Nicole I Stacy

Nicole I Stacy,

Clinical Associate Professor – Aquatic Pathology

Department: Large Animal Clinical Sciences
Business Phone: (352) 294-4093
Business Email: stacyn@ufl.edu

Teaching Profile

Courses Taught
2015-2024
VEM5311 Avian Med and Surgery
2015,2017-2024
VEM5377 Marine Mammal Med
2012,2018-2023
VEM5378C Seavet Clin Training
2019-2021
VME6905 Problems in Veterinary Medical Sciences
2013-2024
VEM5370 Reptile Med and Surgery
2015-2016
VEM5110 Animal Systems 1
2016
VEM5303 Small Anim Hematology
2012
VEM5374L Dis Warm Water Fish
2011
VEM5810 Sen Clk Aquat Anm Med

Board Certifications

  • Veterinary Clinical Pathology
    American College of Veterinary Pathology

Research Profile

Open Researcher and Contributor ID (ORCID)

0000-0003-4258-4414

Publications

2024
Beginning of the whips: Proposed sequence in the formation of whip‐like heterophil projections
Veterinary Clinical Pathology. 53(1):6-7 [DOI] 10.1111/vcp.13344. [PMID] 38472109.
2024
DIAGNOSTIC PERFORMANCE OF BLOOD ANALYTES FOR THE DIAGNOSIS OF RENAL DISEASE IN BLACK-FOOTED FERRETS (MUSTELA NIGRIPES) AT THE PHOENIX ZOO (2001-2020).
Journal of zoo and wildlife medicine : official publication of the American Association of Zoo Veterinarians. 55(1):48-56 [DOI] 10.1638/2023-0038. [PMID] 38453487.
2024
What is your diagnosis? A blood film and a saliva direct smear from two inland bearded dragons (Pogona vitticeps)
Veterinary Clinical Pathology. [DOI] 10.1111/vcp.13326.
2023
Blood analyte reference intervals and correlations with trace elements of immature and adult Eastern Pacific green turtles (Chelonia mydas) in coastal lagoons of Baja California Sur, México.
Marine pollution bulletin. 195 [DOI] 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2023.115547. [PMID] 37717495.
2023
Blood analytes of clinically normal and diseased neonatal and weaned farmed white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) fawns.
The veterinary quarterly. 43(1):1-10 [DOI] 10.1080/01652176.2023.2249072. [PMID] 37589252.
2023
Case report: Sarcocystis speeri, Aspergillus fumigatus, and novel Treponema sp. infections in an adult Atlantic spotted dolphin (Stenella frontalis).
Frontiers in veterinary science. 10 [DOI] 10.3389/fvets.2023.1132161. [PMID] 37077953.
2023
Coelomic fluid of asteroid echinoderms: Current knowledge and future perspectives on its utility for disease and mortality investigations
Veterinary Pathology. 60(5):547-559 [DOI] 10.1177/03009858231176563.
2023
Common Sea Star (Asterias rubens) Coelomic Fluid Changes in Response to Short-Term Exposure to Environmental Stressors
Fishes. 8(1) [DOI] 10.3390/fishes8010051.
2023
Cytochemical staining of leukocytes and platelets in the Florida manatee (Trichechus manatus latirostris): identification of a bilobed monocyte similar to other members of the Paenungulata.
Frontiers in veterinary science. 10 [DOI] 10.3389/fvets.2023.1149000. [PMID] 37426076.
2023
IDENTIFICATION AND RETROSPECTIVE EVALUATION OF A FILARIOID NEMATODE SPECIES IN MANAGED GRASSHOPPER SPARROWS (AMMODRAMUS SAVANNARUM).
Journal of zoo and wildlife medicine : official publication of the American Association of Zoo Veterinarians. 53(4):755-768 [DOI] 10.1638/2021-0141. [PMID] 36640077.
2023
Out with the old, in with the new: What’s up with Simonsiella spp.?
Veterinary Clinical Pathology. 52(2):208-209 [DOI] 10.1111/vcp.13246.
2023
What’s the matter with this foreign matter?
Veterinary clinical pathology. 52(3):376-378 [DOI] 10.1111/vcp.13294. [PMID] 37691122.
2022
A novel group of negative-sense RNA viruses associated with epizootics in managed and free-ranging freshwater turtles in Florida, USA
PLOS Pathogens. 18(3) [DOI] 10.1371/journal.ppat.1010258. [PMID] 35275967.
2022
AUSTWICKIA CHELONAE IN A WILD GOPHER TORTOISE (GOPHERUS POLYPHEMUS) AND EVIDENCE OF POSITIVE SELECTION ON THE DIPHTHERIA-LIKE TOXIN GENE.
Journal of wildlife diseases. 58(1):1-7 [DOI] 10.7589/JWD-D-20-00223. [PMID] 34780647.
2022
Chronic nonchylous lymphatic pleural effusion in a bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus).
Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association. 260(9):1-9 [DOI] 10.2460/javma.21.06.0311. [PMID] 35298406.
2022
CLINICOPATHOLOGIC EVALUATION OF AN EX SITU POPULATION OF ADULT AFRICAN WHITE-BELLIED PANGOLIN (PHATAGINUS TRICUSPIS).
Journal of zoo and wildlife medicine : official publication of the American Association of Zoo Veterinarians. 53(3):551-560 [DOI] 10.1638/2021-0055. [PMID] 36214240.
2022
