Publications

Ferrer M, Evans R, Hedley J, Hollamby S, Meredith A, Morandini V, Selly O, Smith C,  Whitfield DP (2023). Hacking techniques improve health and nutritional status of nestling White-tailed Eagles. Ecology and Evolution, 13, e9776. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.9776

Peniche G, Shaw DJ, Dures SG, Ciavaglia S, Thompson DBA, Anderson NE, Meredith AL (2023) Determining sex in golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) nestlings. European Journal of Wildlife Research 69, 1. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10344-022-01627-1

McDermott I, Gilbert M, Shah MK, Sadaula A, Anderson NE (2023) Seroprevalence of canine distemper virus (CDV) in the free-roaming dog (Canis familiaris) population surrounding Chitwan National Park, Nepal. PLOS ONE 18(2): e0281542. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0281542

Fullick E, Bidewell CA, Duff JP, Howie F, Robinson C, Goodman G, Beckmann KM, Philbey AW, Daunt F (2022) Mass mortality of seabirds in GB. The Veterinary record, 190(3) 129-130. https://doi.org/10.1002/vetr.1462

Riley T, Anderson NE, Lovett R, Meredith A, Cumming B (2022) Zoonoses and the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population: A One Health scoping review. PLOS Glob Public Health 2(10): e0000921. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgph.0000921

Meredith A, Anderson N, Malik P, Nigam P, Thomas A, Masters N, Guthrie A, Davidson H, Patterson S, Amin R, Skerratt L, Kock R, Sainsbury A. Capacity building for wildlife health professionals: the Wildlife Health Bridge. One Health & Implementation Research. 2022; 2(2):68-78. http://dx.doi.org/10.20517/ohir.2022.03

McKay PA, Hufschmid J, Meredith AL, Zendejas-Heredia PA, Moseby KE (2022) Seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii in burrowing bettongs (Bettongia lesueur): a comparison of cat-free and cat-exposed populations.Australian Journal of Zoology, 69(5) 175–183 https://doi.org/10.1071/ZO22010

Beckmann KM, Cromie RL, Sainsbury AW, Hilton GM, Ewen JG, Soorae PS, Kock RA (2023) Wildlife health outcomes and opportunities in conservation translocations. Ecological Solutions and Evidence 3 (3) e12164.https://doi.org/10.1002/2688-8319.12164

Beckmann KM, Soorae PS (2022) Conservation translocations from the ‘Global Reintroduction Perspectives’ series: disease and other biological problems. Ecological Solutions and Evidence 3 (3) e12163. https://doi.org/10.1002/2688-8319.12163

Milnes EL, Skelding AM, Larouche CB, Ferro A, Delnatte P, Dutton C, Anderson NE (2022). A randomized clinical trial to compare ketamine-butorphanol-azaperone-medetomidine and detomidine-etorphine-acepromazine for anesthesia of captive Przewalski horses (Equus przewalskii). Am J Vet Res 83(6). https://doi.org/10.2460/ajvr.21.10.0165

De la Puente-Arévalo , Motta P, Dürr S, Warembourg C, Nikola C, Burdon-Bailey J, Mayer D, Lohr F, Gibson AD, Chikungwa P, Chulu J, Gamble L, Anderson NE, Bronsvoort BMD, Mellanby RJ, Mazeri S (2022). Ranging patterns and factors associated with movement in free‐roaming domestic dogs in urban Malawi. Ecology and Evolution 12 (1), e8498. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.8498

Riley T, Anderson NE, Lovett R, Meredith A, Cumming B, Thandrayen J (2021) One Health in Indigenous Communities: A Critical Review of the Evidence. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health18(21) 11303 https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph182111303

Mead D, Ogden R, Meredith A et al. The genome sequence of the European golden eagle, Aquila chrysaetos chrysaetos Linnaeus 1758 [version 1; peer review: 3 approved]. Wellcome Open Res 2021, 6:112 https://doi.org/10.12688/wellcomeopenres.16631.1

Schneider J, Hoffmann B, Fevola C, Schmidt ML, Imholt C, Fischer S, Ecke F, Hörnfeldt B, Magnusson M, Olsson GE, Rizzoli A, Tagliapietra V, Chiari M, Reusken C, Bužan E, Kazimirova M, Stanko M, White TA, Reil D, Obiegala A, Meredith A., Drexler JF, Essbauer S, Henttonen H, Jacob J, Hauffe HC, Beer, M, Heckel G, Ulrich RG (2021). Geographical Distribution and Genetic Diversity of Bank Vole Hepaciviruses in Europe. Viruses  13(7) 1258https://doi.org/10.3390/v13071258

Schilling A-K, van Hooij A,Lurz PWW, Shaw DJ, Geluk A, Corstjens PLAM, Stevnson K, Meredith A (2021) Clinical Progression of Leprosy in Eurasian Red Squirrels (Sciurus vulgaris) in a naturally infected wild population. Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine 52 (4) 1159-1166 https://doi.org/10.1638/2020-0067

