AGUIRRE PUBLICATIONS

Refereed Journals
Books and Book Chapters
Technical Reports
Proceedings and Abstracts
Professional Presentations by Invitation
Meetings as Expert Reviewer / Panelist
Courses / Symposia / Workshops Organized and Taught

REFEREED JOURNALS

Vinetz, J. M., B. A. Wilcox, A. A. Aguirre, L. X. Gollin, A. R. Katz, R. S. Fujioka, K. Mali, P. Horwitz and H. Chang. 2005. Beyond disciplinary boundaries: leptospirosis as a model of incorporating transdisciplinary approaches to understand infectious disease emergence. EcoHealth 2(4):291-306.

Hanselmann, R., A. Rodriguez, M. Lampo, L. Fajardo-Ramos, A. A. Aguirre, A. M. Kilpatrick, J. P. Rodriguez and P. Daszak. 2004. Presence of an emerging pathogen of amphibians in introduced bullfrogs (Rana catesbeiana)in Venezuela. Biological Conservation 120:115-119.

Reif, J. S., A. Bachand, A. A. Aguirre, D. L. Borjesson, L. Kashinsky, R. Braun and G. A. Antonelis. 2004. Morphometry, hematology and serum chemistry in the Hawaiian monk seal (Monachus schauinslandi). Marine Mammal Science 20(4):851-860.

Patz, J. A., P. Daszak, G. M. Tabor, A. A. Aguirre, M. Pearl, J. Epstein, N. D. Wolfe, A. M. Kilpatrick, J. Foufopoulos, D. Molyneux, D. J. Bradley, and Members of the Working Group on Land Use Change and Disease Emergence. 2004. Unhealthy Landscapes: Policy recommendations pertaining to land use change and disease emergence. Environmental Health Perspectives 112(10):1092-1098.

Aguirre, A. A. and P. Lutz. 2004. Sea turtles as sentinels of marine ecosystem health: is fibropapillomatosis an indicator? EcoHealth 1(3):275-283.

Bonde, R. G., A. A. Aguirre and J. Powell. 2004. Manatees as sentinels of marine ecosystem health: are they the 2000-pound canaries? EcoHealth 1(3):255-262.

Aguirre, A. A. and G. M. Tabor. 2004. Introduction: Marine vertebrates as sentinels of marine ecosystem health. EcoHealth 1(3):236-238.

Tabor, G. M. and A. A. Aguirre. 2004. Ecosystem health and sentinel species: adding an ecological element to the proverbial “canary in the mineshaft”. EcoHealth 1(3):226-228.

Wilcox, B. A. and A. A. Aguirre. 2004. One ocean, one health. EcoHealth 1(3):211-212.

Wilcox, B. A., A. A. Aguirre, P. Daszak, P. Horwitz, P. Martens, M. Parkes, J. A. Patz and D. Waltner-Towes. 2004. EcoHealth: a transdisciplinary imperative for a sustainable future. EcoHealth 1(1):3-5.

Nigro, O., A. A., Aguirre and Y. Lu. 2004. Nucleotide sequence of an ICP18.5 assembly protein (UL28) gene of a green turtle herpesvirus pathogenically associated with green turtle fibropapilloma. Journal of Virological Methods 120:107-112.

Nigro O., G. Yu, A. A. Aguirre and Y. Lu. 2004. Sequencing and characterization of the full-length gene encoding the single-stranded DNA binding protein of a novel Chelonian herpesvirus. Archives of Virology 149:337-347.

Lu, Y., A. A. Aguirre, Y. Wang, L. Zeng, P. C. Loh and R. Yanagihara. 2003. Viral susceptibility of newly established cell lines from the Hawaiian monk seal, Monachus schauinslandi. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms 57:183-191.

Lu, Y. A., Y. Wang, A. A. Aguirre, Z. S. Zhao, Ch. Y. Liu, V. R. Nerurkar and R. Yanagihara. 2003. RT-PCR detection of the expression of the polymerase gene of a novel reptilian herpesvirus in tumor tissues of green turtles with fibropapilloma. Archives of Virology 148:1155-1163.

Aguirre, A. A., R. K. Bonde and J. A. Powell. 2003. Biology, tracking and health assessment on Antillean manatees (Trichechus manatus). Verh.ber. Erkrg. Zootiere 41:233-236.

Aguirre, A. A., G. H. Balazs, T. R. Spraker, S. K. K. Murakawa and B. Zimmerman. 2002. Pathology of oropharyngeal fibropapillomatosis in green turtles (Chelonia mydas). Journal of Aquatic Animal Health 14(4):298-304.

Aguirre, A. A. 2001. Epidemiology of the Hawaiian monk seal: are infectious agents limiting population recovery? Verh.ber. Erkrg. Zootiere 40 (4):1-9.

Quackenbush, S. L., R. N. Casey, R. J. Murcek, T. A. Paul, T. M. Work, C. J. Limpus, A. Chaves, L. duToit, J. Vasconcelos Perez, A. A. Aguirre, T. R. Spraker, J. A. Horrocks, L. A. Vermeer, G. H. Balazs, and J. W. Casey. 2001. Quantitative analysis of herpesvirus sequences from normal tissue and fibropapillomas of marine turtles with real-time PCR. Virology 287:105-111.

Lu Y., A. A. Aguirre, C. Hamm, Y. Wang, Q. Yu, P. C. Loh and R. Yanagihara. 2000. Establishment, cryopreservation, and growth of 11 cell lines prepared from a juvenile Hawaiian monk seal, Monachus schauinslandi. Methods in Cell Science 22 (2): 115-124.

Lu, Y., A. A. Aguirre, T. M. Work, G. H. Balazs, V. R. Nerurkar and R. Yanagihara. 2000. Identification of a small naked virus associated with green sea turtle fibropapilloma. Journal of Virological Methods 86:25-33.

Aguirre, A. A. and G. H. Balazs. 2000. Plasma biochemistry values of green turtles (Chelonia mydas) with and without fibropapillomas in the Hawaiian Islands. Comparative Haematology International 10(3):132-137.

Aguirre, A. A., B. Principe, A. Angerbjörn, M. Tannerfeldt, and T. Mörner. 2000. Field anesthesia of arctic fox (Alopex lagopus) cubs in Swedish Lapland with medetomidine-ketamine-atipamezole. Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine 31 (2):244-246.

Aguirre, A. A., A. Angerbjörn, M. Tannerfeldt and T. Mörner. 2000. Health evaluation of arctic fox (Alopex lagopus) cubs in Sweden. Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine 31(1):36-40.

Lu, Y., Y. Wang, Q. Yu, A. A. Aguirre, G. H. Balazs, V. R. Nerurkar and R. Yanagihara. 2000. Detection of herpesviral sequences in tissues of green turtles with fibropapilloma using polymerase chain reaction. Archives of Virology 145:1885-1893.

Lu, Y., V. R. Nerurkar, A. A. Aguirre, T. M. Work, G. H. Balazs, and R. Yanagihara. 1999. Establishment and characterization of 13 cell lines from a green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) with fibropapillomas. In Vitro Cell and Developmental Biology 35 (7):389-393.

Aguirre, A. A., T. R. Spraker, A. Chaves-Quiroz, L. A. du Toit and G. H. Balazs. 1999. Pathology of fibropapillomas in olive ridley turtles (Lepidochelys olivacea) in Ostional, Costa Rica. Journal of Aquatic Animal Health 11:283-289.

Aguirre, A. A., C. Bröjer and T. Mörner. 1999. Descriptive epidemiology of roe deer mortality in Sweden. Journal of Wildlife Diseases 35(4):753-762.

Aguirre, A. A. 1998. Fibropapillomas in marine turtles: a workshop at the 18th symposium. Marine Turtle Newsletter 82:7-8.

Yantis, D., J. Dubey, R. Moeller, R. Braun, A. A. Aguirre, and C. Gardiner. 1998. Hepactic sarcocystosis in a Hawaiian monk seal (Monachus schauinslandi). Infectious Disease/Toxicologic Pathology 35(5): 453.

Lu, Y., A. A. Aguirre, R. C. Braun and P. Loh. 1998. Establishment of monk seal cell lines. In Vitro Cell and Developmental Biology 34:367-369.

