Gut microbiome shifts with urbanization and potentially facilitates a zoonotic pathogen in a wading bird

Maureen H. Murray, Emily W. Lankau, Anjelika D. Kidd, +5

PLoS ONE

DysbiosisWading BirdGut Microbiome ShiftsPathogen SusceptibilityPathogen Transmission +14

From wetland specialist to hand-fed generalist: shifts in diet and condition with provisioning for a recently urbanized wading bird

Maureen H. Murray, Anjelika D. Kidd, Shannon E. Curry, +6

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences

Urbanized White Ibises (Eudocimus albus) as Carriers of Salmonella enterica of Significance to Public Health and Wildlife

Sonia M. Hernández, Catharine N. Welch, Valerie E. Peters, +13

PLoS ONE

Genetic characterization and pathogenesis of the first H9N2 low pathogenic avian influenza viruses isolated from chickens in Kenyan live bird markets

Henry M. Kariithi, Catharine N. Welch, Helena Lage Ferreira, +7

Infection Genetics and Evolution

Genomic comparison of Newcastle disease viruses isolated in Nigeria between 2002 and 2015 reveals circulation of highly diverse genotypes and spillover into wild birds

Catharine N. Welch, Ismaila Shittu, Célia Abolnik, +10

Archives of Virology

Viral EvolutionVirus EpidemiologyPathogenesisVirus TransmissionEmergent Virus +7

A retrospective study of Newcastle disease in Kenya

Auleria A. Apopo, Henry M. Kariithi, Leonard O. Ateya, +6

Tropical Animal Health and Production

Surveillance and Genetic Characterization of Virulent Newcastle Disease Virus Subgenotype V.3 in Indigenous Chickens from Backyard Poultry Farms and Live Bird Markets in Kenya

Henry M. Kariithi, Helena Lage Ferreira, Catharine N. Welch, +12

Viruses

The movements of a recently urbanized wading bird reveal changes in season timing and length related to resource use

Anjelika Kidd-Weaver, Jeffrey Hepinstall‐Cymerman, Catharine N. Welch, +5

PLoS ONE

Wildlife EcologyBiogeographyLand UseAmerican White IbisEvolutionary Biology +10

Foraging in Urban Environments Increases Bactericidal Capacity in Plasma and Decreases Corticosterone Concentrations in White Ibises

Caroline R. Cummings, Nicola Khan, Maureen H. Murray, +4

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution

Ecosystem HealthEscherichia ColiWildlife EcologyEnvironmental HealthMicrobial Ecology +17

Site Fidelity is Associated with Food Provisioning and Salmonella in an Urban Wading Bird

Maureen H. Murray, Sonia M. Hernández, R. Scott Rozier, +8

EcoHealth