Brown Bat Lyssavirus rabies Variant in Striped Skunks in Flagstaff, Arizona, USA, 2021–2023, Amy T. Gilbert, Lolita I. Van Pelt, Lias A. Hastings, Crystal M. Gigante, Lillian A. Orciari, Sabrina Kelley, Kathryn Fitzpatrick, René Edgar Condori, Yu Li, Scott Brunt, April Davis, Matthew W. Hopken, Clara C. P. Mankowski, Ryan M. Wallace, Charles E. Rupprecht, Richard B. Chipman, and David L. Bergman

Increased Bat Activity at Urban Water Sources: Implications for Cross-species Transmission of Bat Rabies to Mesocarnivores, Lias A. Hastings, Carol L. Chambers, David L. Bergman, and Tad C. Theimer

Landscape-Scale Epidemiological Dynamics of SARS-CoV-2 in White-tailed Deer, Joshua Hewitt, Grete Wilson-Henjum, Derek T. Collins, Timothy J. Linder, Julianna B. Lenoch, Jonathan D. Heale, Christopher A. Quintanal, Robert Pleszewski, Dillon S. McBride, Andrew S. Bowman, Jeffrey C. Chandler, Susan A. Shriner, Sarah N. Bevins, Dennis J. Kohler, Richard B. Chipman, Allen L. Gosser, David L. Bergman, Thomas J. DeLiberto, and Kim M. Pepin

Home Range and Resource Selection of Virginia Opossums in the Rural Southeastern United States, Jacob E. Hill, David A. Bernasconi, Richard B. Chipman, Amy T. Gilbert, James C. Beasley, Olin E. Rhodes Jr., and Guha Dharmarajan

Influence of Habitat and Baiting Strategy on Oral Rabies Vaccine Bait Uptake by Raccoons in the Southeastern United States, Jacob E. Hill, Madison L. Miller, Richard B. Chipman, Amy T. Gilbert, James C. Beasley, Guha Dharmarajan, and Olin E. Rhodea

Genetic Tracking of a Rabid Coyote (Canis latrans) Detected beyond a Rabies Enzootic Area in West Virginia, USA, Matthew W. Hopken, Crystal Gigante, Amy T. Gilbert, Richard B. Chipman, Jordana D. Kirby, Rene Edgar Condori, Samuel Mills, Chelsea Hartley, John Forbes, Lisa Dettinger, Dongxiang Xia, Yu Li, and Bridgett vonHoldt

Expanding CWD Disease Surveillance Options Using Environmental Contamination at Deer Signposts, Miranda H. J. Huang, Steve Demarais, Alejandro Banda, Bronson K. Strickland, Anna Grace Welch, Scoty Hearst, Stuart Lichtenberg, Allan Houston, and Kim M. Pepin

Expanding CWD Disease Surveillance Options Using Environmental Contamination at Deer Signposts, Miranda Hsiang-Ning Jacobson Huang

Efficacy of X-Ray Phytosanitary Irradiation on the Infectivity and Reproduction of Angiostrongylus cantonensis in Experimentally Infected Rats, Susan I. Jarvi, Lisa M. Kaluna, Steven C. Hess, Lindsey Hamilton, Carmen Antaky, Robert T. Sugihara, Israel L. Leinbach, Yaeko Tagami, Argon Steel, Kathleen Howe, Steven Jacquier, Forrest Cookman, Jocelyn Diaz, John Jacob, and Peter Follett

Comparison of Ketamine-Xylazine, Butorphanol-Azaperone-Medetomidine, and Nalbuphine-Medetomidine-Azaperone for Raccoon (Procyon lotor) Immobilization, Shylo R. Johnson, Christine K. Ellis, Chad Wickham, Molly R. Selleck, and Amy T. Gilbert

Unraveling Parasite Identification in Invasive and Endangered Squirrel Species: Potential for Parasite Spillover, Deandra Jones, Patricia S. Stock, Emilie Lefoulon, Maria V. Mazzamuto, W. Eugene Hall, David L. Bergman, and John L. Kaprowski

Measuring Changes in Pork Demand, Welfare Effects, and the Role of Information Sources in the Event of an African Swine Fever Outbreak in the United States, Pratyoosh Kashyap, Jordan F. Suter, and Sophie C. McKee

Records of Fleas (Siphonaptera) from Delaware [Sampling, Distribution, Dispersal], Ashley C. Kennedy, Wil S. Winter, Alfred L. Gardner, Neal Woodman, Scarlett A. Shifflet, Sierra Redus, Jeffrey R. Newcomer, and Ralph P. Eckerlin