Hardouin EA, Butler H, Cvitanović M, Ulrich RG, Schulze V, Schilling A-K, Lurz PWW, Meredith A, Hodder KH (2021). Wildlife conservation in a fragmented landscape: the Eurasian red squirrel on the Isle of Wight. Conservation Genetics  22(4) 571–583 https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10592-021-01380-z

Schilling A-K, McCurdy K. Fish A,Lurz PWW, Geluk A, van Hooij A, Farish M, Mitchell M, Stevenson K, Meredith A(2021) Diagnosing and categorizing leprosy in live Eurasian Red Squirrles (Sciurus vukgaris0 for management, surveillance, and translocation purposes. Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine 52(2) 648-659 https://doi.org/10.1638/2020-0066

Luu L, Palomar AM, Farrington G, Schilling A, Premchand-Branker S, McGarry J, Makepeace B, Meredith A, Bell-Sakyi L (2021). Bacterial pathogens and symbionts harboured by Ixodes ricinus ticks parasitising red squirrels in the United Kingdom. Pathogens 10(4) 458 https://doi.org/10.3390/pathogens10040458

Fountain K, Blackett T,Butler H, Carchedi C, Schilling A-K,  Meredith A,  Gibbon MJ, Lloyd DH, Loeffler A,  Feil EJ (2021). Fatal exudative dermatitis (FED) in island populations of red squirrels (Sciurus vulgaris): Spillover of a virulent staphylococcus aureus clone (ST49) from reservoir hosts. Microbial Genomics  7(5) 000565 https://doi.org/10.1099/mgen.0.000565

Hounsome T, Davies J, Meredith A, Simmons A, Tomlinson A. Weighing up the risks of rewilding (2021). Veternary Record 188(5)192-193. https://doi.org/10.1002/vetr.276

Beckmann K, Soorae P (2021) Data from the “Global Reintroduction Perspectives”  (2008-2018): metadata and self-reported mortality, ill-health or reproductive problems [Dataset]. University of Edinburgh, Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies. https://doi.org/10.7488/ds/3135

Beckmann K, Cranswick P, Hilton G, Jarrett N, Routh A, Rasolozaka N, O'Brien M, Sainsbury A, Cromie R, Beckmann B, Costa T, Calvo-Carrasco D, Bamford A, Kock R, Canessa S & Ewen J (2021). Structured decision-making: a tool for disease risk analysis and management planning in the face of uncertainty [Conference abstract]. 69th WDA /14th EWDA Joint Virtual Conference 31^st Aug to 2^nd Sep 2021. https://www.cuenca2020.com/CUENCA2020

Hughes, E.C., Anderson, N.E. 2020. Zoonotic pathogens of dromedary camels in Kenya: a systematised review. Veterinary Sciences, 7:103. https://doi.org/10.3390/vetsci7030103

Nicolas de Francisco, O., Esperón, F., Juan-Sallés, C., Ewbank, A.C., das Neves, C.G., Marco, A., Neves, E., Anderson, N.E., Sacristán, C. 2020. Neoplasms and novel gammaherpesviruses in critically endangered captive European minks (Mustela lutreola). Transboundary and Emerging Diseases 00:1–13. https://doi.org/10.1111/tbed.13713

Taggart, M.A., Shore, R.F., Pain, D.J., Peniche, G., Martinez-Haro, M., Mateo, R., Homann, J., Raab, A., Feldmann, J., Lawlor, A.J., Potter, E.D. 2020. Concentration and origin of lead (Pb) in liver and bone of Eurasian buzzards (Buteo buteo) in the United Kingdom. Environmental Pollution 267:115629. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2020.115629

Watsa, M., Wildlife Disease Surveillance Focus Group (2020). Rigorous wildlife disease surveillance. Science 369 (6500)145-147 https://doi.org/10.1126/science.abc0017

Schilling A-K,Lurz PWW, Meredith A (2020) Field anaesthesia of Eurasian red squirrels (Sciurus vulgaris). Veterinary Anaesthesia and Analgesia 47(5) 736-738 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vaa.2020.05.005

Peters A, Meredith A, Skerratt L, Carver S, Raidal S (2020) Infectious disease and emergency conservation interventions. Conservation Biology 34(4) 784-785 https://doi.org/10.1111/cobi.13558

Heald K, Millins C, Kitchener AC,  Banyard AC, Hantke G, Sainsbury KA, McDonald M, Meredith A (2020) Investigating infectious disease threats to the recovery of the European polecat in Britain. Mammalian Biology 100, 439–444. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42991-020-00046-6