Aguirre, A. A., T. R. Spraker, G. H. Balazs and B. Zimmerman. 1998. Spirorchidiasis and fibropapillomatosis in green turtles from the Hawaiian Islands. Journal of Wildlife Diseases 34(1):91-98.

Graczyk, T. K., G. H. Balazs, T. Work, A. A. Aguirre, D. M. Ellis, S. K. K. Murakawa and R. Morris. 1997. Cryptosporidium sp. infections in green turtles, Chelonia mydas, as a potential source of marine waterborne oocysts in the Hawaiian Islands. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 63(7):2925-2927.

Balazs, G. H., A. A. Aguirre, and S. K. K. Murakawa. 1997. Ocurrence of oral fibropapillomas in the Hawaiian green turtle: differential disease expression. Marine Turtle Newsletter 76:1-2.

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BOOKS AND BOOK CHAPTERS

Aguirre, A. A. and M. Lampo. 2006. Biosecurity and quarentine protocol to prevent the transmission of diseases in amphibians. (In press)

Keller, J. M., M. M. Peden-Adams, and A. A. Aguirre. 2005. Immunotoxicology and implications for reptilian health. In: J. M. Keller and S. Garner (eds.). Toxicology of Reptiles. New Perspectives: Toxicology and the Environment, CRC, Taylor & Francis. Pp. 199-240.

Aguirre, A. A., R. S. Ostfeld, G. M. Tabor, C. A. House and M. C. Pearl (eds.). 2002. Conservation Medicine: Ecological Health in Practice. Oxford University Press, New York, 407 pp.

Aguirre, A. A. and D. Green. 2001. Analysis of mortality causes in amphibians. In K. R. Lips, J. K. Reaser, B. E. Young and R. Ibañez (eds.). Amphibian Monitoring in Latin America: A Protocol Manual. Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles. Herpetological Circular N. 30. Pp. 23-26, 66-70.

Tabor,G.M., R. S. Ostfeld, M. Poss, A.P. Dobson, and A. A. Aguirre. 2001. Conservation biology and the health sciences: defining the research priorities of conservation medicine. In: M. E. Soulé and G. H. Orians (eds.). Research Priorities in Conservation Biology. 2nd edition. Island Press; Washington, D.C. Pp 165-173.

Chowdhury, N. and A. A. Aguirre (eds.). 2001. Helminths of Wildlife. Science Publishers, Inc., Enfield, New Hampshire, 514 pp.

Aguirre, A. A. 2000. The illegal trade of wildlife and applied forensic techniques (In Spanish). In F. Nassar-Montoya and R. Crane (eds.). Attitudes towards Wildlife in Latin America. Humane Society Press, Washington, D.C. pp. 249-264.

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TECHNICAL REPORTS

Aguirre,A.A. 25 October 2005. Policy Summary on Avian Flu. Prepared for Kemal Dervis, Administrator of United Nations Development Programme, addressing information and insights about Avian Flu (Avian Influenza A/H5N1) and it’s relationship to UNDP’s areas of focus (poverty reduction, governance, environment & energy, HIV/AIDS, conflict prevention and recovery) to inform the perspectives and positions and recommendations that UNDP should take in policy fora around the world.

Aguirre, A. A. 2000. Health assessment and disease status studies of the Hawaiian monk seal. U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA NMFS Administrative Report H-00-01, Honolulu, Hawaii, 44 pp.

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PROCEEDINGS AND ABSTRACTS

Aguirre, A. A. 2005. The living ocean a living oxymoron: emerging diseases in marine ecosystems. Diversitas Open Science Conference: Integrating Biodiversity Science for Human Well-being. 9-12 November, Oaxaca, Mexico.

Zepeda-Lopez, H. and A. A. Aguirre. 2005. The Mexico-USA Border as a region of epizootiologic risk in wildlife. Diversitas Open Science Conference: Integrating Biodiversity Science for Human Well-being. 9-12 November, Oaxaca, Mexico.
Aguirre, A. A. 2005. Conservation Medicine: linking wildlife, human and environmental health. COHAB 2005 - the First International Conference on the Importance of Biodiversity to Human Health, 23-25 August, Galway, Ireland.

Aguirre, A. A. 2005. Conservation medicine: linking wildlife, human and ecosystem health. 142nd AVMA Annual Convention and 28th World Veterinary Congress, 16-20 July, Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Aguirre. A. A. and M. C. Pearl. 2005. Evolution of conservation medicine around the world. Pre-Conference Workshop: Conservation Medicine: Status and perspectives in Latin America, 19th Annual Meeting of the Society for Conservation Biology, 15 July 2005, Brasilia, Brazil.

Aguirre, A. A. and H. Zepeda-Lopez. 2005. Conservation medicine in Mexico. Pre-Conference Workshop: Conservation Medicine: Status and perspectives in Latin America, 19th Annual Meeting of the Society for Conservation Biology, 15 July 2005, Brasilia, Brazil.

Aguirre, A. A. 2005. Conservation medicine: linking wildlife, human and ecosystem health. Keynote address. Proceedings of the First National Symposium on Conservation Medicine, 7-8 July, Unitec, Auckland, New Zealand, pp. 10-12.

Aguirre, A. A. 2005. Vignettes: global experiences in conservation medicine. Proceedings of the First National Symposium on Conservation Medicine, 7-8 July, Unitec, Auckland, New Zealand, pp. 10-12.

Aguirre. A. A. 2005. Conservation medicine in a threatened ecoregion: addressing ecological health in the Californias. Wildlife Disease Association International Conference, 26 June-1 July, Cairns, Queensland, Australia, p. 129.

Zepeda, H., A. L. Sandoval, D. Ramirez, G. Jimenez, D. Soriano, S. Rodriguez, R. Mondragon, M. Bernal, E. Rendon and A. A. Aguirre. 2005. Mortality of wintering monarch butterflies: are emerging pathogens the cause of declining populations? American Society for Microbiology 105th General Meeting, 5-10 June 2005, Georgia World Congress Center, Atlanta, Georgia.

Aguirre, A. A. 2005. Diseases of sea turtles transmissible to humans: Can eating sea turtles make you sick? VII Annual Meeting of the Sea Turtle Conservation Network of the Californias, 28-30 January, Loreto, Baja California Sur, Mexico.

Pearl, M. C. and A. A. Aguirre. 2004. Conservation medicine: ecological health in practice. 3rd IUCN World Conservation Congress, 17-20 November, Bangkok, Thailand.

Aguirre, A. A. 2004. Emerging infectious diseases: impacts on health, poverty and conservation. 3rd IUCN World Conservation Congress, 17-20 November, Bangkok, Thailand.

Aguirre, A. A., M. C. Pearl and J. Patz. 2004. Urban expansion impacts on the health of ecosystems, wildlife and humans. Population-Environment Research Network (PERN) Internet-based cyberseminar "Urban Expansion: The Environmental and Health Dimensions”. 29 November-17 December. Center for
International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN), Earth Institute, Columbia University.

Aguirre, A. A. 2004. Sea turtles as sentinels of marine ecological health. 2nd Meeting on Research and Conservation of Sea Turtles of the Southwestern Atlantic, 30 September-2 October, Fundacion Mundo Marino, San Clemente del Tuyu, Argentina.

Aguirre, A. A. 2004. Health and disease of sea turtles: a conservation medicine approach. 2nd Meeting on Research and Conservation of Sea Turtles of the Southwestern Atlantic, 30 September-2 October, Fundacion Mundo Marino, San Clemente del Tuyu, Argentina.

Aguirre, A. A. and M. C. Pearl. New technology and sorta situ: Conservation medicine linking captive and wildlife populations. AAZV/AAWV/WDA Joint Annual Conference, 27 August-3 September, San Diego, California, p.

Aguirre, A. A., A. L. Sandoval, D. Ramirez, G. Jimenez, D. Soriano, S. Rodriguez, R. Mondragon, M. Bernal, E. Rendon and H. Zepeda. 2004. Mortality of wintering monarch butterflies: are emerging pathogens the cause of declining populations? AAZV/AAWV/WDA Joint Annual Conference, 27 August-3 September, San Diego, California, pp. 9-10.