Correction: Turner et al. Steatitis in Cold-Stunned Kemp’s Ridley Sea Turtles (Lepidochelys kempii). Animals 2021, 11, 898
Animals. 12(9) [DOI] 10.3390/ani12091129. [PMID] 35565650.
2022
Cultivating epizoic diatoms provides insights into the evolution and ecology of both epibionts and hosts.
Scientific reports. 12(1) [DOI] 10.1038/s41598-022-19064-0. [PMID] 36068258.
2022
Diffuse large B cell lymphoma and a novel gammaherpesvirus in northern elephant seals Mirounga angustirostris.
Diseases of aquatic organisms. 149:59-70 [DOI] 10.3354/dao03662. [PMID] 35608510.
2022
Disseminated Histiocytic Sarcoma in Two Free-Living Florida Manatees (Trichechus manatus latirostris).
Journal of wildlife diseases. 58(3):685-688 [DOI] 10.7589/JWD-D-21-00138. [PMID] 35704499.
2022
Evaluation of the HemoCue® WBC System as a Point of Care Diagnostic Tool for White Blood Cell Quantification in Pinnipeds
Oceans. 3(1):72-83 [DOI] 10.3390/oceans3010007.
2022
Island of misfit tortoises: waif gopher tortoise health assessment following translocation.
Conservation physiology. 10(1) [DOI] 10.1093/conphys/coac051. [PMID] 37501911.
2022
Left shift and toxic change in heterophils and neutrophils of non‐mammalian vertebrates: A comparative review, image atlas, and practical considerations
Veterinary Clinical Pathology. 51(1):18-44 [DOI] 10.1111/vcp.13117.
2022
Method Comparison of β-Hydroxybutyrate Using a Point-of-Care Device and Dry Chemistry Analyzer in Three Sea Turtle Species.
Journal of wildlife diseases. 58(3):670-674 [DOI] 10.7589/JWD-D-21-00197. [PMID] 35417920.
2022
Morphologic and physiologic characteristics of green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) hatchlings in southeastern Florida, USA
Journal of Comparative Physiology B. 192(6):751-764 [DOI] 10.1007/s00360-022-01450-9.
2022
Morphometrics and blood analytes of leatherback sea turtle hatchlings (Dermochelys coriacea) from Florida: reference intervals, temporal trends with clutch deposition date, and body size correlations
Journal of Comparative Physiology B. 192(2):313-324 [DOI] 10.1007/s00360-021-01422-5.
2022
NONPIGMENTED VERSUS PIGMENTED: HEALTH VARIABLES AND GENETICS OF ALBINO FLORIDA GREEN TURTLE (CHELONIA MYDAS) HATCHLINGS COMPARED WITH NORMALLY PIGMENTED HATCHLINGS FROM THE SAME CLUTCH.
Journal of wildlife diseases. 58(1):15-29 [DOI] 10.7589/JWD-D-21-00031. [PMID] 34699596.
2022
Perspective: Opportunities for advancing aquatic invertebrate welfare.
Frontiers in veterinary science. 9 [DOI] 10.3389/fvets.2022.973376. [PMID] 36458054.
2022
Physiological effects of capture and short-term captivity in an invasive snake species, the Burmese python (Python bivittatus) in Florida.
Comparative biochemistry and physiology. Part A, Molecular & integrative physiology. 267 [DOI] 10.1016/j.cbpa.2022.111162. [PMID] 35149178.
2022
Proposal for standardized classification of left shift, toxic change, and increased nuclear segmentation in heterophils and neutrophils in non-mammalian vertebrates.
Veterinary clinical pathology. 51(1):14-17 [DOI] 10.1111/vcp.13120. [PMID] 35199859.
2022
What is your diagnosis? Blood film from a Yacare caiman (Caiman yacare)
Veterinary Clinical Pathology. 51(4):605-608 [DOI] 10.1111/vcp.13096.
2022
What is your diagnosis? Glossal imprint from a yellow‐footed tortoise (Chelonoidis denticulata)
Veterinary Clinical Pathology. 51(1):149-152 [DOI] 10.1111/vcp.12997.
2021
A Baseline Model For Estimating the Risk of Gas Embolism in Sea Turtles During Routine Dives.
Frontiers in physiology. 12 [DOI] 10.3389/fphys.2021.678555. [PMID] 34539425.
2021
A RETROSPECTIVE REVIEW OF THE CLINICAL UTILITY OF FECAL BACTERIAL ENTERIC PATHOGEN CULTURES IN MAMMALS WITHIN A ZOOLOGICAL COLLECTION AND THE USE OF FECAL CYTOLOGY FOR OPTIMIZATION OF DIAGNOSTIC TESTING.
Journal of zoo and wildlife medicine : official publication of the American Association of Zoo Veterinarians. 52(2):638-647 [DOI] 10.1638/2019-0194. [PMID] 34130407.
2021
A tribute to eosinophils from a comparative and evolutionary perspective.
The Journal of allergy and clinical immunology. 147(3):1115-1116 [DOI] 10.1016/j.jaci.2020.12.002. [PMID] 33451799.
2021
Blood Analyte Changes of Wild‐Caught Adult Almaco Jack in Response to Acclimation to Recirculating Aquaculture Systems and Hyposalinity Treatment
Journal of Aquatic Animal Health. 33(2):77-83 [DOI] 10.1002/aah.10121.
2021
CHRONIC PANCREATIC DISEASE IN THE LESSER KUDU (TRAGELAPHUS IMBERBIS): A REPORT OF 16 CASES IN THE UNITED STATES.
