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Jenny Bloodgood

I am an Assistant Professor of Practice in the Department of Public and Ecosystem Health at Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine and a Wildlife Veterinarian with the New York State Wildlife Health Program. Prior to this, I was the Research Veterinarian at Dauphin Island Sea Lab in Alabama where I oversaw stranding response, necropsies, and health and disease research for marine mammals for the state and offered educational opportunities to agency partners, volunteers, and students of all levels. I hold BS and MS degrees in Wildlife Biology from Clemson University, and a PhD in Integrative Conservation from the University of Georgia. I also completed my DVM at UGA with a focus on research and wildlife health.

As both a wildlife veterinarian and biologist, I have a broad interest in free-ranging wildlife health and disease. I have particular interests in pathology, infectious disease, and the interface of human and wildlife health, and enjoy mentoring students and working in interdisciplinary teams to tackle real-world issues.

Select Publications

2024

Sample size calculator for declaring a population free of infectious disease (Version 1) [Software] . Hanley, B.J., Booth, J.G., Hodel, F.H., Thompson, N.E., Bloodgood, J.C.G., Dion, J.P., Van de Berg, S., Gonzalez-Crespo, C., Huang, Y., Wang, J., Miller, L.A., Hollingshead, N.A., Peaslee, J.L., Schuler, K.L. . Cornell University Library-eCommons
Cold stress, heart failure, and esophageal occlusion cause the death of a West Indian manatee (Trichechus manatus) in Alabama. . Western, JL, Hieb EE, Russell ML, Díaz Clark C, Rotstein DS, Perry SM, Ingrisano A, Carmichael RH, Stacy NI, Bloodgood JCG. . Diseases of Aquatic Organisms
Stranded marine mammal detection by the public, trained responders, and drones using decoy carcasses. . Ponti, MJ, Russell ML, Díaz Clark C, Cloyed CS, Carmichael RH, Johnson CL, Bloodgood JCG. . Marine Mammal Science
Four cases of severed peduncles in bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) along the Alabama coast. . Munday MR, Russell ML, Díaz Clark C, Delaney MA, Kinsel MJ, Carmichael RH, Bloodgood JCG. . Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine
Avian ‘Bird’ Flu–undue media panic or genuine concern for pandemic potential requiring global preparedness action? . Petersen E, Memish ZA, Hui DS, Scagliarini A, Simonsen L, Simulundu E, Bloodgood J, Blumberg L, Lee SS, Zumla A. . International Journal of Infectious Diseases
Evaluation of fatty acids and carnitine as biomarkers of PFOS exposure in biota (fish and dolphin) from Galveston Bay and the northwestern Gulf of Mexico. . Nolen, R.M., Prouse, A., Russell, M.L., Bloodgood J.C.G., Clark, C.D., Carmichael, R.H., Petersen, L.H., Kaiser, K., Hala, D., Quigg, A. . Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part C: Toxicology & Pharmacology

2023

Causes of death and pathogen prevalence in bottlenose dolphins Tursiops truncatus stranded in Alabama, USA, between 2015 and 2020, following the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. . Bloodgood J.C.G., A.C. Deming, K.M. Colegrove, M.L. Russell, C. Díaz Clark, R.H. Carmichael. . Diseases of Aquatic Organisms

2022

Spatial, temporal and demographic patterns of cetacean strandings in the northcentral Gulf of Mexico. . Russell, M.L., J.C.G. Bloodgood, and R.H. Carmichael. . Journal of Cetacean Research and Management
Draft genome sequences of Erysipelothrix sp. isolated from stranded septic bottlenose dolphins in Alabama, USA. . Nesbitt, K., J.C.G. Bloodgood, M. Mullis, A.C. Deming, K.M. Colegrove, B. Kiel Reese. . Microbiology Resource Announcements
Survival of an Indian Ocean humpback dolphin Sousa plumbea in the wild despite chronic osteologic pathologies. . Lingham-Soliar, T., Bloodgood, J., Rothschild, B., and Bouveroux, T. . Diseases of Aquatic Organisms
From monitoring to final disposition: Collaborative response to the first live sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus) stranding in Alabama, USA. . Bloodgood, J.C.G., M.L. Russell, C.D. Clark, E. Hieb, D.P. Moore, T.R. Madrigal, S. Carmichael, and R.H. Carmichael. . Aquatic Mammals

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Fisher and Bobcat Population Health

Assessing how lead toxicity and anticoagulant rodenticides impact female reproductive potential and population health of fishers and bobcats in New York.

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Echinococcus in New York State

Collaborative surveillance for Echinococcus multilocularis in wild canids in New York State.

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