Aguirre, A. A. and G. M. Tabor. 2004. Conservation medicine, sentinel species and marine ecological health: can we make the connection? 18th Annual Meeting Society for Conservation Biology, 30 July-2 August, Columbia University, New York, p. 7.

Aguirre, A. A., M. Sims, K. Durham, R. DiGiovanni, S. Morreale and K. McGonigle. Assessment of sea turtle health in Peconic Bay of Eastern Long Island. 2004. 18th Annual Meeting Society for Conservation Biology, 30 July-2 August, Columbia University, New York, p. 8.

Aguirre, A. A. 2004. Infectious disease as a link between human, wildlife and ecosystem health. Ecosystem Health and Environmental Indicators Social-ecological Systems, Resilience and Emerging Infectious Disease Symposium, 8th International Society for Ecological Economics Meeting. 11-13 July 2004, Montreal Canada.

Aguirre, A. A. 2004. Marine vertebrates as sentinels of ecological health: a proactive approach to measure the impacts of “Escalera Náutica”. The Gulf of California Conference, 13-17 June, Westward Look Hotel, Tucson, Arizona

Aguirre, A. A. 2004. An ocular disease of unknown etiology in Hawaiian monk seals. European Association of Zoo and Wildlife Veterinarians (EAZWV) 5th Scientific Meeting, 19-23 May, Ebeltoft, Denmark.

Aguirre, A. A. Fibropapillomatosis in sea turtles: an etiological perspective. 2004. 7th International Symposium of Pathology and Medicine of Reptiles and Amphibians. 16-18 April, Berlin, Germany.

Aguirre, A. A. An Update on RANA: Research and Analysis Network for Neotropical Amphibians. 2004. 7th International Symposium of Pathology and Medicine of Reptiles and Amphibians. 16-18 April, Berlin, Germany.

Aguirre, A. A,, M. Sims, K. Durham, K. McG. R. DiG. And S. Morreale. 2004. Assessment of sea turtle health in Peconic Bay, Eastern Long Island. Proc 24th Ann Symp Sea Turtle Biol Conserv. U.S. Dep Commer NOAA Tech Memo NMFS-SEFSC-, San Jose, Costa Rica, in press

Pastorino, M. V., A. A. Aguirre, M. N. Caraccio, M. Hernandez, A. Fallabrino and J. A. Moraña. 2004. First histological confirmation of fibropapillomatosis in juvenile green turtles in Uruguay. Proc 24th Ann Symp Sea Turtle Biol Conserv. U.S. Dep Commer NOAA Tech Memo NMFS-SEFSC-, San Jose, Costa Rica, in press

Aguirre, A. A. and S. Newman. 2004. Seabirds as sentinels of emerging diseases and marine ecosystem health. Pacific Seabird Group, 21-25 January. La Paz, Baja California, Mexico.

Aguirre, A. A. 2003. Marine mammals as sentinels of emerging diseases and ecosystem health. 15th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals. 14-19 December. Greenboro, North Carolina.

Aguirre, A. A. 2003. Serological epidemiology of Hawaiian monk seals: are infectious diseases limiting population recovery? X International Symposium of Veterinary Epidemiology and Economics, 17-21 November, Viña del Mar, Chile.

Aguirre, A. A. 2003. Marine turtles as sentinels of ecosystem health: is fibropapillomatosis an indicator? X International Symposium of Veterinary Epidemiology and Economics, 17-21 November, Viña del Mar, Chile.

Aguirre, A. A. 2003. West Nile virus infection: epidemiological and ecological consequences of an emerging pathogen in North America. 16 to 18 October. WNV Round Table, III International Epidemiology Congress. Mexican Association of Veterinary Epidemiology, Oaxaca, Mexico.

Aguirre, A. A. 2003. Conservation medicine: the theory and practice of ecological health. Proceedings of the American Association of Zoo Veterinarians Annual Conference, 6-10 October. Minneapolis, Minnesota, pp. 24-25.

Aguirre, A. A. 2003. Seroepidemiology of Hawaiian monk seals: are infectious diseases limiting population recovery? 52nd Annual Wildlife Disease Association Conference. 11-14 August, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada, p. 14.

Aguirre, A. A. 2003. Biology, Conservation and Health of Sea Turtles. DHGT- Arbeitsgemeinschaft Amphibien und Reptilienkrankheiten (AG ARK). 17-18 May 2003. Pfalzmuseum Bad Dürkheim, Germany.

Aguirre, A. A. 2002. Sea turtles as sentinels of marine ecosystems. XVIII Pan American Congress of Veterinary Sciences. 18-22 November, Palacio de Convenciones, La Habana, Cuba.

Dörnath, K. A., R. Kaiser, A. A. Aguirre and D. Jarofke. 2002. Investigations for the chemical immobilization of fish: the use of eugenol and metomidate in the clown fish (Amphiprion frenatus) and the Mexican tetra (Astyanax mexicanus). Annual Meeting of the Zoo Veterinarians in the German Speaking Region, 22 November, München, Germany.

Aguirre, A. A. and K. A. Dörnath. 2002. Veterinary aspects in the protection of endangered species. Annual Meeting of the Veterinary Chamber. November. Bremen, Germany.

Aguirre, A. A., R. K. Bonde and J. A. Powell. 2002. Biology, movements and health assessment of free-ranging manatees in Belize. 51st Annual Wildlife Disease Association Conference. 28 July -1 August. Humboldt State University, Arcata, p. 135.

Aguirre, A. A., T. R. Spraker, R. A. Morris, B. Powers and B. Zimmerman. 2002. Low-grade fibrosarcomas in green turtles (Chelonia mydas) with fibropapillomatosis. 51st Annual Wildlife Disease Association Conference. 28 July -1 August. Humboldt State University, Arcata, p. 83.

Aguirre, A. A. and G. Tabor. 2002. Marine ecosystem health and sentinel species: adding an ecological element to the proverbial “canary in the mineshaft”. 51st Annual Wildlife Disease Association Conference. 28 July -1 August. Humboldt State University, Arcata, p. 40.

Aguirre, A. A. and A. F. Allchurch. 2002. Species as ecosystem health sentinels in mosaic landscapes. Society for Conservation Biology 16th Annual Meeting Program and Abstracts. Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology, University of Kent, and British Ecological Society, Canterbury, England, 14-19 July, A2.

Aguirre, A. A. 2002. The living ocean an evolving oxymoron: examining marine ecosystem health. Healthy Ecosystems Healthy People: linkages between biodiversity, ecosystem health and human health, International Society for Ecosystem Health Conference Abstracts, Washington, DC, 6-11 June, p. 46.

Aguirre, A. A. 2002. Sea turtles as sentinels of marine ecosystem health. Healthy Ecosystems Healthy People: linkages between biodiversity, ecosystem health and human health, International Society for Ecosystem Health Conference Abstracts, Washington, DC, 6-11 June, p. 13.

Aguirre, A. A., T. R. Spraker, B. Powers, R. Morris and B. Principe. 2002. Low grade fibrosarcomas in green turtles: is fibropapillomatosis going amuck? European Association of Zoo and Wildlife Veterinarians and the European Wildlife Disease Association Proceedings. Heidelberg, Germany. 8-12 May, pp. 85-86.

Aguirre, A. A. 2002. Conservation medicine and emerging diseases in marine mammals: a transdisciplinary approach. Florida Marine Mammal Health Conference, University of Florida, Gainesville, 4-7 April.

Bonde, R. K., Aguirre, A. A. and J. A. Powell. 2002. Capture, handling and biomedical assessment of free-ranging manatees in Belize. Florida Marine Mammal Health Conference, University of Florida, Gainesville, 4-7 April.

Huerta, P., H. Pineda, A. A. Aguirre, T. R. Spraker, L. Sarti and A. Barragán. 2002. First confirmed case of fibropapilloma in a leatherback turtle (dermochelys coriacea). Proc 20th Ann Symp Sea Turtle Biol Conserv. U.S. Dep Commer NOAA Tech Memo NMFS-SEFSC-477, Miami, Florida, p. 193.