Journal of zoo and wildlife medicine : official publication of the American Association of Zoo Veterinarians. 52(2):580-591 [DOI] 10.1638/2020-0186. [PMID] 34130401.
2021
Comparison of 2 glucose analytical methodologies in immature Kemp’s ridley sea turtles: dry chemistry of plasma versus point-of-care glucometer analysis of whole blood.
Journal of veterinary diagnostic investigation : official publication of the American Association of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians, Inc. 33(3):595-599 [DOI] 10.1177/10406387211001830. [PMID] 33739180.
2021
COMPARISON OF FECAL CYTOLOGY AND PRESENCE OF CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS ENTEROTOXIN IN CAPTIVE BLACK-FOOTED FERRETS (MUSTELA NIGRIPES) BASED ON DIET AND FECAL QUALITY.
Journal of zoo and wildlife medicine : official publication of the American Association of Zoo Veterinarians. 51(4):814-824 [DOI] 10.1638/2019-0208. [PMID] 33480561.
2021
Comprehensive health assessment and blood analyte reference intervals of gopher tortoises (Gopherus polyphemus) in southeastern FL, USA.
Conservation physiology. 9(1) [DOI] 10.1093/conphys/coab015. [PMID] 33815802.
2021
Gastrointestinal entamoebiasis in captive anurans in North America.
Diseases of aquatic organisms. 143:109-118 [DOI] 10.3354/dao03560. [PMID] 33570044.
2021
Hematology and Biochemistry Panel Reference Intervals for Captive Saddleback Clownfish Amphiprion polymnus and Tomato Clownfish A. frenatus.
Journal of aquatic animal health. 33(1):3-16 [DOI] 10.1002/aah.10114. [PMID] 32895990.
2021
Identification of a novel mortality-associated Helicobacter species in gopher tortoises (Gopherus polyphemus), qPCR test development and validation, and correlation with mortality in a wildlife rehabilitation population
Veterinary Microbiology. 259 [DOI] 10.1016/j.vetmic.2021.109136.
2021
Manatee Trichechus manatus latirostris calf mortality in Florida: a retrospective review of pathology data from 2009-2017.
Diseases of aquatic organisms. 147:111-126 [DOI] 10.3354/dao03639. [PMID] 34913440.
2021
Mercury offloading in gametes and potential adverse effects of high mercury concentrations in blood and tissues of Atlantic Goliath Grouper Epinephelus itajara in the southeastern United States.
The Science of the total environment. 779 [DOI] 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.146437. [PMID] 33744588.
2021
Osteomyelitis in cold-stunned Kemp’s ridley sea turtles (Lepidochelys kempii) hospitalized for rehabilitation: 25 cases (2008-2018).
Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association. 259(10):1206-1216 [DOI] 10.2460/javma.20.08.0443. [PMID] 34727076.
2021
Pharmacokinetics of ponazuril after administration of a single oral dose to green turtles (Chelonia mydas).
The veterinary quarterly. 41(1):323-331 [DOI] 10.1080/01652176.2021.2008045. [PMID] 34789079.
2021
PLASMA SEPARATOR TUBES DO NOT HAVE ANY OVERT EFFECTS ON ROUTINE PLASMA CHEMISTRY DATA OF GREEN SEA TURTLES (CHELONIA MYDAS).
Journal of zoo and wildlife medicine : official publication of the American Association of Zoo Veterinarians. 52(4):1241-1246 [DOI] 10.1638/2021-0039. [PMID] 34998295.
2021
Practical Euthanasia Method for Common Sea Stars (Asterias rubens) That Allows for High-Quality RNA Sampling
Animals. 11(7) [DOI] 10.3390/ani11071847. [PMID] 34206249.
2021
Presumptive heterophil extracellular traps recognized cytologically in nine reptile patients with inflammatory conditions.
The veterinary quarterly. 41(1):89-96 [DOI] 10.1080/01652176.2021.1873453. [PMID] 33416037.
2021
Reference Intervals for Blood Analytes of Adult Aquarium-Housed Russian Sturgeon Acipenser gueldenstaedtii.
Journal of aquatic animal health. 33(1):33-43 [DOI] 10.1002/aah.10116. [PMID] 33098130.
2021
SAFETY OF MULTIPLE-DOSE INTRAMUSCULAR KETOPROFEN TREATMENT IN LOGGERHEAD TURTLES (CARETTA CARETTA).
Journal of zoo and wildlife medicine : official publication of the American Association of Zoo Veterinarians. 52(1):126-132 [DOI] 10.1638/2020-0159. [PMID] 33827169.
2021
Steatitis in Cold-Stunned Kemp’s Ridley Sea Turtles (Lepidochelys kempii)
Animals. 11(3) [DOI] 10.3390/ani11030898. [PMID] 33801097.
2021
The importance of manual white blood cell differential counts and platelet estimates in elephant hematology: blood film review is essential.
The veterinary quarterly. 41(1):30-35 [DOI] 10.1080/01652176.2020.1867329. [PMID] 33349154.
2021
What is your diagnosis? Coelomic effusion in a chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus)
