Carlson College of Veterinary Medicine

C. E. Couch, Arnold, H. K., Crowhurst, R. S., Jolles, A. E., Sharpton, T. J., Witczak, M. F., Epps, C. W., and Beechler, B. R., “Bighorn sheep gut microbiomes associate with genetic and spatial structure across a metapopulation.”, Sci Rep, vol. 10, no. 1, p. 6582, 2020.

C. K. Glidden, Coon, C. A. C., Beechler, B. R., McNulty, C., Ezenwa, V. O., and Jolles, A. E., “Co-infection best predicts respiratory viral infection in a wild host.”, J Anim Ecol, 2020.

B. S. Dugovich, Crane, L. L., Alcantar, B. E., Beechler, B. R., Dolan, B. P., and Jolles, A. E., “Correction: Multiple innate antibacterial immune defense elements are correlated in diverse ungulate species.”, PLoS One, vol. 15, no. 1, p. e0227322, 2020.

C. K. Glidden, Koehler, A. V., Hall, R. S., Saeed, M. A., Coppo, M., Beechler, B. R., Charleston, B., Gasser, R. B., Jolles, A. E., and Jabbar, A., “Elucidating cryptic dynamics of communities in African buffalo using a high-throughput sequencing informatics approach.”, Ecol Evol, vol. 10, no. 1, pp. 70-80, 2020.

E. E. Gorsich, Beechler, B. R., van Bodegom, P. M., Govender, D., Guarido, M. M., Venter, M., and Schrama, M., “A comparative assessment of adult mosquito trapping methods to estimate spatial patterns of abundance and community composition in southern Africa.”, Parasit Vectors, vol. 12, no. 1, p. 462, 2019.

M. Seguel, Beechler, B. R., Coon, C. C., Snyder, P. W., Spaan, J. M., Jolles, A. E., and Ezenwa, V. O., “Immune stability predicts tuberculosis infection risk in a wild mammal.”, Proc Biol Sci, vol. 286, no. 1912, p. 20191401, 2019.

B. S. Dugovich, Crane, L. L., Alcantar, B. B., Beechler, B. R., Dolan, B. P., and Jolles, A. E., “Multiple innate antibacterial immune defense elements are correlated in diverse ungulate species.”, PLoS One, vol. 14, no. 11, p. e0225579, 2019.

M. W. Mutuku, Laidemitt, M. R., Beechler, B. R., Mwangi, I. N., Otiato, F. O., Agola, E. L., Ochanda, H., Kamel, B., Mkoji, G. M., Steinauer, M. L., and Loker, E. S., “A Search for Snail-Related Answers to Explain Differences in Response of to Praziquantel Treatment among Responding and Persistent Hotspot Villages along the Kenyan Shore of Lake Victoria.”, Am J Trop Med Hyg, vol. 101, no. 1, pp. 65-77, 2019.

J. Steyn, Botha, E., Stivaktas, V. I., Buss, P., Beechler, B. R., Myburgh, J. G., Steyl, J., Williams, J., and Venter, M., “West Nile Virus in Wildlife and Nonequine Domestic Animals, South Africa, 2010-2018.”, Emerg Infect Dis, vol. 25, no. 12, pp. 2290-2294, 2019.

H. F. Tavalire, Beechler, B. R., Buss, P. E., Gorsich, E. E., Hoal, E. G., le Roex, N., Spaan, J. M., Spaan, R. S., van Helden, P. D., Ezenwa, V. O., and Jolles, A. E., “Context-dependent costs and benefits of tuberculosis resistance traits in a wild mammalian host.”, Ecol Evol, vol. 8, no. 24, pp. 12712-12726, 2018.

M. Schrama, Gorsich, E. E., Hunting, E. R., S Barmentlo, H., Beechler, B. R., and van Bodegom, P. M., “Eutrophication and predator presence overrule the effects of temperature on mosquito survival and development.”, PLoS Negl Trop Dis, vol. 12, no. 3, p. e0006354, 2018.