Blanchard, M., B. Aldridge, C. Funke, D. King, T. Goldstein, L. Dalton, G. Antonelis, J. Stott, F. Gulland, A. A. Aguirre, R. Braun, J. Reif, and S. Dickerson. 2001. Can Blind Monk Seals Help Us See. 14th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals Abstracts. Vancouver, B.C., Canada. 28 November – 3 December, p. 26.

Bonde, R., A. A. Aguirre and J. A. Powell. 2001. Biological assessment and handling of captured free-ranging manatees in Belize. 14th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals Abstracts. Vancouver, B.C., Canada. 28 November – 3 December, p. 29.

Powell, J. A., R. Bonde, A. A. Aguirre, C. Koontz, M. Gough and N. Auil. 2001. Biology and movements of manatees in Southern Lagoon, Belize. 14th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals Abstracts. Vancouver, B.C., Canada. 28 November – 3 December, p. 174.

Aguirre, A. A. 2001. New technology and sorta situ: conservation medicine linking captive and wildlife populations. Proceedings of the 10th Latin American Association of Zoos and Aquaria Congress. Buenos Aires Zoo, Argentina, 12-16 November.

Lu, Y., A. A. Aguirre and R. Yanagihara. 2001. Viral susceptibility of newly established cell lines from Hawaiian monk seals. 101st American Society for Microbiology General Meeting, Orlando, Florida, 20-24 May.

Blanchard, M., B. Aldridge, C. Funke, D. King, J. Stott, T. Goldstein, F. Gulland, B. Antonelis, A. A. Aguirre, R. Braun, J. Reif, L. Dalton and S. Dickerson. 2001. Can Blind Monk Seals Help Us See? . Proceedings of the American Association of Zoo Veterinarians and International Association for Aquatic Animal Medicine Joint Conference, 17-21 September, New Orleans, Louisiana, pp. 466-467.

Blanchard, M., B. Aldridge, C. Funke, D. King, J. Stott, T. Goldstein, F. Gulland, B. Antonelis, A. A. Aguirre, R. Braun, J. Reif, L. Dalton and S. Dickerson. 2001. Can Blind Monk Seals Help Us See? 31th Annual International Association for Aquatic Animal Medicine Conference and Workshop. Tampa, Florida, 28 April-2 May.

Aguirre, A. A., T. R. Spraker, R. Morris, B. Powers and B. Zimmerman. 2001. Low-grade fibrosarcomas in green turtles (Chelonia mydas) from the Hawaiian Islands. Proc 21th Int Sea Turtle Symp. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 24-28 February. U.S. Dep Commer NOAA Tech Memo NMFS-SEFSC- (In press).

Aguirre, A. A., J. Vasconcelos Pérez, T. R. Spraker, P. Hernández Saldaña, B. Zimmerman, E. Albavera Padilla, E. M. López Reyes, and G. H. Balazs. 2002. Studies of marine turtle fibropapillomatosis in Mexico: an international collaboration of research and training. Proc 20th Ann Symp Sea Turtle Biol Conserv. U.S. Dep Commer NOAA Tech Memo NMFS-SEFSC-477, Miami, Florida, p. 50.

Quackenbush, S. L., R. N. Casey, R. J. Murcek, T. A. Paul, T. M. Work, J. Rovnak, C. J. Limpus, A. Chaves, L. du Toit, A. A. Aguirre, T. R. Spraker, J. Vasconcelos-Perez, L. A. Vermeer, J. A. Horrocks, G. H. Balazs, and J. W. Casey. 2002. Quantitative fluorogenic real-time PCR assessment of herpesvirus sequences from normal tissue and fibropapillomas of turtles sampled at different geographic locations. Proc 20th Ann Symp Sea Turtle Biol Conserv. U.S. Dep Commer NOAA Tech Memo NMFS-SEFSC-477, Miami, Florida, pp. 194-195.

Aguirre, A. A., C. J. Limpus, T. R. Spraker, and G. H. Balazs. 2000. Survey of fibropapillomatosis and other potential diseases in marine turtles from Moreton Bay, Queensland, Australia. In H. Kalb and T. Wibbels (compilers). Proc 19th Int Sea Turtle Symp. U.S. Dep Commer NOAA Tech Memo NMFS-SEFSC-443:36.

Quackenbush, S. L., C. J. Limpus, A. A. Aguirre, T. R. Spraker, G. H. Balazs, R. N. Casey, and J. W. Casey. 2000. Prevalence and phylogeny of herpesvirus sequences from normal and fibropapilloma tissues of green and loggerhead turtles sampled at Moreton Bay, Australia. In H. Kalb and T. Wibbels (compilers). Proc 19th Int Sea Turtle Symp. U.S. Dep Commer NOAA Tech Memo NMFS-SEFSC-443:242-243.

Aguirre, A. A. 2000. Rescue, rehabilitation and release of marine turtles with fibropapillomatosis: an epidemiologic perspective. In F. A. Abreu-Grobois, R. Briseño-Dueñas, R. Márquez and L. Sarti (compilers). Proc 18th Int Sea Turtle Symp. U.S. Dep Commer NOAA Tech Memo NMFS-SEFSC-436:111.

Aguirre, A. A., T. R Spraker, A. Chaves, L. du Toit, W. Eure and G. H. Balazs. 2000. Fibropapillomatosis in olive ridley turtles in Costa Rica. In F. A. Abreu-Grobois, R. Briseño-Dueñas, R. Márquez and L. Sarti (compilers). Proc 18th Int Sea Turtle Symp. U.S. Dep Commer NOAA Tech Memo NMFS-SEFSC-436:111.

Balazs, G., S. K. K. Murakawa, D. M. Ellis and A. A. Aguirre. 2000. Manifestation of fibropapillomatosis and rates of growth of green turtles at Kaneohe Bay in the Hawaiian Islands. In F. A. Abreu-Grobois, R. Briseño-Dueñas, R. Márquez and L. Sarti (compilers). Proc 18th Int Sea Turtle Symp. U.S. Dep Commer NOAA Tech Memo NMFS-SEFSC-436:112-113.

Aguirre, A. A. 2000. Wildlife diseases without borders: conservation medicine and ecosystem health in Latin America. 4th Meeting of the European Wildlife Disease Association Abstracts, SEDIFAS Wildlife Diagnostic Service, Veterinary School, University of Zaragoza, Spain, 20-23 September, p. 15.

Aguirre, A. A. 2000. Conservation medicine and ecosystem health across borders: from the Atlantic rainforest of Brazil to the African savanna. Proceedings of the American Association of Zoo Veterinarians and International Association for Aquatic Animal Medicine Joint Conference, 17-21 September, New Orleans, Louisiana pp. 24-25.

Kurz, S. K. and A. A. Aguirre. 2000. Representational difference analysis reveals tumor-specific viral sequences in Chelonia mydas with fibropapillomatosis. 25st International Herpesvirus Workshop, Oregon Health Science University, Portland, Oregon, 29 July- 4 August.

Aguirre, A. A. 2000. Marine ecosystem health monitoring using sentinel species surveillance. Ecosystem Health Conference: Transdisciplinary Approaches. 12-14 July, Brisbane, Australia, p. 1.

Kurz, S. K. and A. A. Aguirre. 2000. Identification of tumor-specific viral sequences in Chelonia mydas with fibropapillomatosis by representational difference analysis. 19th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Virology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, 8-12 July.

Aguirre, A. A., J. S. Reif and G. Antonelis. 1999. Serologic evidence of zoonotic diseases in the Hawaiian monk seal: are they limiting population recovery. 13th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals, 28 November-3 December, Wailea, Maui, Hawaii, p. 2.

Kliks, M. and A. A. Aguirre. 1999. Hawaiian monk seal helminthology survey: analysis of 1997 specimens. 13th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals28 November-3 December, Wailea, Maui, Hawaii, p. 99.

Reif, J., A. A. Aguirre, A. Bachand, L. Kashinsky, and G. Antonelis. 1999. Morphometry, hematology, and serum chemistry in subpopulations of the Hawaiian monk seal (Monachus schauinslandi).13th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals28 November-3 December, Wailea, Maui, Hawaii, p. 156.

Aguirre, A. A., G. Tabor, and C. Gillin. 1999. The Center of Conservation Medicine: linking ecosystem health with animal and human wellbeing. 48th Wildlife Disease Association Annual Conference. 8-12 August. University of Georgia, Athens, p. 81.