Veterinary Clinical Pathology. 50(2):305-308 [DOI] 10.1111/vcp.12946.
2021
What is your diagnosis? Reproductive tract fluid from a radiated tortoise (Astrochelys radiata) and southern stingray (Hypanus americanus).
Veterinary clinical pathology. 50(2):296-298 [DOI] 10.1111/vcp.12937. [PMID] 33896026.
2021
Whip-like heterophil projections: Best in show.
Veterinary clinical pathology. 50(2):176-177 [DOI] 10.1111/vcp.13044. [PMID] 34189754.
2020
A tale of two islands: evidence for impaired stress response and altered immune functions in an insular pit viper following ecological disturbance.
Conservation physiology. 8(1) [DOI] 10.1093/conphys/coaa031. [PMID] 32382421.
2020
Blood analytes of immature Kemp’s ridley sea turtles (Lepidochelys kempii) from Georgia, USA: reference intervals and body size correlations.
Conservation physiology. 8(1) [DOI] 10.1093/conphys/coaa091. [PMID] 33304585.
2020
Clinical Manifestation and Molecular Characterization of a Novel Member of the Nannizziopsiaceae in a Pulmonary Granuloma From a Galapagos Tortoise (Chelonoidis nigra).
Frontiers in veterinary science. 7 [DOI] 10.3389/fvets.2020.00024. [PMID] 32118056.
2020
Coelomic Fluid Evaluation in Pisaster ochraceus Affected by Sea Star Wasting Syndrome: Evidence of Osmodysregulation, Calcium Homeostasis Derangement, and Coelomocyte Responses.
Frontiers in veterinary science. 7 [DOI] 10.3389/fvets.2020.00131. [PMID] 32211434.
2020
Diagnosis and Surgical Management of a Paratesticular Cyst in a Rehabilitating Juvenile Male Green Turtle (Chelonia mydas).
Frontiers in veterinary science. 7 [DOI] 10.3389/fvets.2020.00069. [PMID] 32175336.
2020
Editorial: Health and Disease in Free-Ranging and Captive Wildlife.
Frontiers in veterinary science. 7 [DOI] 10.3389/fvets.2020.620685. [PMID] 33365338.
2020
Effects of sex, age, and season on the variation of blood analytes in a clinically healthy ex situ population of bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops spp.).
The veterinary quarterly. 40(1):342-352 [DOI] 10.1080/01652176.2020.1845415. [PMID] 33138727.
2020
Epidemiological Investigation of a Mortality Event in a Translocated Gopher Tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus) Population in Northwest Florida.
Frontiers in veterinary science. 7 [DOI] 10.3389/fvets.2020.00120. [PMID] 32211432.
2020
ESOPHAGEAL MEASUREMENT OF CORE BODY TEMPERATURE IN THE FLORIDA MANATEE (TRICHECHUS MANATUS LATIROSTRIS).
Journal of wildlife diseases. 56(1):27-33 [PMID] 31295080.
2020
Heat, health and hatchlings: associations of in situ nest temperatures with morphological and physiological characteristics of loggerhead sea turtle hatchlings from Florida.
Conservation physiology. 8(1) [DOI] 10.1093/conphys/coaa046. [PMID] 32523697.
2020
Leukocyte and Platelet Characteristics of the Giant Panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca): Morphological, Cytochemical, and Ultrastructural Features.
Frontiers in veterinary science. 7 [DOI] 10.3389/fvets.2020.00156. [PMID] 32266298.
2020
On-board study of gas embolism in marine turtles caught in bottom trawl fisheries in the Atlantic Ocean.
Scientific reports. 10(1) [DOI] 10.1038/s41598-020-62355-7. [PMID] 32221339.
2020
Pre-/analytical factors affecting whole blood and plasma glucose concentrations in loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta)
PLOS ONE. 15(3) [DOI] 10.1371/journal.pone.0229800. [PMID] 32126109.
2020
Red blood cell osmotic fragility in healthy loggerhead and green sea turtles.
Journal of veterinary diagnostic investigation : official publication of the American Association of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians, Inc. 32(6):908-911 [DOI] 10.1177/1040638720957117. [PMID] 32996405.
2020
Testing the Stability of Plasma Protein and Whole Blood RNA in Archived Blood of Loggerhead Sea Turtles, Caretta caretta.
Biopreservation and biobanking. 18(5):358-366 [DOI] 10.1089/bio.2020.0026. [PMID] 32589445.
2020
The Iconic Atlantic Goliath Grouper (Epinephelus itajara): A Comprehensive Assessment of Health Indices in the Southeastern United States Population.
Frontiers in veterinary science. 7 [DOI] 10.3389/fvets.2020.00635. [PMID] 33102560.
2019
ADVANCING TRANSFUSION MEDICINE IN SEA TURTLES: OPTIMIZATION OF A CROSS-MATCHING PROTOCOL.
Journal of zoo and wildlife medicine : official publication of the American Association of Zoo Veterinarians. 50(2):315-321 [DOI] 10.1638/2018-0062. [PMID] 31260195.
2019