Seroprevalence of Bovine Viral Diarrhea Virus in Wild Pigs (Sus scrofa) in 17 States in the USA, Shari M. Kennedy, Thomas Passler, Stephen S. Ditchkoff, Vienna R. Brown, Gage W. Raithel, Manuel F. Chamorro, Paul H. Walz, Constantinos S. Kyriakis, and Shollie M. Falkenberg

Efficacy of an Inflatable Deterrent for Reducing New World Vulture Human‑wildlife Conflict, Bryan M. Kluever, Betsy A. Evans, Noah M. Osterhoudt, and Eric A. Tillman

Effects of Ungulate‐proof Fencing on Space Use by Wild Pigs, Kelly Koriakin, D. Buck Jolley, Benjamin Smith, Kurt C. VerCauteren, and Nathan P. Snow

Potential Landscape Connectivity for Invasive Wild Pigs (Sus scrofa) across the Northern Prairies of North America, Corey J. Kramer, Melanie R. Boudreau, Ryan Powers, Kurt C. VerCauteren, Ryan S. Miller, and Ryan K. Brook

Pathology of Chronic Mycoplasma ovipneumoniae Carriers in a Declining Bighorn Sheep (Ovis canadensis) Population, Jennifer L. Malmberg, Samantha E. Allen, Jessica E. Jennings-Gaines, Marguerite Johnson, Katie L. Luukkonen, Kara M. Robbins, Todd E. Cornish, Rachel A. Smiley, Brittany L. Wagler, Zach Gregory, Daryl Lutz, Pat Hnlicka, Kevin L. Monteith, and William H. Edwards

Experimental Assessment of Laser Scarecrows for Reducing Avian Damage to Sweet Corn, Sean T. Manz, Kathryn E. Sieving, Rebecca N. Brown, Page E. Klug, and Bryan M. Kluever

An Estimate of the Marginal Annual Economic Contribution of Wild-pig Hunting in Texas, Sophie C. McKee, Keith M. Carlisle, John Tomeček, Stephanie A. Shwiff, Rachael Connally, Maureen Frank, Mike Bodenchuk, and Nicole Didero

Comprehensive Economic Impacts of Wild Pigs on Producers of Six Crops in the South-Eastern US and California, Sophie C. McKee, John J. Mayer, and Stephanie A. Shwiff

Frequency and Vehicle Damage Costs of Wild Pig‑Vehicle Collisions in the United States, 2015–2022, Sophie C. McKee, Jeremiah L. Psiropoulos, and John J. Mayer

High Thermal Quality Rookeries Facilitate High Thermoregulatory Accuracy in Pregnant Female Rattlesnakes, Haley A. Moniz, Jack Henry Buck, Hayley L. Crowell, Scott M. Goetz, Trevor D. Ruiz, Emily N. Taylor, and Scott M. Bobacks

Identifying Priority Mitigation Areas for Human–Osprey Conflict, Natasha K. Murphy, Melanie R. Boudreau, Brian S. Dorr, Kate Slankard, and Scott A. Rush

Biodistribution Analysis of Peptide-Coated Magnetic Iron Nanoparticles: A Simple and Quantitative Method, Pavithra Natarajan, Katherine Horak, Jennifer Rowe, Sungmin Yoon, Joshua Lingo, John M. Tomich, and Sherry D. Fleming

Effects of Pregnancy Prevention on Brucella abortus Shedding in American Bison (Bison bison), Pauline Nol, Rebecca Frey, Morgan Wehtje, Jack C. Rhyan, Patrick Ryan Clarke, Matthew McCollum, Christine Quance, Douglas C. Eckery, and Suelee Robbe-Austerman

Wildlife Vaccination Strategies for Eliminating Bovine Tuberculosis in White-tailed Deer Populations, Aakash Pandey, Abigail B. Feuka, Melinda Cosgrove, Megan Moriarty, Anthony Duffiney, Kurt C. VerCauteren, Henry Campa III, and Kim M. Pepin

Steps Towards Operationalizing One Health Approaches, Kim M. Pepin, Keith M. Carlisle, Dean Anderson, Michael G. Baker, Richard B. Chipman, Jackie Benschop, Nigel P. French, Suzie Greenhalgh, Scott McDougall, Petra Muellner, Emil Murphy, Dion R. J. Neale, Michael J. Plank, and David T. S. Hayman

Coyotes in the Great Basin Desert Do Not Exhibit a Spatial Response Following the Removal of Anthropogenic Water Sources, Nadine A. Pershyn, Eric M. Gese, Erica F. Stuber, and Bryan M. Kluever