Lu, Y., Q. Yu, A. A. Aguirre, T. M. Work, G. H. Balazs, V. R. Nerurkar, and R. Yanagihara. 1999. Detection of novel herpersviral sequences in cell cultures derived from tumors of green turtles (Chelonia mydas) with fibropapilloma. 18th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Virology. 10-14 July. University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts, p. 143.

Aguirre, A. A. and G. Tabor. 1999. The Center for Conservation Medicine: a new consortium to address marine ecosystem health and monitoring. IAAAM Proceedings 30:153.

Rowles, T., A. A. Aguirre, N. LeBoef, and B. Mase. 1999. Marine mammal stranding response and investigations in the United States. XXIV International Meeting for the Study of Marine Mammals, 18-22 April, Mazatlan, Mexico, SOMEMMA Proceedings 24:52.

Aguirre, A. A. 1998. Biomedical management of the most endangered pinniped in U.S. waters: the Hawaiian monk seal (Monachus schauinslandi). Proceedings of the American Association of Zoo Veterinarians and American Association of Wildlife Veterinarians Joint Conference, 17-22 October, Omaha, Nebraska, p. 374.

Aguirre, A. A., B. Zimmerman, A. Angerbjorn, M. Tannerfeldt, and T. Mörner. 1998. Medetomidine-ketamine/atipamezole anesthesia/reversal in wild arctic fox cubs in Swedish Lapland. Proceedings of the American Association of Zoo Veterinarians and American Association of Wildlife Veterinarians Joint Conference, 17-22 October, Omaha, Nebraska, p. 49.

Aguirre, A. A., T. R Spraker, A. Chaves, L. du Toit, W. Eure and G. H. Balazs. 1998. Fibropapillomatosis in olive ridley turtles in Ostional, Costa Rica. 47th Wildlife Disease Association Annual Conference. 10-13 August. National Wildlife Health Research Center, Madison, Wisconsin.

Aguirre, A. A. 1998. The Hawaiian monk seal (Monachus schauinslandi) epidemiology plan: health and disease considerations in the management of an endangered species. 47th Wildlife Disease Association Annual Conference. 10-13 August. National Wildlife Health Research Center, Madison, Wisconsin.

Yantis, D., J. Dubey, R. Moeller, R. Braun and A. A. Aguirre. 1998. Hepatic sarcocystosis in a Hawaiian monk seal (Monachus schauinslandi). American College of Veterinary Pathologists Meeting, 17-20 November, St. Louis, Missouri.

Lu, Y., V. R. Nerurkar, A. A. Aguirre, G. Balazs, T. Work and R. Yanagihara. 1998. In vitro formation of tumor-like aggregates in cell cultures established from green sea turtles (Chelonia mydas) with fibropapilloma. American Society for Virology 17th Annual Meeting. 11-15 July. University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.

Aguirre, A. A. 1998. Wildlife forensic medicine. Proceedings of the 2nd International Congress on the Management and Conservation of Game Birds and Mammals of the World. 24-26 June. Toluca, Mexico, pp. 68-71.

Lu, Y., V. Nerurkar, A. A. Aguirre, G. Balazs, T. Work and R. Yanagihara. 1998. Establishment and characterization of cell lines derived from green sea turtles (GST) for the isolation of the causative virus(es) of GST fibropapilloma. 98th American Society for Microbiology General Meeting. 17-21 May. Atlanta, Georgia.

Aguirre, A. A. 1997. Wildlife disease surveillance in national parks. Symposium on Wildlife Disease Surveillance. 46th Wildlife Disease Association Annual Conference. 10-14 August. Florida Marine Research Institute, St. Petersburg, Florida, No. 60.

Aguirre, A. A., R. Braun, M. Hanson, and A. Sloan. 1997. Epidemiology of an ocular disease of unknown etiology in Hawaiian monk seals (Monachus schauinslandi). 46th Wildlife Disease Association Annual Conference. 10-14 August. Florida Marine Research Institute, St. Petersburg, Florida, No. 83.

Aguirre, A. A., G. H. Balazs, S. Murakawa, and T. R Spraker. 1997. Oropharyngeal fibropapillomas in Hawaiian green turtles (Chelonia mydas): pathologic and epidemiologic perspectives. Proceedings of the 17th Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation. NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SEFSC- , Orlando, Florida (in press).

Aguirre, A. A. 1997. The Hawaiian monk seal epidemiology program: a new approach to evaluate the decline of an endangered species. IAAAM Proceedings 28:126.

Aguirre, A. A., C. Bröjer, and T. Mörner. 1996. Pathologic findings in roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) submitted to the National Veterinary Institute of Sweden, 1986-1995. European Section of the Wildlife Disease Association Second Meeting. 12-16 September, Warsaw, Poland.

Aguirre, A. A., M. Tannerfeldt, A. Angerbjörn, and T. Mörner. 1996. Health evaluation of the endangered arctic fox (Alopex lagopus) in Sweden. European Section of the Wildlife Disease Association Second Meeting. 12-16 September, Warsaw, Poland.

Aguirre, A. A., G. H. Balazs, and T. R. Spraker. 1996. Pathology and epidemiology of oropharyngeal fibropapillomas in Hawaiian green turtles (Chelonia mydas). 45th Wildlife Disease Association Annual Conference. 21-25 July, Fairbanks, Alaska, No. 82.

Aguirre, A. A., Graczyk, T. K., and G. H. Balazs. 1996. ELISA test for the detection of anti-blood fluke immunoglobulins in Hawaiian green turtles. Proceedings of the 15th Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation. NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SEFSC-387, Hilton Head, South Carolina. p. 5.

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PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS BY INVITATION

Conservation medicine: ecological health in practice- a new approach to infectious emerging diseases. Plenary at Symposium of Ecology and Conservation Biology, 25 November 2005, Instituto de Ecologia, Universidad Autonoma de Mexico, Mexico.

Conservation Medicine & Sea Turtle Health in the Pacific Ocean. Plenary Speech at the XVI Japanese Sea Turtle Association Meeting, 18-21 November, Kuroshima, Okinawa, Japan.

Conservation Medicine and Ecological Health: A New Approach to Emerging Diseases and Threats to Jaguar Conservation, Symposium Conservation of Jaguars in the XXI Century. 13 October 2005, Club de Golf, Cuernavaca, Mexico.

Oceans and health: the role of veterinarians in the conservation of marine ecosystems. New Zealand Veterinary Association, Victoria University, Pipitea Campus, 5 July 2005. Wellington, New Zealand.

The Living Oceans: An Evolving Oxymoron, The Red Lecture Theatre, Unitec, 4 July 2005. Mt Albert, New Zealand.

Conservation medicine and ecological health: manatees as an example. Instituto Acuatico Xel-Ha, Sala Oceanica, Parque Xel-Ha, 15 June 2005, Quintana Roo, Mexico

Conservation medicine: linking wildlife health, human health and ecosystem health in a deteriorating world. EcoSur, 13 June 2005, Quintana Roo, Mexico.

The health of sea turtles and humans are connected: can eating sea turtle make you sick? Sea Turtles and your Health Scientific Meeting based on an informative health campaign for people that consume sea turtles and their eggs in northwest Mexico. Blue Ocean Institute, CIBNOR and Wildlife Trust. 30 May 2005, La Paz, Baja California Sur, Mexico.

Conservation medicine as a new paradigm for the control of wildlife diseases at a continental scale. X Annual Meeting of the Trilateral Committee for Wildlife and Ecosystem Conservation and Management, Canadian Wildlife Service, U.S. Wildlife Service and SEMARNAT’s Mexican Wildlife Service. 26 April 2005, Zacatecas, Mexico.

Conservation medicine, ecological health and sentinel species: can we continue to ignore what the oceans are telling us? New England Aquarium Public Lecture Series, 23 May 2005. Boston, Massachusetts.

Conservation medicine as a new paradigm to control wildlife diseases at the Mexico-U.S.A. border. 2nd Binational Meeting on Wildlife Health Mexico-U.S.A. SEMARNAT, SAGARPA, USDA-APHIS, CDC. Secretaria de Relaciones Exteriores, 20 April 2005, Mexico, D.F.