BASELINE PLASMA THROMBOELASTOGRAPHY IN KEMP’S RIDLEY (LEPIDOCHELYS KEMPII), GREEN (CHELONIA MYDAS) AND LOGGERHEAD (CARETTA CARETTA) SEA TURTLES AND ITS USE TO DIAGNOSE COAGULOPATHIES IN COLD-STUNNED KEMP’S RIDLEY AND GREEN SEA TURTLES.
Journal of zoo and wildlife medicine : official publication of the American Association of Zoo Veterinarians. 50(1):62-68 [DOI] 10.1638/2018-0142. [PMID] 31120663.
2019
Bilateral Polycystic Kidneys and Focal Renal Cystadenoma in a Pygmy Sperm Whale ( Kogia breviceps).
Journal of wildlife diseases. 55(1):258-261 [DOI] 10.7589/2018-01-019. [PMID] 30235083.
2019
Characterization of mule deerpox virus in Florida white-tailed deer fawns expands the known host and geographic range of this emerging pathogen.
Archives of virology. 164(1):51-61 [DOI] 10.1007/s00705-018-3991-7. [PMID] 30238163.
2019
Clinicopathological prognostic indicators of survival and pathological findings in cold-stressed Florida manatees Trichechus manatus latirostris.
Diseases of aquatic organisms. 132(2):85-97 [DOI] 10.3354/dao03306. [PMID] 30628575.
2019
Coelomic Fluid Evaluation in Clinically Normal Ochre Sea Stars Pisaster ochraceus: Cell Counts, Cytology, and Biochemistry Reference Intervals.
Journal of aquatic animal health. 31(3):239-243 [DOI] 10.1002/aah.10072. [PMID] 31170775.
2019
COMPARISON OF HEMATOLOGICAL, PLASMA BIOCHEMICAL, AND NUTRITIONAL ANALYTES OF REHABILITATING AND APPARENTLY HEALTHY FREE-RANGING ATLANTIC GREEN TURTLES (CHELONIA MYDAS).
Journal of zoo and wildlife medicine : official publication of the American Association of Zoo Veterinarians. 50(1):69-81 [DOI] 10.1638/2017-0250. [PMID] 31120664.
2019
Diagnostic Performance of Clinicopathological Analytes in Otostrongylus circumlitis-Infected Rehabilitating Juvenile Northern Elephant Seals (Mirounga angustirostris).
Frontiers in veterinary science. 6 [DOI] 10.3389/fvets.2019.00134. [PMID] 31106217.
2019
Evaluation of Comprehensive Coelomic Fluid Analysis through Coelomic Pore Sampling as a Novel Diagnostic Tool in Elasmobranchs.
Journal of aquatic animal health. 31(2):173-185 [DOI] 10.1002/aah.10066. [PMID] 31077445.
2019
Examining the Effects of Chronic Selenium Exposure on Traditionally Used Stress Parameters in Juvenile American Alligators (Alligator mississippiensis).
Archives of environmental contamination and toxicology. 77(1):14-21 [DOI] 10.1007/s00244-019-00626-9. [PMID] 30976886.
2019
Investigating the Analytical Variability and Agreement of Manual Leukocyte Quantification Methods in Eastern Box Turtles (Terrapene carolina carolina).
Frontiers in veterinary science. 6 [DOI] 10.3389/fvets.2019.00398. [PMID] 31781584.
2019
Oncotic pressure and the effects of water deprivation in healthy captive Asian elephants.
Journal of veterinary diagnostic investigation : official publication of the American Association of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians, Inc. 31(4):572-575 [DOI] 10.1177/1040638719855682. [PMID] 31184294.
2019
Plasma Bleomycin Concentrations during Electrochemotherapeutic Treatment of Fibropapillomas in Green Turtles Chelonia mydas.
Journal of aquatic animal health. 31(2):186-192 [DOI] 10.1002/aah.10067. [PMID] 31100193.
2019
Plasma chemistry in nesting leatherback sea turtles (Dermochelys coriacea) from Florida: Understanding the importance of sample hemolysis effects on blood analytes
PLOS ONE. 14(9) [DOI] 10.1371/journal.pone.0222426. [PMID] 31504062.
2019
PLASMA COLLOID OSMOTIC PRESSURE IN CHRONICALLY DEBILITATED LOGGERHEAD SEA TURTLES (CARETTA CARETTA).
Journal of zoo and wildlife medicine : official publication of the American Association of Zoo Veterinarians. 50(2):362-368 [DOI] 10.1638/2018-0144. [PMID] 31260201.
2018
Blood analytes of oceanic-juvenile loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta) from Azorean waters: reference intervals, size-relevant correlations and comparisons to neritic loggerheads from western Atlantic coastal waters.
Conservation physiology. 6(1) [DOI] 10.1093/conphys/coy006. [PMID] 29479433.
2018
Chronic debilitation in stranded loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta) in the southeastern United States: Morphometrics and clinicopathological findings
PLOS ONE. 13(7) [DOI] 10.1371/journal.pone.0200355. [PMID] 29990325.
2018
COMPARISON OF WHOLE BLOOD AND PLASMA GLUCOSE CONCENTRATIONS IN GREEN TURTLES ( CHELONIA MYDAS) DETERMINED USING A GLUCOMETER AND A DRY CHEMISTRY ANALYZER.
Journal of wildlife diseases. 54(1):196-199 [DOI] 10.7589/2017-08-198. [PMID] 29087774.
2018