Kit Foxes Demonstrate Adaptive Compromise Characteristics under Intraguild Predation Pressure by Coyotes in the Great Basin Desert, Nadine A. Pershyn, Eric M. Gese, Erica F. Stuber, and Bryan M. Kluever

Experimental SARS-CoV-2 Infection of Elk and Mule Deer, Stephanie M. Porter, Airn E. Hartwig, Helle Bielefeldt-Ohmann, Jeffrey M. Marano, J. Jeffrey Root, and Angela M. Bosco-Lauth

Characterization of Recent Wild Pig‑Vehicle Collisions in Georgia, USA, Jeremiah L. Psiropoulos, Emily Howe, John J. Mayer, and Sophie C. McKee

Ethyl-iophenoxic Acid as a Serum Marker for Oral Baiting of Tasmanian Devils, Ruth Pye, David Nichols, Sally A. Nofs, Amy T. Gilbert, and Andrew S. Flies

Prevalence of Avian Influenza Virus in Atypical Wild Birds Host Groups during an Outbreak of Highly Pathogenic Strain EA/AM H5N1, Jourdan M. Ringenberg, Kelsey Weir, Lee Humberg, Carl Voglewede, Mitch Oswald, J. Jeffrey Root, Krista Dilione, Even Casey, Michael Milleson, Timothy Linder, and Juliann Lenoch

Changing Fire Regimes and Nuanced Impacts on a Critically Imperiled Species, Jeremy T. Rockweit, Katie M. Dugger, Damon B. Lesmeister, Raymond J. Davis, Alan B. Franklin, and J. Mark Higley

Epidemiological Modeling of SARS-CoV-2 in White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) Reveals Conditions for Introduction and Widespread Transmission, Elias Rosenblatt, Jonathan D. Cook, Graziella V. DiRenzo, Evan H. Campbell Grant, Fernando Arce, Kim M. Pepin, F. Javiera Rudolph, Michael C. Runge, Susan A. Shriner, Daniel P. Walsh, and Brittany A. Mosher

Rapid Point-of-Care Testing for Detection of Antibodies to Toxoplasma gondii in Black Vultures and Ring-billed Gulls from Pennsylvania, Alexa Rosypal von Dohlen, Sydney Randall, Jordyan Grays, Mark A. Dugo, Brian J. Hunt, Justin Brown, Kyle Van Why, Sawsan Ammar, and Richard Gerhold

Serological Response to Canine Distemper Vaccination in Wild Caught Raccoons (Procyon lotor), Molly R. Selleck, Shylo R. Johnson, and Amy T. Gilbert

Antipredator Blood-Squirting Defense in Horned Lizards (Phrynosoma): Chemical Isolation of Plasma Component(s), Pogonomyrmex Ant Dietary Origin, and Evolution, Wade C. Sherbrooke and Bruce A. Kimball

Treatment with the Immunocontraceptive Vaccine, GonaCon, Induces Temporary Fertility Control in Free-ranging Prairie Dog Populations in Colorado, USA, Aaron B. Shiels, Jackson Runte, Emily W. Ruell, Douglas C. Eckery, Gary W. Witmer, and Daniel J. Salkeld

Limitations of Invasive Snake Control Tools in the Context of a New Invasion on an Island with Abundant Prey, Shane R. Siers, Melia G. Nafus, Jereid E. Calaor, Rachel M. Volsteadt, Matthew S. Grassi, Megan Volsteadt, Aaron F. Collins, Patrick D. Barnhart, Logan T. Huse, Amy A. Yackel Adams, and Diane L. Vice

Downed Wood Removal Effects on Survival and Site Fidelity of Woodrats in a California Oak Woodland, Timothy J. Smyser, Michael A. Hardy, Amy J. Davis, William L. Preston, and William D. Tietje

Probabilistic Genetic Identification of Wild Boar Hybridization to Support Control of Invasive Wild Pigs (Sus scrofa), Timothy J. Smyser, Peter Pfaffelhuber, Rachael M. Giglio, Matthew G. DeSaix, Amy J. Davis, Courtney F. Bowden, Michael A. Tabak, Arianna Manunza, Valentin Adrian Bâlteanu, Marcel Amills, Laura Iacolina, Pamela Walker, Carl Lessard, and Antoinette J. Piaggio

Seasonal Efficacy and Risks from a Sodium Nitrite Toxic Bait for Wild Pigs, Nathan P. Snow, Michael P. Glow, Justin A. Foster, and Kurt C. VanCauteren

