Recent publications

2025

Menajovsky MF, Mayor P, Bodmer R, Pérez-Peña P, Ulloa GM, Greenwood AD, Montero S, Lescano AG, Santolalla ML, Segalés J, Sibila M, Cabezón O, Espunyes J. Monitoring of Selected Swine Viral Diseases in Peruvian Amazon Peccaries. Ecohealth. 2025 Mar;22(1):69-78. doi: 10.1007/s10393-024-01692-9. Epub 2025 Jan 11. PMID: 39799202; PMCID: PMC11890321.

2024

Menajovsky MF, Espunyes J, Ulloa G, Montero S, Lescano AG, Santoalla ML, Cabezón O, Mayor P. (2024) Survey of Hepatitis B Virus and Hepatitis E Virus at the human-wildlife interface in the Peruvian Amazon. Microorganisms (In Press)

Fernández-Bastit L., Cano-Terriza D., Caballero-Gómez J., Beato-Benítez A., Fernández A., García-Párraga D., Domingo M., Sierra C., Canales R., Borragan S., de la Riva-Fraga M., Molina-López R, Cabezón O., Ribas M.P., Espunyes J., Vázquez-Calero D.B., Vergara-Alert J., García-Bocanegra I., Segales J. (2024) Survey of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 in captive and free-ranging wildlife from Spain. Veterinary Research 55(1), 90. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13567-024-01348-0

Escudero A., Ribas M.P., Obón E., Almería S., Aguilar X.F., Gholipour H., Cabezón O., Molina-López R. (2024) Exposure of Urban European Hedgehogs (Erinaceus europaeus) to Toxoplasma gondii in Highly Populated Areas of Northeast Spain. Animals; 14(11):1596. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani14111596

Cabezón O., Martínez-Orellana P., Ribas M.P., Baptista C.J., Gassó D., Velarde R., Aguilar X.F., Solano-Gallego L. (2024) Leishmania Infection in Wild Lagomorphs and Domestic Dogs in North-East Spain. Animals; 14(7):1080. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani14071080

Menajovsky M.F., Espunyes J., Ulloa G., Calderon M., Diestra A., Malaga E., Muñoz C., Montero S., Lescano A.G., Santolalla M.L., Cabezón O., Aparacio P.M. (2024) Toxoplasma gondii in a remote subsistence hunting-based indigenous community of the Peruvian Amazon. Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, 2024, 9, 98 https://doi.org/10.3390/tropicalmed9050098

Aguilar X.F., Mavrot F., Surujballi O., Leclerc L.-M., Kugluktuk Angoniatit Association, Ekaluktutiak Hunters and Trappers Organization, Olokhaktomiut Hunters and Trappers Committee, Tomaselli M., Kutz S. (2024) Brucellosis emergence in the Canadian Arctic. One Health, 18, 100712. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.onehlt.2024.100712

Dias A.P., Aguilar X.F., De Buch J., Kutz S., Arrazuria R. (2024) Digital dermatitis-associated Treponema species detection and quantification in migratory tundra caribou (Rangifer tarandus). Research in Veterinary Science, 171, 105210. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rvsc.2024.105210

Krückemeier S., Ramon M., Vidal E., Martino L., Burganya J., Ribas MP, Dias-Alves A., Lobato-Bailón L., Perez de Val B., Cabezón O., Espunyes J. (2024) Adiaspiromycoses in wild rodents from the Pyrenees, north-eastern Spain. Journal of Wildlife Diseases, 60(2), 526–530. https://doi.org/10.7589/jwd-d-23-00100

Guitart-Matas J., Espunyes J., Illera L., Gonzalez-Escalona N., Ribas M.P., Marco I. (2024) High-risk lineages of extended spectrum cephalosporinase producing Escherichia coli from Eurasian griffon vultures (Gyps fulvus) foraging in landfills in north-eastern Spain. Science of The Total Environment, 909, 168625. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.168625.

2023

Carrera-Faja L., Yesson C., Jones B.A., Benfield C.T.O., Kock R.A. (2023) An Integrated Ecological Niche Modelling Framework for Risk Mapping of Peste des Petits Ruminants Virus Exposure in African Buffalo (Syncerus caffer) in the Greater Serengeti-Mara Ecosystem. Pathogens. 12(12):1423. https://doi.org/10.3390/pathogens12121423

Guidoum K.A., Carrera-Faja L., Espunyes J., Pailler-García L., Bouabdellah B., Bouabdelli S., Smadi M.A., Semara L., Cabezón O., Napp S. (2023) Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever Virus Seropositivity among Dromedary Camels, Algeria, 2020–2021. Emerg Infect Dis. 2023 Dec https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2912.230587