DIAGNOSTIC PERFORMANCE OF INFLAMMATORY MARKERS IN GOPHER TORTOISES ( GOPHERUS POLYPHEMUS).
Journal of zoo and wildlife medicine : official publication of the American Association of Zoo Veterinarians. 49(3):765-769 [DOI] 10.1638/2017-0211.1. [PMID] 30212346.
2018
Epizoic and Apochlorotic Tursiocola species (Bacillariophyta) from the Skin of Florida Manatees (Trichechus manatus latirostris).
Protist. 169(4):539-568 [DOI] 10.1016/j.protis.2018.04.002. [PMID] 30036779.
2018
Establishing a Diagnostic Technique for Coelomocentesis in the Long-Spined Sea Urchin Diadema antillarum.
Journal of aquatic animal health. 30(4):325-331 [DOI] 10.1002/aah.10043. [PMID] 30336511.
2018
Establishing a protocol for thromboelastography in sea turtles.
Veterinary record open. 5(1) [DOI] 10.1136/vetreco-2017-000240. [PMID] 30167312.
2018
From macrocosm to microcosm: The art and beauty of plant material and diatoms in sea urchin fecal cytology specimens.
Veterinary clinical pathology. 47(4):525-526 [DOI] 10.1111/vcp.12675. [PMID] 30500080.
2018
Phantastic phagocytes.
Veterinary clinical pathology. 47(3):340-341 [DOI] 10.1111/vcp.12650. [PMID] 30106484.
2018
REFERENCE INTERVALS FOR ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE, LACTATE, FIBRINOGEN, HEMATOLOGY, AND PLASMA PROTEIN ELECTROPHORESIS IN CLINICALLY HEALTHY CAPTIVE GOPHER TORTOISES ( GOPHERUS POLYPHEMUS).
Journal of zoo and wildlife medicine : official publication of the American Association of Zoo Veterinarians. 49(3):520-527 [DOI] 10.1638/2017-0183.1. [PMID] 30212317.
2018
Systemic Edwardsiella tarda infection in a Western African lungfish (Protopterus annectens) with cytologic observation of heterophil projections.
Journal of fish diseases. 41(9):1453-1458 [DOI] 10.1111/jfd.12831. [PMID] 29882594.
2017
ACUTE-PHASE RESPONSES IN HEALTHY, MALNOURISHED, AND OTOSTRONGYLUS-INFECTED JUVENILE NORTHERN ELEPHANT SEALS (MIROUNGA ANGUSTIROSTRIS).
Journal of zoo and wildlife medicine : official publication of the American Association of Zoo Veterinarians. 48(3):767-775 [DOI] 10.1638/2016-0267.1. [PMID] 28920814.
2017
Bone Marrow Aspirate Evaluation.
The Veterinary clinics of North America. Small animal practice. 47(1):31-52 [DOI] 10.1016/j.cvsm.2016.07.003. [PMID] 27720279.
2017
Effects of selenium exposure on the hematology, innate immunity, and metabolic rate of yellow-bellied sliders (Trachemys scripta scripta).
Ecotoxicology (London, England). 26(8):1134-1146 [DOI] 10.1007/s10646-017-1839-7. [PMID] 28780652.
2017
EXTENSION OF THE KNOWN HOST RANGE OF INTRANUCLEAR COCCIDIOSIS: INFECTION IN THREE CAPTIVE RED-FOOTED TORTOISES ( CHELONOIDIS CARBONARIA).
Journal of zoo and wildlife medicine : official publication of the American Association of Zoo Veterinarians. 48(4):1165-1171 [DOI] 10.1638/2017-0068.1. [PMID] 29297806.
2017
Fatal Systemic Salmonellosis in a Florida Manatee ( Trichechus manatus latirostris).
Journal of wildlife diseases. 53(4):930-933 [DOI] 10.7589/2017-01-012. [PMID] 28463629.
2017
First report of changes in leukocyte morphology in response to inflammatory conditions in Asian and African elephants (Elephas maximus and Loxodonta africana)
PLOS ONE. 12(9) [DOI] 10.1371/journal.pone.0185277. [PMID] 28934325.
2017
Infection with a novel derogenid trematode in a Flap-necked chameleon (Chamaeleo dilepis).
Veterinary clinical pathology. 46(4):629-634 [DOI] 10.1111/vcp.12537. [PMID] 28817168.
2017
Potential effects of brevetoxins and toxic elements on various health variables in Kemp’s ridley (Lepidochelys kempii) and green (Chelonia mydas) sea turtles after a red tide bloom event.
The Science of the total environment. 605-606:967-979 [DOI] 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.06.149. [PMID] 28693110.
2017
Presumptive granulocytic leukemia in a hognose snake (Heterodon platirhinos).
The veterinary quarterly. 37(1):43-47 [DOI] 10.1080/01652176.2017.1281464. [PMID] 28075231.
2017
Toxic elements and associations with hematology, plasma biochemistry, and protein electrophoresis in nesting loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta) from Casey Key, Florida.
Environmental pollution (Barking, Essex : 1987). 231(Pt 2):1398-1411 [DOI] 10.1016/j.envpol.2017.09.001. [PMID] 28939125.
2017
What is your diagnosis? Blood film from a Green turtle (Chelonia mydas).
Veterinary clinical pathology. 46(1):193-194 [DOI] 10.1111/vcp.12460. [PMID] 28195654.
2017
Whip-like heterophil projections in consecutive blood films from an injured gopher tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus) with systemic inflammation.