Internal and External Factors Affect Pair Mate Proximity in Captive Coyotes, Canis latrans, Alexandra Turano, Stacey P. Brummer, Jeffrey T. Schultz, Julie Young, and Sara M. Freeman

Overview of Global Wildlife–Livestock Interfaces: The Array of Conflicts and Strategies to Mitigate Them, Kurt C. VerCauteren and Stewart Breck

What is Known, Unknown, and Needed to be Known about Damage Caused by Wild Pigs, Kurt C. VerCauteren, Kim M. Pepin, Seth M. Cook, Sophie McKee, Abigail Pagels, Keely J. Kohen, Ingrid A. Messner, Michael P. Glow, and Nathan P. Snow

Taphonomic Signatures of Early Scavenging by Black and Turkey Vultures, Marian L. Wahl, Grant N. Burcham, Amanda M. Herbert, Lee A. Humberg, Patrick A. Zollner, Landon R. Jones, Brandon M. Quinby, and Bryan M. Kluever

Using Prescribed Fire and Biosolids Applications as Grassland Management Tools: Do Wildlife Respond?, Brian E. Washburn and Michael J. Begier

Seroprevalence, Blood Chemistry, and Patterns of Canine Parvovirus, Distemper Virus, Plague, and Tularemia in Free-ranging Coyotes (Canis latrans) in Northern New Mexico, USA, Leah M. White, Suzanne J. Gifford, Gail Kaufman, Eric M. Gese, Mark A. Peyton, Robert R. Parmenter, and James W. Cain III

Recent Beak Evolution in North American Starlings after Invasion, Julia M. Zichello, Shelagh T. DeLiberto, Paul Shrewsbury, Agnieszka A. Pierwola, and Scott J. Werner

Effects of Lethal Management on Gray Wolf Pack Persistence and Reproduction in Wisconsin, USA, Alejandra Zubiria Perez, Kenneth F. Kellner, David M. MacFarland, Jennifer L. Price Tack, David B. Ruid, Glenn E. Stauffer, and Jerold L. Belant

2023

The impact of the COVID‑19 pandemic on wildlife–aircraft collisions at US airports, Levi Altringer, Sophie C. McKee, Jason D. Kougher, Michael J. Begier, and Stephanie A. Shwiff

Evaluation of Roost Culling as a Management Strategy for Reducing Invasive Rose‑Ringed Parakeet (Psittacula krameri) Populations, C. Janes Anderson, Leonard A. Brennan, William P. Bukoski, Steven C. Hess, Clayton D. Hilton, Aaron B. Shiels, Shane Siers, Bryan M. Kluever, and Page E. Klug

A novel parakeet‐selective feeder for control of invasive psittacines, C. Jane Anderson, Eric A. Tillman, William P. Bukoski, Steven C. Hess, Leonard A. Brennan, and Page E. Klug

Development and Evaluation of Prototype Toxicant-Delivery Bait Stations for the Control of the Small Indian Mongoose, Carmen C. Antaky, Robert T. Sugihara, Israel L. Leinbach, Shane R. Siers, Emily W. Ruell, and Steven C. Hess

Hepatozoon spp. Infection in Wild Canids in the Eastern United States, Eliza Baker, Alex Clemson, Debra Miller, Kayla Buck Garrett, Christopher A. Cleveland, Justin Brown, Kyle Van Why, and Richard W. Gerhold Jr.

Fertility control options for management of free-roaming horse populations, Ursula S. Bechert, John W. Turner Jr., Dan L. Baker, Douglas C. Eckery, Jason E. Bruemmer, Candace C. Lyman, Tulio M. Prado, Sarah B. King, and Mark A. Fraker

Rabies Virus Serosurvey of the Small Indian Mongoose (Urva auropunctata) across Multiple Habitats in Puerto Rico, 2014–21, Are R. Berentsen, Mel J. Rivera-Rodriguez, Fabiola B. Torres-Toledo, Amy J. Davis, Richard Chipman, and Amy Gilbert

Population Density of the Small Indian Mongoose (Urva auropunctata) across Multiple Habitat Types and Seasons in Puerto Rico, Are R. Berentsen, Caroline C. Sauvé, Mel J. Rivera-Rodriguez, Fabiola B. Torres-Toledo, Richard B. Chipman, and Amy T. Gilbert

Raccoons (Procyon lotor) Show Higher Trypanosoma cruzi Detection Rates than Virginia Opossums (Didelphis virginiana) in South Carolina, USA, David A. Bernasconi, Madison L. Miller, Jacob E. Hill, Pooja Gupta, Richard Chipman, Amy Gilbert, Olin E. Rhodes Jr., and Guha Dharmarajan