Vidal E., Espunyes J., Ribas MP., Melgarejo C., Martino L., Michelet L., Boschiroli ML., Sanz A., Allepuz A., Cabezón O., Pérez de Val B. (2023) Lack of detection of Mycobacterium microti infection in wild rodents from a free-ranging wild boar outbreak area. Eur J Wildl Res 69, 111. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10344-023-01738-3

Aguilar X.F., Leclerc L.M., Kugluktuk Angoniatit Association, Ekaluktutiak Hunter & Trappers Organization, Olokhaktomiut Hunters & Trappers Committee, Mavrot F., [...], Kutz S. (2023) An integrative and multi-indicator approach for wildlife health applied to an endangered caribou herd. Scientific Reports 13, 16524. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-41689-y

González-Barrio D., Pruvot M., Kock R.A., Aguilar X.F. (2023). Editorial: Anthropogenic wildlife movements and infectious diseases: health and conservation perspectives. Frontiers in Veterinary Science 10, 1132176. https://doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2023.1132176

Geist J., Thielen F., Lavictoire L., Hoess R., Altmueller R., Baudrimont M., Blaize C., Campos M., [...] & Zając T. (2023). Captive breeding of European freshwater mussels as a conservation tool: A review. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems. (In Press). https://doi.org/10.1002/aqc.4018

Lobato-Bailón L., López-Baucells A., Guixé D., Flaquer C., Camprodon J., Florensa-Rius X., Mas M., Torrent L., Ordeix L., Tallo-Parra O., Ribas MP., Marco I., Carbajal A., López-Béjar M., Napp S., Pailler-García L., Espunyes J., Cabezón O. (2023) Reappraising the use of forearm rings for bat species. Biological Conservation. 286: 110268. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2023.110268

Carrera-Faja L., Espunyes J., Cardells J., Fernández-Aguilar X., Pailler-García L., Napp S., Cabezón O. (2023) Dynamics of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus in two wild ungulate hosts during a disease-induced population collapse. One Health, 17, 100622. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.onehlt.2023.100622

Prakas P., Estruch J., Velarde R., Ilgūnas M., Šneideris D., Nicolás-Francisco O., Marco I., Calero-Bernal R. First report of Sarcocystis halieti (Apicomplexa) in bearded vulture (Gypaetus barbatus) Vet Res Commun. (In Press) https://doi.org/10.1007/s11259-023-10191-1

Torres-Blas I., Migura-García L., Cerdà-Cuéllar M., Carbajal A., Lopez-Bejar M., Mateo R., Herrero-Villar M., Llopis A., Marco I. Health assessment of the captive bearded vulture (Gypaetus barbatus) in Catalonia (Spain). J. Zoo. Wildl. Med. (In Press).

Dias-Alves A., Espunyes J., Ayats T., Sente C., Sebulime P., Muro J., Tushabe J., Asiimwe C., Fernández-Aguilar X., Aruho R., Marco I., Planellas M., Cardells J., Cabezón O., Cerdà-Cuéllar M. (2023) Foodborne pathogens at the livestock-wildlife-human interface in rural western Uganda. EcoHealth (In Press) https://doi.org/10.1007/s10393-023-01639-6

Loring Á., Carrera-Faja L., Ribas M.P., Rosell R., Marco I., Cabezón O., Espunyes J. (2023) New potential role of European mouflon (Ovis aries musimon) in the epidemiology of border disease in the Pyrenees. Journal of Wildlife Diseases (In Press) https://doi.org/10.7589/JWD-D-22-00181

Puig M.P., García-Ulloa M., Espunyes J., Cabezón O. (2023) Improving the assessment of ecosystem and wildlife health: microbiome as an early indicator. Current Opinion in Biotechnology, 81, 102923. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.copbio.2023.102923

Lobato-Bailón, L., García-Ulloa, M., Santos, A., Guixé, D., Camprodon, J., Florensa-Rius, X., Molleda R., Manzano R., Puig Ribas M., Espunyes J., Dias-Alves A., Marco I., Migura-Garcia L., Martínez-Urtaza J., Cabezón O. (2023) The fecal bacterial microbiome of the Kuhl's pipistrelle bat (Pipistrellus kuhlii) reflects landscape anthropogenic pressure. Animal microbiome, 5, 7 2023. https://doi.org/10.1186/s42523-023-00229-9

Menajovsky M.F., Espunyes J., Cabezón O., Mayor P. (2023) Infectious diseases of interest for the conservation of peccaries in the Amazon: a systematic quantitative review. Biological Conservation, 277, 109867 https://doi.org/10.1016/ j.biocon.2022.109867

Pal, R., Khanyan, M., Aguilar, X.F., Nigam, P., Sathyakumar, S. (2023). Infectious keratoconjunctivitis in asian mountain ungulates. Newsletter of the IUCN/SSC Caprinae Specialist Group 2022, 7-10.