The veterinary quarterly. 37(1):162-165 [DOI] 10.1080/01652176.2017.1325538. [PMID] 28460581.
2016
Coinfection by Cetacean morbillivirus and Aspergillus fumigatus in a juvenile bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) in the Gulf of Mexico.
Journal of veterinary diagnostic investigation : official publication of the American Association of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians, Inc. 28(6):729-734 [PMID] 27698174.
2016
COMPARISON OF TOTAL LEUKOCYTE QUANTIFICATION METHODS IN FREE-LIVING GALAPAGOS TORTOISES (CHELONOIDIS SPP.).
Journal of zoo and wildlife medicine : official publication of the American Association of Zoo Veterinarians. 47(1):196-205 [DOI] 10.1638/2015-0159.1. [PMID] 27010280.
2016
Development and validation of a competitive enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for the measurement of total plasma immunoglobulins in healthy loggerhead sea (Caretta caretta) and green turtles (Chelonia mydas).
Journal of veterinary diagnostic investigation : official publication of the American Association of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians, Inc. 28(1):5-11 [DOI] 10.1177/1040638715617804. [PMID] 26699523.
2016
Medlinella Amphoroidea Gen. Et Sp. Nov. (Bacillariophyta) From the Neck Skin of Loggerhead Sea Turtles (Caretta Caretta)
Phytotaxa. 272(2):101-114 [DOI] 10.11646/phytotaxa.272.2.1.
2016
Mycobacterium haemophilum infection in a juvenile leatherback sea turtle (Dermochelys coriacea).
Journal of veterinary diagnostic investigation : official publication of the American Association of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians, Inc. 28(6):718-721 [PMID] 27698171.
2016
Normal Hemostatic Profiles and Coagulation Factors in Healthy Free-Living Florida Manatees ( Trichechus manatus latirostris).
Journal of wildlife diseases. 52(4):907-911 [PMID] 27525595.
2016
What is your diagnosis? Perineal mass in a dog.
Veterinary clinical pathology. 45(2):385-6 [DOI] 10.1111/vcp.12341. [PMID] 27093459.
2015
Endogenous and exogenous estrogens during embryonic development affect timing of hatch and growth in the American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis).
Comparative biochemistry and physiology. Part B, Biochemistry & molecular biology. 184:10-8 [DOI] 10.1016/j.cbpb.2015.02.001. [PMID] 25687799.
2015
Letter to the Editor: Heinz bodies and erythrophagocytosis in the peripheral blood of loggerhead sea turtles.
Journal of experimental zoology. Part A, Ecological genetics and physiology. 323(6):343-4 [DOI] 10.1002/jez.1925. [PMID] 25777323.
2015
Letter to the editor: Theileria in loggerhead sea turtles Caretta caretta
Comparative Clinical Pathology. 24(4):709-710 [DOI] 10.1007/s00580-015-2147-3.
2015
MANAGEMENT OF A PATENT URACHUS AND YOLK COELOMITIS IN A PREHENSILE-TAILED SKINK (CORUCIA ZEBRATA).
Journal of zoo and wildlife medicine : official publication of the American Association of Zoo Veterinarians. 46(4):909-12 [DOI] 10.1638/2015-0097.1. [PMID] 26667549.
2015
Reptilian Eosinophils: Beauty and Diversity by Light Microscopy.
Veterinary clinical pathology. 44(2):177-8 [DOI] 10.1111/vcp.12246. [PMID] 25688718.
2015
Three New Species of Tursiocola (Bacillariophyta) From the Skin of the West Indian Manatee (Trichechus Manatus)
. 204(1):33-48
2014
Diatoms in cytologic specimens of aquatic animals–Part II, dermal, respiratory, and gastric samples.
Veterinary clinical pathology. 43(4):473-4 [DOI] 10.1111/vcp.12198. [PMID] 25230399.
2014
Diatoms in cytologic specimens of aquatic animals. Part I, fecal samples.
Veterinary clinical pathology. 43(2):123-4 [DOI] 10.1111/vcp.12148. [PMID] 24894069.
2013
Development and evaluation of three mortality prediction indices for cold-stunned Kemp’s ridley sea turtles (Lepidochelys kempii).
Conservation physiology. 1(1) [DOI] 10.1093/conphys/cot003. [PMID] 27293587.
2013
Hematology and plasma biochemistry analytes in five age groups of immature, captive-reared loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta).
Journal of zoo and wildlife medicine : official publication of the American Association of Zoo Veterinarians. 44(4):859-74 [PMID] 24450044.
2011
Diagnostic hematology of reptiles.
Clinics in laboratory medicine. 31(1):87-108 [DOI] 10.1016/j.cll.2010.10.006. [PMID] 21295724.
2009
B-cell lymphoma with Mott cell differentiation in two young adult dogs.
Veterinary clinical pathology. 38(1):113-20 [DOI] 10.1111/j.1939-165X.2008.00101.x. [PMID] 19171017.