The Mexico- U.S. border as a region of epizootiologic disease risk in wildlife. U.S.-Mexico Border States Symposium on Management of Natural and Cultural Resources. Corbett Center at New Mexico State University, 19-21 April 2005. Las Cruces, New Mexico.

Health and disease studies of sea turtles in Baja California, Mexico. Loggerhead Turtle Workshop, Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council Meeting, 2 March 2005, Honolulu, Hawaii

Oceans and Health: Sea turtle fibropapillomatosis as an example. Exploring the etiology of fibropapillomatosis using Bayesian Belief Networks. 28 February-1 March 2005, Honolulu, Hawaii

Conservation Medicine, Ecological Health & Sentinel Species. 20 October 2004, Infectology Section, Hospital La Raza, Mexico, D.F.

Conservation Medicine & Global Climate Change: how are we connected to this environmental crisis? 1st Meeting of Medical Continuing Education and IX National Congress of the Medical Alumni Association, 18 October 2004, Escuela Superior de Medicina, Instituto Politecnico Nacional, Mexico, D.F.

Conservation medicine: health connects all species. School of Veterinary Medicine, Universidad Andres Bello, 6 October 2004, Santiago, Chile.

Conservation medicine, sentinel species and ecological health. Department of Forestry and Natural Resources, Pontificia Universidad Catolica, 27 September 2004, Santiago, Chile.

Health issues of sea turtles: a conservation medicine approach. Münchener Tierärztliche Gesellschaft (Veterinary Society of Munich), Veterinary Faculty of the Ludwig Maximilians Universität, 2 June 2004. Munich, Germany.

Conservation medicine and ecological health: new strategies for the diagnosis on emerging diseases. Keynote speaker. IMSS XXIII Jornadas de Quimicos Clinicos, Hospital de Infectologia, Centro Medico Nacional “La Raza”, 21-23 April 2004, Mexico, D.F.

Conservation medicine: Evaluating the ecological health of marine ecosystems. Universidad de Colima, Facultad de Ciencias Marinas, 22 April 2004, Manzanillo, Colima, Mexico.

Ecological health and Toxification: How are we connected to this environmental crisis. Earth’s Day, Fundacion Ecologica de Manzanillo, A.C. 22 April 2004, Manzanillo, Colima, Mexico.

Manatees (Trichechus manatus) as sentinels of marine ecosystem health in the Caribbean Sea: are they the 2000-pound canaries?. 6 April 2004. Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Cientificas, Caracas, Venezuela.

Conservation medicine: examining marine ecological health. 5 April 2004. College of Veterinary Medicine, St. George’s, Grenada.

Emerging diseases and global climate change. 9 March 2004. Centro de Investigaciones Genomicas, Instituto Politecnico Nacional, Reynosa, Tamaulipas, Mexico.

Conservation medicine: ecological health in practice. 8 March 2004. Facultad de Ciencias Biologicas, Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon, Monterrey, Mexico.

Emerging infectious diseases of wildlife and global climate change. 14 October 2003. Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biologicas, Instituto Politecnico Nacional, Mexico, D.F.

WNV south of the border and ecological consequences on pathogen emergence. 25 September 2003. Seminario Interinstitucional de la Delegación Toluca de la AMMVEE, Toluca, Mexico.

Global Environmental Change and Emerging Diseases of Wildlife. 17 July 2003. SEMARNAT, Direccion General de Fauna Silvestre, Mexico, D.F.

Conservation Medicine: Ecological Health in Practice. Clinica Veterinaria Kelvar/Wildlife Trust. 30 January 2003. Centro Cultural Mexiquense, Toluca, Mexico.

Conservation Medicine and West Nile Virus south of the border: ecological and epidemiological consequences of an emerging disease. West Nile Virus Wildlife Health Workshop. 5-8 February 2003, Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, Annapolis, MD.

Conservation Medicine: Ecological Health in Practice. 2 December 2002. Department of Fisheries and Wildlife Biology. Colorado State University, Fort Collins.

Emerging Infectious Diseases of Wildlife: Ecological Function and Pathogen Pollution. 10 September 2002. SEMARNAT, Direccion General de Fauna Silvestre, Mexico, D.F.

Sea Turtles as Sentinels of Marine Ecosystem Health. 27 August 2002. National Fish & Wildlife Foundation, Washington, D.C.

Conservation Medicine: Linking Ecosystem, Human, and Animal Health in the Amazon Rainforest. 15 August 2002. Venezuelan Embassy, New York.

Conservation Medicine, sentinel species and ecological health: can we make the connection? 10 April 2002. Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research. Berlin, Germany.

Conservation Medicine: Ecological Health in Practice. 21 February 2002. Comparative Pathology Seminar Series, Department of Pathobiology, University of Connecticut, Storrs.

Marine Turtle Health: Connecting Science and Policy. 7 February 2002. Marine Biodiversity: Connecting and Protecting our Planet’s Treasures. The Nature Conservancy, the Center of Environmental Research and Conservation and the School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA), Columbia University, New York.

Advanced Techniques for the Chemical and Mechanical Restraint of Wildlife. 21 November 2001. Department of Agronomy and Forest Engineering, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Santiago, Chile.

Conservation Medicine: Ecological Health in Practice. 18 May 2001. Environmental Leaders Forum, Center for Environmental Research and Conservation, Arden Homestead, New York.

Wildlife as Sentinels of Ecological Health: making the connection. 17-18 April 2001. Consultative Group on Biological Diversity Emerging Issue Briefing “Ecological Health: A New Perspective”. Washington, DC.

Conservation medicine across borders: ecosystem health in practice. 20 October 2000. Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust, Jersey, Channel Islands.

Wildlife diseases without borders: conservation medicine and ecosystem health in Latin America. 10-13 October 2000. Tufts Animal Expo 2000 Educational Conference and Trade Show, Boston, Massachusetts.

Conservation Medicine and Wildlife Forensics. 2 August 2000. Instituto Nacional de Ecologia, Direccion General de Vida Silvestre, SEMARNAP, Mexico City, Mexico.

The wildlife trade and applied forensic techniques. 1-5 June 1999. 2nd Neotropical Wildlife Protection Meeting, The Humane Society of the United States, San José, Costa Rica.

The role of veterinary medicine in wildlife conservation. Symposium “De Cara al Nuevo Siglo”. 5-9 April 1999. UNAM, Cuautitlan Izcalli, Mexico.

Veterinary Medicine and Conservation of Biodiversity: a symposium. 1 March 1999, Department of Zoology, Oxford University, Oxford, England.

Bovine brucellosis and tuberculosis in wild ungulates: emerging diseases or old conditions? 21 December 1998, Institute of Zoo Biology and Wildlife Research, Berlin, Germany.

Disease impacts on the conservation of endangered species: the Hawaiian monk seal and the green turtle as case studies. 3 November 1998, Center for Environmental Research and Conservation, Columbia University, New York.

A review of marine turtle fibropapillomatosis. Pacific Sea Turtle Recovery Plans Implementation Workshop. 3-5 August 1998. National Marine Fisheries Service and Joint Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research. Pacific University, Honolulu, Hawaii.

Conservation medicine and endangered species. University of the Sea and National Turtle Center, 8 July 1998, Puerto Angel, Oaxaca, Mexico

Fibropapillomatosis in marine turtles. University of the Sea and National Turtle Center, 7 July 1997, Puerto Angel, Oaxaca, Mexico.

The Hawaiian monk seal health assessment program. Peer Review of the Marine Mammal Health and Stranding Response Program, Office of Protected Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service. 23-25 April 1997, Silver Spring, Maryland.

Disease investigations of wild cervids in U.S. national parks. Nordic Section of the Wildlife Disease Association Meeting. 13-15 June 1996. Tromso, Norway.

Techniques to prevent the traffic of wildlife. Traffic of Wildlife: round table. XX Congress of the Brazilian Zoological Society. 10-15 March 1996. Cuiaba, Mato Grosso, Brazil.

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MEETINGS AS EXPERT REVIEWER / PANELIST

New Zealand Center for Conservation Medicine: a strategic meeting to implement ecological health in New Zealand. Auckland Zoo, Unitec and New Zealand Department of the Environment. 4 July 2005, Auckland, New Zealand.