2022

Lobato L., López-Morales A., Quintela R., Puig Ribas M., Molina-López R., Obon E., Napp S., Pailler-García L., Espunyes J., Cabezón O. (2022) Lack of detection of Toxoplasma gondii in Pipistrellus spp. bats from densely cat-populated areas of NE-Spain. Pathogens 11(12), 1451. https://doi.org/10.3390/pathogens11121451

Ribas M.P., Alonso-Almorox P., Espunyes J., Martínez-Silvestre A., Cabezón O. (2022) Evaluation of passive integrated transponder tags for marking urodeles. Ecological Indicators, 145 [109690]. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2022.109690

Campos M., Lobato L., Merciai R., Cabezón O., Torres-Blas I., Araujo R., Migura-Garcia L. (2022) Clearance and persistence of Escherichia coli in the freshwater mussel Unio mancus. Scientific Reports 12, 12382. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-16491-x

Espunyes J., Illera L., Dias-Alves A., Lobato L., Ribas M.P., Manzanares a., Ayats T., Marco I.,Cerdà-Cuéllar M. (2022) Eurasian griffon vultures carry widespread antimicrobial resistant Salmonella and Campylobacter of public health concern. Science of The Total Environment. 844 (2022): 157189. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.157189

Ribas M.P., Cabezón O., Velarde R., Estruch J., Serrano E., Bosch J., Thumsová B., Martínez-Silvestre A. (2022) Coinfection of chytrid fungi in urodeles during an outbreak of chytridiomycosis in Spain. Journal of Wildlife Diseases, 58(3):658-663 https://doi.org/10.7589/JWD-D-21-00170

Corlatti L., Iacolina L., Safner T., Apollonio M., Buzan E., Ferretti F., Hammer S.E., Herrero J., Rossi L., Serrano E., Arnal M.C., Brivio F., Chirichella R., Cotza A., Crestanello B., Espunyes J., [...] Šprem N. (2022) Past, present, and future of chamois science. Wildlife biology, e01025. https://doi.org/10.1002/wlb3.01025

Carrera-Faja L., Cardells J., Pailler-García L., Lizana V., Alfaro-Deval G., Espunyes J., Napp S., Cabezón O. (2022) Evidence of prolonged Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus endemicity by retrospective serosurvey, eastern Spain. Emerging Infectious Diseases.2022 May. https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2805.212335

Martínez Silvestre A., Cadenas V., Puig Ribas M., Thumsová B, Velardo R., Bosch J. (2022) Enfermedades infecciosas emergentes en anfibios. Consulta de difusión veterinaria, Vol 30, Nº. 287, 45-51. https://www.consultavet.org/articulo-enfermedades-infecciosas-emergentes-en-anfibios-1594

2021

Jarque L., Calleja J.A., Ibañez M., Bartolomé J., Albanell E., Espunyes J., Galvez-Cerón A., Martínez-López J.M., Gassó D., Fernández-Aguilar X., Colom-Cadena A., Krumins J.A., Serrano E. (2021) Grazing influences biomass production and protein content of alpine meadows. Science of the Total Environment (In Press). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.151771

Lizana V., Gortázar C., Muniesa A., Cabezón O., Martí-Marco A., López-Ramon J., Cardells K. (2021) Human and environmental factors driving Toxoplasma gondii prevalence in wild boar (Sus scrofa). Research in Veterinary Science, 141:56-62. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rvsc.2021.10.007

Espunyes J., Cabezón O., Pailler-García L., Dias-Alves A., Lobato-Bailón L., Marco I., Ribas M.P., Valldeperes M., Encinosa-Guzmán P.E., Napp S. (2021) Hotspot of Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever Virus Seropositivity in Wildlife, northeastern Spain. Emerging Infectious Diseases 27(9). https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2709.211105

Espunyes J., Serrano E., Chaves S., Bartolomé J., Menaut P., Albanell E., Marchand P., Foulché K., Garel M. (2021) Positive effect of spring advance on the diet quality of an alpine herbivore. Integrative Zoology, 0: 0-15. https://doi.org/10.1111/1749-4877.12572

Torres-Blas I., Fernández Aguilar X., Cabezón O., Aragon V., Migura-García L. (2021) Antimicrobial Resistance in Pasteurellaceae Isolates from Pyrenean Chamois (Rupicapra pyrenaica) and Domestic Sheep in an Alpine Ecosystem. Animals, 11(6):1686. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani11061686