E. E. Gorsich, Etienne, R. S., Medlock, J., Beechler, B. R., Spaan, J. M., Spaan, R. S., Ezenwa, V. O., and Jolles, A. E., “Opposite outcomes of coinfection at individual and population scales.”, Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, vol. 115, no. 29, pp. 7545-7550, 2018.

B. S. Dugovich, Peel, M. J., Palmer, A. L., Zielke, R. A., Sikora, A. E., Beechler, B. R., Jolles, A. E., Epps, C. W., and Dolan, B. P., “Detection of bacterial-reactive natural IgM antibodies in desert bighorn sheep populations.”, PLoS One, vol. 12, no. 6, p. e0180415, 2017.

C. K. Glidden, Beechler, B. R., Buss, P. Erik, Charleston, B., de Klerk-Lorist, L. - M., Maree, F. Frederick, Muller, T., Perez-Martin, E., Scott, K. Anne, van Schalkwyk, O. Louis, and Jolles, A. E., “Detection of Pathogen Exposure in African Buffalo Using Non-Specific Markers of Inflammation.”, Front Immunol, vol. 8, p. 1944, 2017.

B. R. Beechler, Jolles, A. E., Budischak, S. A., Corstjens, P. L. A. M., Ezenwa, V. O., Smith, M., Spaan, R. S., van Dam, G. J., and Steinauer, M. L., “Host immunity, nutrition and coinfection alter longitudinal infection patterns of schistosomes in a free ranging African buffalo population.”, PLoS Negl Trop Dis, vol. 11, no. 12, p. e0006122, 2017.

D. Sisson, Hufschmid, J., Jolles, A. E., Beechler, B. R., and Jabbar, A., “Molecular characterisation of Anaplasma species from African buffalo (Syncerus caffer) in Kruger National Park, South Africa.”, Ticks Tick Borne Dis, vol. 8, no. 3, pp. 400-406, 2017.

C. E. Couch, Movius, M. A., Jolles, A. E., M Gorman, E., Rigas, J. D., and Beechler, B. R., “Serum biochemistry panels in African buffalo: Defining reference intervals and assessing variability across season, age and sex.”, PLoS One, vol. 12, no. 5, p. e0176830, 2017.

N. le Roex, Jolles, A. E., Beechler, B. R., van Helden, P., and Hoal, E., “Toll-like receptor (TLR) diversity influences mycobacterial growth in African buffalo.”, Tuberculosis (Edinb), vol. 104, pp. 87-94, 2017.

A. E. Jolles, “Beyond mice and men: environmental change, immunity and infections in wild ungulates.”, Parasite Immunol, vol. 37, no. 5, pp. 255-66, 2015.

B. R. Beechler, “Enemies and turncoats: bovine tuberculosis exposes pathogenic potential of Rift Valley fever virus in a common host, African buffalo (Syncerus caffer).”, Proc Biol Sci, vol. 282, no. 1805, 2015.

C. A. Manore, “Inter-epidemic and between-season persistence of rift valley fever: vertical transmission or cryptic cycling?”, Transbound Emerg Dis, vol. 62, no. 1, pp. 13-23, 2015.

B. R. Beechler, “Rift valley Fever in Kruger national park: do buffalo play a role in the inter-epidemic circulation of virus?”, Transbound Emerg Dis, vol. 62, no. 1, pp. 24-32, 2015.

B. R. Beechler, Broughton, H., Bell, A., Ezenwa, V. O., and Jolles, A. E., “Innate immunity in free-ranging African buffalo (Syncerus caffer): associations with parasite infection and white blood cell counts.”, Physiol Biochem Zool, vol. 85, no. 3, pp. 255-64, 2012.

B. R. Beechler, Broughton, H., Bell, A., Ezenwa, V. O., and Jolles, A. E., “Innate immunity in free-ranging African buffalo (Syncerus caffer): associations with parasite infection and white blood cell counts.”, Physiological and biochemical zoology : PBZ, vol. 85, no. 3, pp. 255-64, 2012.

G. E. Demas, “Beyond phytohaemagglutinin: assessing vertebrate immune function across ecological contexts.”, J Anim Ecol, vol. 80, no. 4, pp. 710-30, 2011.