Center for Conservation Medicine in Italy: a strategic meeting to implement conservation medicine in Europe. Universita degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, BioParco Zoo Roma and Wildlife Trust. 26 April 2005. Naples, Italy.

Emerging Infectious Disease and Socioecological Systems: Integrating social science methods and ecosystem approaches to improve infectious disease research in the Asia-Pacific Region. Leptospirosis Panel. Asia-Pacific Institute of Tropical Medicine and Infectious Diseases, East-West Center, University of Hawaii, 9-11 March 2005, Honolulu, Hawaii

EcoHealth Journal Editorial Board Meeting, East-West Center, University of Hawaii, 7-8 March 2005, Honolulu, Hawaii

Loggerhead Turtle Workshop, Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council Meeting, 2 March 2005, Honolulu, Hawaii

Exploring the etiology of fibropapillomatosis using Bayesian Belief Networks., 28 February-1 March 2005, Honolulu, Hawaii

Population-Environment Research Network (PERN) Internet-based cyberseminar "Urban Expansion: The Environmental and Health Dimensions”. 29 November-17 December 2004. Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN), Earth Institute, Columbia University.

11th Regular Session of the Commission for Environmental Cooperation Council and the North American Agreement for Environmental Cooperation, North America Free Treaty Agreement, 21-23 June 2004. Puebla, Mexico.

Scientific Technical Multidisciplinary Working Group to Address Contingencies of the Monarch Butterfly, 17 November 2003. PROFEPA/SEMARNAT, Mexico City, Mexico.

Binational Meeting of Wildlife Health Mexico-USA, USDA, SEMARNAT, SAGARPA, CONASA, INIFAB, SALUD, PAHO/WHO, CDC. 17-19 November 2003, Maria Isabel Sheraton Hotel, Mexico City, Mexico.

Working meeting PROFEPA-SEMARNAT on the health and disease diagnostic situation of dolphins from Salomon Islands brought to Parque Nizuc, 17-18 October 2003. Can-Cun, Mexico.

Scoping Conference for the Swiss Refunded project to Develop Climate Change and Health Scenarios. CHGE, UNDP, WHO, PAHO, UNEP, MA, NKGCF and Bio-ERA. 8-9 September 2003. United Nations Secretariat, New York, NY.

Biosecurity law for the country and the need to establish, regulate and enforce guidelines for the creation of BSL-3 laboratories in Mexico. House of Representatives, 6 August 2003. Mexico City.

International Seminar Health of the Environment: Healthy Ecosystems, Healthy Biodiversity and Healthy People. Center for Russian Environmental Policy. 8-12 June 2003.White Oak Plantation, Florida.

Global Change and Health Meeting. 27 February-1 March 2003. Earth System Science Partnership: DIVERSITAS, IGBP, IHDP, WCRP, START, and Institut Français de la Biodiversité, Paris, France.

West Nile Virus Wildlife Health Workshop. 5-8 February 2003, Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, Annapolis, MD.

Disease Risk Workshop III, 28 June – 1 July 2001. White Oak Plantation, Yulee, Florida.

Ecotourism and Xcacel-Xcacelito as Sea Turtle Protection Area. 13-25 March 2001. Secretary of Environmental Impact, National Institute of Ecology, Mexico DF.

Sea Turtle Cold Stunning Workshop. 1-2 November 2000. National Marine Fisheries Service, Northeast Fisheries Science Center, Woods Hole, Massachusetts.

Sea Turtle Health Assessment Workshop II. 14-15 September 2000. Dixie Plantation, Charleston, South Carolina.

Hawaiian monk seal health studies: a workshop. 11-12 September 2000. Hubbs Sea World, San Diego, California.

Specialties in Wildlife Medicine: a round table. 2-6 August 1999. III Congress and VIII Encounter of the Brazilian Association of Wildlife Veterinarians. Sao Pedro, SP, Brazil.

Badger Workshop. 24-26 February 1999, Wildlife Conservation and Research Unit, Department of Zoology, Oxford University, Oxford, England.

Marine Mammals and Contaminants. September 1998, National Marine Fisheries Service, Keystone, Colorado.

Pacific Sea Turtle Recovery Plans Implementation Workshop. 3-5 August 1998, National Marine Fisheries Service and Joint Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research. Pacific University, Honolulu, Hawaii.

Monk Seal Captive Care Review Panel. 1-4 June 1997. East-West Center, University of Hawaii-Manoa. National Marine Fisheries Service, Southwest Fisheries Science Center, Honolulu Laboratory, Honolulu, Hawaii.

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COURSES / SYMPOSIA / WORKSHOPS ORGANIZED & TAUGHT

Chair, Systemic Approaches to Population Health. COHAB 2005 - the First International Conference on the Importance of Biodiversity to Human Health, 23-25 August, Galway, Ireland.

Plenary Session in Wildlife Diseases at X Annual Meeting of the Trilateral Committee for Wildlife and Ecosystem Conservation and Management, Canadian Wildlife Service, U.S. Wildlife Service and SEMARNAT’s Mexican Wildlife Service. 26 April 2005, Zacatecas, Mexico (12 h).

Conservation medicine: linking wildlife, ecosystem and human health. 7th Management of Captive Flora and Fauna: Wildlife management and conservation. Africam Safari, ALPZA, AZCARM, Africam Safari, Puebla, Mexico (8h).

Conservation medicine: linking wildlife, ecosystem and human health. Facolta Medicina Veterinaria, Universita degli Studi di Napoli Federico II. 26-29 April 2005 Naples, Italy (8 h)

Training Program on the Management and Contingency Response to Health and Disease of Wild Waterfowl and their Habitats. NAWCA, SEMARNAT, Universidad Autonoma de Chihuahua, IPN and Wildlife Trust. The School for Field Studies, 22-23 February 2005, Bahia Magdalena, Baja California Sur, Mexico (16 h).

Training Program on the Management and Contingency Response to Health and Disease of Wild Waterfowl and their Habitats. NAWCA, SEMARNAT, Universidad Autonoma de Chihuahua, Ducks Unlimited of Mexico, IPN and Wildlife Trust. Centro de Biotecnologia Genomica, 18-19 February 2005, Reynosa, Tamaulipas, Mexico (16 h).

Assessing causes of manatee mortality in Cuba and developing conservation actions: workshop on manatee necropsy and marine mammal stranding techniques, Centro de Investigaciones Marinas, Universidad de la Habana, 17-20 January 2005, La Habana, Cuba (24 h).

Global synthesis workshop conservation medicine, ecological health, and poverty: a new paradigm linking ecosystem sustainability with wildlife, domestic animal, and human health (making the case). 3rd IUCN World Conservation Congress, 20 November 2004, Bangkok, Thailand.

Marine Veterinary Program -Marvet: Sea Turtle Medicine and Conservation Workshop. 7-13 August 2004, St. George’s University, Grenada, West Indies.

Urban Landscapes, Conservation and the Ecology of Emerging Diseases Symposium, 18th Annual Meeting Society for Conservation Biology, 30 July-2 August, Columbia University, New York.

Conservation medicine: defining the field. 16 April 2004. 7th International Symposium of Pathology and Medicine of Reptiles and Amphibians. Berlin, Germany (3 h)

II Conservation Medicine and Sea Turtle Pathology Workshop. 1-2 April 2004. Wildlife Trust, Provita, Museo Marino de Margarita and GTTM-NE. Boca de Rio, Isla Margarita, Venezuela (16 h).

Wildlife Trust Conservation Committee Meeting. 12-17 February 2004. Loreto and La Paz, Baja California Sur, Mexico.

Sea Turtle Sample Collection, Handling & Processing Workshop. 28 January 2004. CIBNOR, La Paz, Baja California Sur, Mexico (8 h).

Marine Vertebrates as Sentinels of Marine Ecosystem Health in the Californias. 26-27 January 2004. CIBNOR, La Paz, Baja California Sur, Mexico. (8 h)

Health and Diseases of Sea Turtles Workshop. VI Meeting Sea Turtle Group of Las Californias. 23-25 January 2004. San Jose Los Cabos, Baja California, Mexico (4 h).