Grants

Jun 2021 ACTIVE
Develop and Further Training in Case of Marine Mammals with Emphasis on Manatees, FY21-24
Role: Other
Funding: FL FISH AND WILDLIFE CONSERVATION COMM
Jun 2020 – Oct 2022
Investigating Biochemical and Cytological Coelomic fluid Responses to Anticipated Climate Change-associated Stressors in the ochre sea star (Pisaster ochraceus)
Role: Principal Investigator
Funding: AMER ASSO OF ZOO VETERINARIANS
Jun 2020 – Apr 2022
Using Optimized Histology to Investigate Tissue Responses to Stressors in the Ochre Sea Star (Pisaster ochraceus)
Role: Principal Investigator
Funding: WILDLIFE DISEASE ASSOC WILDLIFE VET SECT
Jul 2018 – Jun 2021
Develop and Further Training in Case of Marine Mammals with Emphasis on Manatees
Role: Co-Investigator
Funding: FL FISH AND WILDLIFE CONSERVATION COMM
Jan 2018 – Mar 2020
Assessment of health and disease in wild and captive Florida grasshopper sparrows: An information need critical for the release of captive birds, 2017-2019
Role: Co-Investigator
Funding: FL FISH AND WILDLIFE CONSERVATION COMM via US DEPT OF INTERIOR FISH AND WILDLIFE SE
May 2017 – Oct 2022
Establishing Circulation Red Blood Cell Volume Reference Intervals for Loggerhead (Caretta) and Green (Cheloni mYDAS) Sea Turtles
Role: Principal Investigator
Funding: SEA TURTLE CONSERVANCY

Education

Dr.med.vet.
2007 · Vetsuisse Faculty of Berne, Switzerland
Residency – Veterinary Clinical Pathology
2006 · University of Florida, College of Veterinary Medicine,
DVM
2001 · Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany

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