Sainsbury AW, Chantrye J, Ewen JG, Gurnell J, Hudson P, Karesh WB, Kock RA, Lurz PW, Meredith A, Tompkins DM (2020) Implications of squirrelpox virus for successful red squirrel translocations within mainland UK. Conservation Science and Practice 2(6), e200 https://doi.org/10.1111/csp2.200

Ogden R, Fukuda T, Funo T, Komatsu M, Maeda T, Meredith A, Miura M, Natsukawa H, Onuma M, Osafune Y, Saito K, Sato Y, Thompson D, Inoue-Murayama M (2020) Japanese golden eagle conservation science: current status and future needs. Japanese Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine 25(1), 9-28 https://doi.org/10.5686/jjzwm.25.9

Peters A, Carver, S., Skerratt, LF, Meredith A, Woods R (2019) A Solutions-Focused Translational Research Framework for Wildlife Health.  BioScience 69(12) 1019–1027  https://doi.org/10.1093/biosci/biz125

Thompson J-L, Koh P, Meredith A,  Brown, H (2019). Preliminary investigations into the use of the five-point body conditioning scale (Size-O-Meter) and its use in pet owner education. Journal of Exotic Pet Medicine, 31, 95-99 https://doi.org/10.1053/j.jepm.2019.07.016

Douay G, Maguire R, Cabana F, Berthet M,Lim Z, Meredith A (2019) Assessment of the utility of a commercial calprotectin and lactoferrin rapid test in diagnosis of marmoset wasting syndrome. Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research. 7(2) https://www.jzar.org/jzar/article/view/372/272

Everest, DJ, Tolhurst-Cherriman, DAR, Davies , H, Dastjerdi, A, Ashton, A, Blackett, T, Meredith A, Milne, E, Mill, A & Shuttleworth, CM (2019) Assessing a potential non-invasive method for viral diagnostic purposes in European squirrels. Hystrix, the Italian Journal of Mammalogy 30(1) 1–7  https://doi.org/10.4404/hystrix-00128-2018

Schilling, A.-K., van Hooij, A., Corstjens, P., Lurz, P. W. W., DelPozo, J., Stevenson, K., Meredith, A., Geluk, A. 2019. Detection of humoral immunity to mycobacteria causing leprosy in Eurasian red squirrels (Sciurus vulgaris) using a quantitative rapid test. European Journal of Wildlife Research, 65:49. Doi: 10.1007/s10344-019-1287-1

Hardouin, E. A., Baltazar-Soares, M., Schilling, A.-K., Butler, H., Garcia-Rodriguez, O., Crowley, E., Liang, W.-J., Meredith, A., Lurz, P. W., Forster, J., Kenward, R. E., Hodder, K. H. 2019. Conservation of genetic uniqueness in remaining populations of red squirrels (Sciurus vulgaris L.) in the South of England. Ecology and Evolution, 00:1-12. Doi: 10.1002/ece3.5233

Girling, S.J., Goodman, G., Burr, P., Pizzi, R., Naylor, A., Cole, G., Brown, D., Fraser, M., Narve Rosell, F., Schwab, G., Elliott, M., Campbell-Palmer, R. 2019. Evidence of Leptospira species and their significance during reintroduction of Eurasian beavers (Castor fiber) to Great Britain. Veterinary Record 185. doi:10.1136/ vetrec-2019-105429  

Wernike, K., Wylezich, C., Hoeper, D., Schneider, J. , Lurz, P. W. W., Meredith, A., Milne, E., Beer, M., Ulrich, R. G. 2018. Widespread occurence of squirrel adenovirus 1 in red and grey squirrels in Scotland detected by a novel real-time PCR assay. Virus Research 257: 113-118; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.virusres.2018.09.007

Meredith, A., Bacon, A., Allan, B., Kitchener, A., Senn, H., Brooks, S., Kortland, K., Hetherington, D., Davies, S. 2018. Domestic cat Neutering to preserve the Scottish wildcat. Veterinary Record, 183, 1, p. 27-28.

Serna, H.; Pocknell, A.; Sainsbury, AW. Peniche G, Blake DP & Beckmann KM. 2018. Eimeria spp. in captive-reared corncrakes (Crex crex): results of a GeneScan assay consistent with high prevalence of infection and extra-intestinal life stages, Avian Pathology, DOI: 10.1080/03079457.2018.1451621

Bowser, N. & Anderson, N. 2018 Dogs (Canis familiaris) as Sentinels for Human Infectious Disease and Applicaiton to Canadian Populations: a Systematic Review. Veterinary Sciences.

Alderton, S., MacLeod, E., Anderson, N., Palmer, G., Machila, N., Simuunza, M., Welburn, S. & Atkinson, P. M.  2018. An Agent-based Model of Tsetse Fly Response to Seasonal Climatic Drivers: Assessing the Impact on Sleeping Sickness Transmission Rates.  Neglected Tropical Diseases. 12, 2, e0006188. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0006188