Jarque-Bascuñana L., Bartolomé J., Serrano E., Espunyes J., Garel M., Calleja Alarcón J.A., López Olvera J.R., Albanell E. (2021) Near Infrared Reflectance Spectroscopy Analysis to Predict Diet Composition of a Mountain Ungulate Species. Animals,11(5):1449. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani11051449

Jiménez-Ruiz S., García-Bocanegra I., Acevedo P. Espunyes J.,Triguero-Ocaña R., Cano-Terriza D., Torres-Sánchez M.J., Vicente J. (2021) A survey of shared pathogens at the domestic-wild ruminants' interface in Doñana National Park (Spain). Transboundary and Emerging Diseases 2021 Apr 26. https://doi.org/10.1111/tbed.14126

Dias-Alves A., Cabezón O., Borel N., López-Olvera J.R., Mentaberre G., Lavín S., Fernández Aguilar X. (2021) Molecular detection and identification of Chlamydiaceae in the eyes of wild and domestic ruminant hosts from northern Spain. Pathogens, 10(3):383. https://doi.org/10.3390/pathogens10030383

Espunyes J., Cabezón O., Dias-Alves A., Miralles P., Ayats t., Cerdà-Cuéllar M. (2021) Assessing the role of livestock and sympatric wild ruminants in spreading antimicrobial resistant Campylobacter and Salmonella in alpine ecosystems. BMC Vet Res, 17, 79. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12917-021-02784-2

Castillo-Contreras R., Mentaberre G., Fernández-Aguilar X., Conejero C., Colom-CadenaA., Ráez-Bravo A., González-Crespo C., Espunyes J., Lavín S., López-Olvera J.R. (2021) Wild boar in the city: phenotypic responses to urbanisation. Science of the Total Environment, 773. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.145593

Navarro T., Ortín A., Cabezón C., De Las Heras M., Lacasta D., González J.K. (2021). Evolution of the Seroprevalence of Pestivirus and Respiratory Viral Infections in Spanish Feedlot Lambs. Animals 11(1):160. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani11010160

Brannelly L. A., McCallum H. I., Grogan L. F., Briggs C. J., Ribas M. P., Hollanders M., ... & Kilpatrick A. M. Mechanisms underlying host persistence following amphibian disease emergence determine appropriate management strategies. Ecology Letters, 24(1), 130-148. Link: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/ele.13621

2020

Roldán C., Begovoeva M., López Olvera J.R., Velarde R., Cabezón O., ... Rosi L. (2020). Endemic occurrence of Fasciola hepatica in an alpine ecosystem, Pyrenees, Northeastern Spain. Transboundary and Emerging Diseases. Accepted. Link: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/tbed.13865

Guidoum K. A., Benallou B., Pailler L., Espunyes J., Napp S., & Cabezón O. (2020). Ruminant pestiviruses in North Africa. Preventive Veterinary Medicine, 184, 105156.Link:https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0167587720308400

Jiménez‐Ruiz S., Vicente J., García‐Bocanegra I., Cabezón Ó., Arnal M. C., Balseiro A., ... & Acevedo P. (2020). Distribution of Pestivirus exposure in wild ruminants in Spain. Transboundary and Emerging Diseases. Link: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/tbed.13827

Herrero-Villar M., Velarde R., Camarero P. R., Taggart M. A., Bandeira V., Fonseca C., Marco I., Mateo R. (2020). NSAIDs detected in Iberian avian scavengers and carrion after diclofenac registration for veterinary use in Spain. Environmental Pollution, 115157. Link: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0269749120324520

Czyżewska-Dors E, Nuñez I, Saporiti V, Huerta E, Riutord C, Cabezón O, Segalés J, Sibila M (2020) Detection of Porcine circovirus 3 in wildlife species in Spain. Pathogens, 9(5), 341. Link: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-0817/9/5/341/htm

Gómez-Guillamón F, Díaz-Cao JM, Camacho-Sillero L, Cano-Terriza D, Alcaide EM, Cabezón O, Arenas A, García-Bocanegra I. (2020) Spatiotemporal monitoring of selected pathogens in Iberian ibex (Capra pyrenaica). Transbound Emerg Dis. Link: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/tbed.13576

Fernández Aguilar X., Mahapatra M., Begovoeva M., Kalema-Zikusoka G., ... Kock R. (2020). Peste des Petits Ruminants at the Wildlife-Livestock Interface in the Western Albertine Rift and Nile Basin, East Africa. Viruses. 12(3), 293 Link: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32156067

2019

Espunyes J, Ribas MP, Martinez-Silvestre A, Lobato L, Alonso JM, Cabezón O. Introducing the Amphibian Surveillance Program of Catalonia (ASPrCAT). Proc. ZSL Symposium: Mitigating single pathogen and coinfections that threaten amphibian biodiversity, London, UK, April 2019. Poster.

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