H7N9 influenza A virus transmission in a multispecies barnyard model, Angela M. Bosco-Lauth, Anna Rodriguez, Rachel M. Maison, Stephanie M. Porter, and J. Jeffrey Root

Evaluation of the Effect of Hydrated Lime on the Scavenging of Feral Swine (Sus Scrofa) Carcasses and Implications for Managing Carcass-Based Transmission of African Swine Fever Virus, Courtney F. Bowden, James Grinolds, Gregory Franckowiak, Loma McCallister, Joe M. Halseth, Matthew Cleland, Travis Guerrant, Michael J. Bodenchuk, Robert Miknis, Michael C. Marlow, and Vienna R. Brown

Genomic Regions Associated with Pseudorabies Virus Infection Status in Naturally Infected Feral Swine (Sus scrofa), Courtney F. Bowden, Jennifer N. Kiser, Ryan S. Miller, Alexandra C. Buckley, Paola M. Boggiatto, Rachael M. Giglio, Vienna R. Brown, Dorian Garrick, Holly L. Neibergs, Antoinette J. Piaggio, Scott E. Speidel, and Timothy J. Smyser

Factors affecting the recovery of Mexican wolves in the Southwest United States, Stewart W. Breck, Amy J. Davis, John Oakleaf, David L. Bergman, Jim deVos, J. Paul Greer, and Kim M. Pepin

Integrating robotics into wildlife conservation: testing improvements to predator deterrents through movement, Stewart W. Breck, Jeffrey T. Schultz, David Prause, Cameron Krebs, Anthony J. Giordano, and Byron Boots

African Swine Fever, Vienna R. Brown, Julianna B. Lenoch, and Courtney F. Bowden

Disease Progression and Serological Assay Performance in Heritage Breed Pigs following Brucella suis Experimental Challenge as a Model for Naturally Infected Feral Swine, Vienna R. Brown, Ryan S. Miller, Courtney F. Bowden, Timothy J. Smyser, Nicholas A. Ledesma, Aim E. Hartwig, Paul Gordy, Aaron M. Anderson, Stephanie M. Porter, Kate Alexander, Zane Gouker, Tom Gidlewski, Richard A. Bowen, and Angela M. Bosco-Lauth

Long term changes in aquaculture influence migration, regional abundance, and distribution of an avian species, Paul C. Burr, Brian S. Dorr, Jimmy L. Avery, Garrett M. Street, and Bronson K. Strickland

DNA Metabarcoding Reveals Consumption of Diverse Community of Amphibians by Invasive Wild Pigs (Sus scrofa) in the Southeastern United States, Vienna R. Canright, Antoniette J. Piaggio, Sarah M. Chinn, Rachael M. Giglio, Joseph M. Craine, and James C. Beasley

Producers’ perceptions of large carnivores and nonlethal methods to protect livestock from depredation: findings from a multistate federal initiative, Keith M. Carlisle, Hailey E. Ellis, Colorado State University, and Alan D. Bright

Effects of corn supplementation on serum and muscle microRNA profiles in horses, Clarissa Carver, Jason E. Bruemmer, Stephen Coleman, Gabriele Landolt, and Tanja Hess

Variance in offspring sex ratio and maternal allocation in a highly invasive mammal, Sarah M. Chinn, Timothy J. Smyser, and James C. Beasley

Optimal R&D investment in the management of invasive species, William Haden Chomphosy, Dale T. Manning, Stephanie A. Shwiff, and Stephan Weiler

Commonly collected thermal performance data can inform species distributions in a data‑limited invader, Natalie M. Claunch, Colin M. Goodman, Bryan M. Kluever, Narayani Barve, Robert P. Guralnick, and Christina M. Romagosa

Role of social structure in establishment of an invasive large mammal after translocation, Lindsay M. Clontz, Anni Yang, Sarah M. Chinn, Kim M. Pepin, Kurt C. Vercauterten, George Wittemyer, Ryan S. Miller, and James C. Beasley

Leveraging eco-evolutionary models for gene drive risk assessment, Matthew A. Combs, Andrew J. Golnar, Justin M. Overcash, Alun L. Lloyd, Keith R. Hayes, David A. O'Brochta, and Kim M. Pepin

The Effectiveness of Commercially Available Double-Crested Cormorant (Nannopterum auritus) Deterrent Methods in Reducing Loafing Time on Floating Oyster Cages, Fred L. Cunningham, Paul Burr, Jason Glover, Jason Tappa, Madeline Redd, and Guiming Wang