1. Invertebrate Readings and Links

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• Herpes-Like Virus, Spiny Lobsters. 16 Sep 2003. ProMED-mail. http://www.isid.org
• Vibrio, lobsters. ProMED-mail. 4 Jan 2004. ProMED-mail. http://www.isid.org

2. Fish Readings and Links

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• Koi herpesvirus - worldwide: etiology. 29 Sep 2003. ProMED-mail. http://www.isid.org
• Koi herpesvirus - Japan (Ibaraki). 4 Nov 2003. ProMED-mail. http://www.isid.org
• Koi herpesvirus - Japan (Ibaraki). 4 Jan 2004. ProMED-mail. http://www.isid.org
• Koi herpesvirus - Japan. 9 Jan 2004. ProMED-mail. http://www.isid.org
• Koi herpesvirus - United Kingdom. 16 Jan 2004. ProMED-mail. http://www.isid.org
• Spring viremia & Koi herpesvirus, carp - UK. 7 Sep 2004. ProMED-mail. http://www.isid.org
• Aeromonas hydrophila?, fish - Indonesia (West Java). 19 Jul 2002. ProMED-mail. http://www.isid.org
• Mycobacteriosis, striped bass - USA (Atlantic coast). 9 Dec 2003. ProMED-mail. http://www.isid.org
• Fish kill - Canada (Prince Edward Island). 30 Jul 1999. ProMED-mail. http://www.isid.org
• Fish kill - Canada (Prince Edward Island). 6 Aug 1999. ProMED-mail. http://www.isid.org
• Anesthetic Options for Fish (Last Updated: 19-Aug-2001). In: Recent Advances in Veterinary Anesthesia and Analgesia: Companion Animals, Gleed R.D. and Ludders J.W. (Eds.) International Veterinary Information Service, Ithaca NY (http://www.ivis.org), 2001; A1412.0701. P.R. Bowser Aquatic Animal Health Program, Dept of Microbiology and Immunology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA. http://www.ivis.org/advances/Anesthesia_Gleed/bowser/chapter_frm.asp?LA=1 OR access article via International Veterinary Information Service (IVIS), http://www.ivis.org. Free registration required.
• Infectious Salmon Anemia
  • Miller, Otis; Cipriano, Rocco C., tech. coords. 2003. International response to infectious salmon anemia: prevention, control, and eradication: proceedings of a symposium; 3–4 September 2002; New Orleans, LA. Tech. Bull. 1902. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service; U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey; U.S. Department of Commerce, National Marine Fisheries Service. 194 p. http://www.aphis.usda.gov/vs/aquaculture/isa-proceedings.pdf OR available at U. S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Website, http://www.usda.gov. Search for infectious salmon anemia 1902.
  • Alexander G. Murray, Ronald J. Smith, Ronald M. Stagg. Shipping and the spread of infectious salmon anemia in Scottish aquaculture. Emerg Infect Dis. 2002 Jan;8(1):1-5. http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/eid/vol8no1/01-0144.htm OR available at Center for Disease Control (CDC) Website, http://www.cdc.gov.
  • R. S. Raynard, A. G. Murray, A. Gregory. Infectious salmon anaemia virus in wild fish from Scotland. Dis Aquat Organ. 2001 Sep 12;46(2):93-100Infectious salmon anaemia virus in wild fish from Scotland.
  • B Rolland and J R Winton. Relative resistance of Pacific salmon to infectious salmon anaemia virus. J of Fish Dis. Volume 26 Issue 9 Page 511 - September 2003.
  • Falk K, Namork E, Rimstad E, Mjaaland S, Dannevig BH. Characterization of infectious salmon anemia virus, an orthomyxo-like virus isolated from Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.). J Virol. 1997 Dec;71(12):9016-23.
  • Infectious Salmon Anemia, Maine, USA March 23, 2001 Impact Worksheet. http://www.aphis.usda.gov/vs/aqua/isa_maine0301e.html OR available at USDA Website, http://www.usda.gov). Search for title
  • Infectious salmon anemia - USA (Maine), Canada (NB). 22 Oct 1999 . ProMED-mail. http://www.isid.org
  • Infectious salmon anemia - Canada & USA (Maine). 17 Apr 2001. ProMED-mail. http://www.isid.org
  • New York Times, 7 Sep 2001 [edited]. 7 Sep 2001. ProMED-mail. http://www.isid.org
  • Infectious salmon anemia - USA: OIE. 25 Jun 2003 . ProMED-mail. http://www.isid.org
  • Infectious salmon anemia - USA (Maine). 10 Jul 2003. ProMED-mail. http://www.isid.org
• Whirling Disease
  • Whirling disease, trout - USA (Utah). 21 Apr 2000. ProMED-mail. http://www.isid.org
  • Whirling disease, trout - USA (Utah). 11 Jul 2002 . ProMED-mail. http://www.isid.org
  • Whirling disease, trout - USA (Utah). 9 Feb 2001 . ProMED-mail. http://www.isid.org
  • Whirling disease, trout - USA: resistance. 26 Mar 2002. ProMED-mail. http://www.isid.org
• Dead croaker in Hampton linked to larger kills, Fish Die-off - USA (Virginia). 12 Sep 2004. ProMED-mail. http://www.isid.org
• Infectious pancreatic necrosis, trout - UK (Northern Ireland). 27 Feb 2003. ProMED-mail. http://www.isid.org
• Spring Viremia of Carp (APHIS Tech Note Veterninary Services 2003). http://www.aphis.usda.gov/lpa/pubs/fsheet_faq_notice/fs_ahcarp.pdf OR available at USDA Website, http://www.usda.gov. Search for title.
• Dalton R.. Aquaculture: Fishing for trouble. Nature 431, 502 - 504 (30 September 2004)