Wildlife Management and Reproduction Diplomate. 6 October to 12 November 2003. Emerging infectious diseases and global environmental change. Departamento de Biologia de la Reproduccion, Division de Ciencias Biologicas y de la Salud, Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana, Mexico, D.F. (210 hr).

Workshop on Sample Collection, Preservation and Handling for WNV on Crocodilians. 16-17 October 2003. Mexican Association of Crocodile Farmers. ENCB-IPN, Mexico D. F. (16 h)

III International Course on Conservation Medicine: Ecological Health in Practice. 26-30 August 2003. Wildlife Trust and Instituto de Pesquisas Ecologicas, Sao Paulo, Brazil (44 h)

Conservation Medicine and Epidemiology of Amphibian Diseases. RANA, 20-24 June 2003. Rio de Janeiro and Parque Nacional Itatiaia, Brazil. (6 h).

Health and Diseases of Sea Turtles & Human Health Workshop. V Meeting Sea Turtle Group of Las Californias. 24-26 January 2003. Loreto, Baja California, Mexico (8 h).

Wildlife Symposium. 27 November-4 December 2002. Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico , Mexico.

Sustainable Use of Wildlife -Potentials and Limitations Round Table. XVIII Pan American Congress of Veterinary Sciences. 18-22 November 2002, Palacio de Convenciones, La Habana, Cuba (4 h).

Course on Manatee Ecology and Conservation Medicine. Centro de Investigaciones Marinas, Universidad de la Habana, Cuba (15 h).

Workshop on Applied Techniques for Health and Disease Monitoring of Sea Turtles. 5-8 September 2002. Center for Coastal Studies, Puerto San Carlos, Bahia Magdalena, Baha California Sur, Mexico (20 h).

Applied Techniques for Health and Disease Monitoring of Sea Turtles. 30 June 2002. Wildlife Trust, Provita, and Grupo de Trabajo de Tortugas Marinas Nueva Esparta. Boca del Rio, Isla Margarita, Venezuela. (10 h)

International Marine Mammal and Sea Turtle Stranding Training Workshop. 25-28 February 2002. Wildlife Trust, National Marine Fisheries Service, Ocean Conservancy, and Universidad Autonoma de Yucatan. Merida, Yucatan, Mexico. (48 h)

II International Course on Conservation Medicine: Ecological Health in Practice. 27 January – 2 February 2002. Wildlife Trust, Center for Conservation Medicine, Humane Society International and Instituto de Pesquisas Ecologicas, Sao Paulo, Brazil (72 h)

Epidemiology, Animal Health and Emerging Diseases: FaunaAustralis/Wildlife Trust Seminar, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Santiago de Chile, 22 November 2001 (5hr)

Marine Mammal Strandings: Epidemiology, Rehabilitation and Monitoring. Round Table at the 10th Latin American Association of Zoos and Aquaria Congress. Buenos Aires Zoo, Argentina, 12-16 November 2001 (4 h)

Conservation Biology and Medicine Short Course. Aguamarina/Wildlife Trust, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 6-9 November 2001 (12 h)

Conservation Medicine in the New York Bioscape: A Research, Education and Policy Agenda. 5-6 October 2001. Wildlife Trust/Consortium for Conservation Medicine, Tarrytown, New York (21 h)

Conservation Medicine: Elective Course for Veterinary Students. 2-12 April 2001. Tufts University School of Veterinary Medicine, Grafton, MA (70 h)

2001 Wildlife Immobilization and Capture Course. 7 April 2001. Tufts University School of Veterinary Medicine, Grafton, MA (6 h)

Managing Endangered Species Recovery Teams. 11-21 February 2001. Wildlife Trust, Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust, and Wildlife Preservation Trust Canada. Universidad de Tucuman y Parques Nacionales, Tucuman, Argentina. (120 h)

I International Course on Conservation Medicine: Ecological Health in Practice. 29 January – 9 February 2001. Wildlife Trust, Center for Conservation Medicine, Humane Society International and Instituto de Pesquisas Ecologicas, Sao Paulo, Brazil (120 h)

Marine Vertebrates as Sentinels of Marine Ecosystem Health. 6-8 October 2000. Wildlife Trust/Consortium for Conservation Medicine, Tarrytown, New York (30 h)

VII International Course on Applied Techniques for the Management and Conservation of Wildlife. 31 July- 11 August 2000. U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service and College of Postgraduates. Sierra Fria, Aguascalientes, Mexico. Physiologic indices, forensic techniques, diseases, mechanical and chemical restraint of wildlife (16 h)

Managing Endangered Species Recovery Teams. 28 May-8 June 2000. Wildlife Preservation Trust International, Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust, Wildlife Preservation Trust Canada. Belize Zoo, Conservation Training Center, Belize. (120 h)

Large Whale and Pinniped Stranding Training Workshop. 16-19 March 2000. Wildlife Preservation Trust International, National Marine Fisheries Service, Center for Marine Conservation, Instituto Nacional de la Pesca, and Universidad Autonoma de Baja California Sur. La Paz, BCS, Mexico. (30 h)

Amphibian Population Declines in Latin America: A workshop to design monitoring protocols and data bases. Smithsonian Institution of Tropical Research, The Nature Conservancy, and Círculo Herpetológico de Panamá. Panama. (40 h)

Latin American Workshop on Amphibian Monitoring. 9-12 November 1999. The Nature Conservancy, El Colegio de la Frontera Sur. Chetumal, Q. Roo, Mexico. (32 h)

Capture and Restraint of Wild Mammals and Reptiles. 2-6 August 1999. III Congress and VIII Encounter of the Brazilian Association of Wildlife Veterinarians. Sao Pedro, SP, Brazil. (10 h)

Conservation Medicine and Wildlife Management Course. 27-30 July 1999. Wildlife Preservation Trust International and Centro para la Conservación de Biodiversidad de Guatemala. Guatemala. (32 h)

Marine Mammal Stranding Response Training Workshop. 1-2 July 1999. Coastal Zone Management Authority an d Insititute, Wildlife Preservation Trust International, National Marine Fisheries Service, Belize City, Belize. (16 h)

VI International Course on Applied Techniques for the Management and Conservation of Wildlife. 19-30 July 1999. U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, College of Postgraduates and SEMARNAP. Queretaro, Mexico. Physiologic indices, forensic techniques, diseases, mechanical and chemical restraint of wildlife (32 h)

V International Course on Applied Techniques for the Management and Conservation of Wildlife. 17 August to 4 September 1998. U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, College of Postgraduates and SEMARNAP. Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico. Physiologic indices, forensic techniques, diseases, mechanical and chemical restraint of wildlife (32 h)

Workshop for the standardization of methodologies for the collection, handling & preservation of tumor specimens in sea turtles. 28 June to 6 July 1998. Mexus Pacifico, National Marine Fisheries Service/National Institute of Fisheries. National Turtle Center, Mazunte, Oaxaca, Mexico (40 h)

Fibropapilloma Workshop. 3-7 March 1998. 18th Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation. Mazatlan, Sinaloa, Mexico (3 h)

I Workshop on Forensics Investigations of Marine Mammal Mortalities. 29 July to 1 August 1997. National Marine Fisheries Service Office of Protected Resources. NMFS Charleston Laboratory, Charleston, South Carolina. Epidemiology, forensic techniques and marine mammal strandings (8 h)

IV International Course on Applied Techniques for the Management and Conservation of Wildlife. 23 June to 4 July 1997. U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, College of Postgraduates and SEMARNAP. Leon, Guanajuato, Mexico. Physiologic indices, forensic techniques, diseases, mechanical and chemical restraint of wildlife (32 h)

III International Course on Applied Techniques for the Management and Conservation of Wildlife. 19-30 August 1996. U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, College of Postgraduates, UAZ and SEMARNAP. Zacatecas, Mexico. Physiologic indices, forensic techniques, diseases, mechanical & chemical restraint of wildlife (32 h)

Wildlife Capture and Management Course. 12-15 April 1996. International Wildlife Veterinary Services and Institute of Wildlife Pharmacology. Molokai Ranch, Maunaloa, Island of Molokai, Hawaii (24 h)

XX Congress of the Brazilian Zoological Society. 10-15 March 1996. Cuiaba, Mato Grosso, Brazil. Pathology of wild animals (12 h)

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