3. Amphibian Readings and Links

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• Partners in Amphibian and Reptile Conservation. http://www.parcplace.org/
• Association of Reptilian and Amphibian Veterinarians. http://www.arav.org
• Frog deformities - USA. 22 Apr 2002. ProMED-mail. http://www.isid.org
• Frog deformities - USA. 25 Apr 2002. ProMED-mail. http://www.isid.org
• Red leg disease, frogs, fatal - UK. 12 Sep 2004. ProMED-mail. http://www.isid.org
• Red leg disease, frogs, fatal - UK. 14 Sep 2004. ProMED-mail. http://www.isid.org
• Gresens J. An Introduction to the Mexican Axolotl (Ambystoma mexicanum). Lab Anim (NY). 2004 Oct;33(9):41-7
• Amphibian Declines and Chytridiomycosis
  • Emerging Infectious Diseases and Amphibian Population Declines - http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/EID/vol5no6/daszak.htm
  • Emerging Pathogen of Wild Amphibians in Frogs (Rana catesbeiana) Farmed for International Trade - http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/eid/vol9no8/03-0030.htm
  • Daszak, Peter, Cunningham, Andrew A. & Hyatt, Alex D. (2003) Infectious disease and amphibian population declines. Diversity & Distributions 9 (2), 141-150
  • Muths E, Corn PS, Pessierc. AP, Green DE. Evidence for disease-related amphibian decline in Colorado.Biological Conservation Volume 110, Issue 3 , April 2003, Pages 357-365
  • Berger L, Speare R, Daszak P, Green DE, Cunningham AA, Goggin CL, Slocombe R, Ragan MA, Hyatt AD, McDonald KR, Hines HB, Lips KR, Marantelli G, Parkes H. Chytridiomycosis causes amphibian mortality associated with population declines in the rain forests of Australia and Central America. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1998 Jul 21;95(15):9031-6
  • Rhea Hanselmann, Argelia Rodríguez, Margarita Lampo, Laurie Fajardo-Ramos, A. Alonso Aguirrez, A. Marm Kilpatrick, Jon Paul Rodríguez and Peter Daszak. Presence of an emerging pathogen of amphibians in introduced bullfrogs Rana catesbeiana in Venezuela. Biological Conservation Volume 120, Issue 1 , November 2004, Pages 115-119

4. Reptile Readings and Links

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• West Nile virus, reptiles, alligators - USA (FL). 14 Nov 2002. ProMED-mail. http://www.isid.org
• West Nile virus, reptiles, alligators - USA (FL). 15 Nov 2002. ProMED-mail. http://www.isid.org
• West Nile virus, reptiles, alligators - USA (FL). 17 Nov 2002 . ProMED-mail. http://www.isid.org
• West Nile virus, reptiles, alligators - USA (FL). 21 Nov 2002. ProMED-mail. http://www.isid.org
• Palm Beach Post, Associated Press report, Sun 3 Aug 2003 [edited]. 3 Aug 2003. ProMED-mail. http://www.isid.org
• Associated Press report, Mon 3 Nov 2003 [edited]. 12 Nov 2003. ProMED-mail. http://www.isid.org
• Undiagnosed deaths, alligators - USA (Florida). 1 Jan 2001. ProMED-mail. http://www.isid.org
• Toxic algae, alligators - USA (Florida). 6 Sep 2001. ProMED-mail. http://www.isid.org
• Fibropapilloma, sea turtles - Japan. 2 Jan 2004. ProMED-mail. http://www.isid.org
• Partners in Amphibian and Reptile Conservation. http://www.parcplace.org/
• Association of Reptilian and Amphibian Veterinarians. http://www.arav.org/
• Veterinary Observations on the December, 2001 Asian Turtle Confiscation
• Martin Wikelski, Vanessa Wong, Brett Chevalier, Niels Rattenborg & Howard L. Snell. Galapagos Islands: Marine iguanas die from trace oil pollution. Nature 417, 607 - 608 (06 June 2002)
• Jafari M, Forsberg J, Gilcher RO, Smith JW, Crutcher JM, McDermott M, Brown BR, George JN. Salmonella Sepsis Caused by a Platelet Transfusion from a Donor with a Pet Snake. N Engl J Med. 2002 Oct 3;347(14):1075-8

5. ProMED-mail Citations

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