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Terry R. Spraker is affiliated with Colorado State University in the United States and conducts research primarily in the fields of biochemistry, genetics and molecular biology, as well as medicine. Their work spans several interdisciplinary subfields, including molecular biology, ecology, parasitology, neurology, and infectious diseases.

The research topics covered by Spraker include prion diseases and protein misfolding, neurological diseases and metabolism, parasite biology and host interactions, helminth infection and control, marine animal studies, animal virus infections, and virus-based gene therapy research.

Recent publications by Spraker feature studies in various scientific journals and cover diverse aspects of animal health, parasitology, and virology. Selected recent papers include:

  • Complex Virome in a Mesenteric Lymph Node from a Californian Sea Lion (Zalophus californianus) with Polyserositis and Steatitis, 2020, Viruses
  • Morphology, molecular characterization and phylogeny of Bolbosoma nipponicum Yamaguti, 1939 (Acanthocephala: Polymorphidae), a potential zoonotic parasite of human acanthocephaliasis, 2022, International Journal for Parasitology Parasites and Wildlife
  • Nasal bots carry relevant titers of CWD prions in naturally infected white-tailed deer, 2024, EMBO Reports
  • Reemergence of Guadalupe fur seals in the U.S. Pacific Northwest: The epidemiology of stranding events during 2005-2016, 2020, Marine Mammal Science
  • Review of metazoan parasites of the northern fur seal (Callorhinus ursinus) and the analysis of the gastrointestinal helminth community of the population on St. Paul Island, Alaska, 2020, Parasitology Research

Spraker has collaborated frequently with colleagues including Тetiana А. Kuzmina, Tracy A. Nichols, Paulina Soto, Mitch Lockwood, and Rodrigo Morales.

The scientific journals where Spraker has published multiple articles include:

  • Viruses
  • PLoS ONE
  • Journal of Wildlife Diseases
  • EMBO Reports
  • International Journal for Parasitology Parasites and Wildlife

Best Publications

  • Mortality of sea lions along the central California coast linked to a toxic diatom bloom

    Christopher A. Scholin;Frances Gulland;Gregory J. Doucette;Scott Benson

  • Infectious Prions in the Saliva and Blood of Deer with Chronic Wasting Disease

    Candace K. Mathiason;Jenny G. Powers;Sallie J. Dahmes;David A. Osborn

  • Oral transmission and early lymphoid tropism of chronic wasting disease PrPres in mule deer fawns (Odocoileus hemionus).

    Christina J. Sigurdson;Elizabeth S. Williams;Michael W. Miller;Terry R. Spraker

  • SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHY IN FREE-RANGING MULE DEER (ODOCOILEUS HEMIONUS), WHITE-TAILED DEER (ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS) AND ROCKY MOUNTAIN ELK (CERVUS ELAPHUS NELSONI) IN NORTHCENTRAL COLORADO

    T. R. Spraker;M. W. Miller;E. S. Williams;D. M. Getzy

  • EPIZOOTIOLOGY OF CHRONIC WASTING DISEASE IN FREE-RANGING CERVIDS IN COLORADO AND WYOMING

    M W Miller;E S Williams;C W McCarty;C W McCarty;T R Spraker

  • Adrenal and Hematological Responses to Stress in Juvenile Green Turtles (Chelonia mydas) with and without Fibropapillomas

    A. Alonso Aguirre;George H. Balazs;Terry R. Spraker;Timothy S. Gross

  • Monoclonal antibody F89/160.1.5 defines a conserved epitope on the ruminant prion protein.

    Katherine I. O’Rourke;Timothy V. Baszler;Janice M. Miller;Terry R. Spraker

  • PrP genotypes of captive and free-ranging Rocky Mountain elk (Cervus elaphus nelsoni) with chronic wasting disease.

    K. I. O’Rourke;T. E. Besser;M. W. Miller;T. F. Cline

  • Polymorphisms in the prion precursor functional gene but not the pseudogene are associated with susceptibility to chronic wasting disease in white-tailed deer.

    Katherine I. O'Rourke;Katherine I. O'Rourke;Terry R. Spraker;Linda K. Hamburg;Thomas E. Besser

  • A Natural Case of Chronic Wasting Disease in a Free-ranging Moose (Alces alces shirasi)

    Laurie A. Baeten;Barbara E. Powers;Jean E. Jewell;Terry R. Spraker

  • Emergence of Diseases From Wildlife Reservoirs

    J. C. Rhyan;T. R. Spraker

  • Chronic Wasting Disease Prions in Elk Antler Velvet

    Rachel C. Angers;Tanya S. Seward;Dana Napier;Michael Green

  • Pathology of domoic acid toxicity in California sea lions (Zalophus californianus).

    P. A. Silvagni;Linda J Lowenstine;T. Spraker;T. P. Lipscomb

  • LEPTOSPIROSIS IN CALIFORNIA SEA LIONS (ZALOPHUS CALIFORNIANUS) STRANDED ALONG THE CENTRAL CALIFORNIA COAST, 1981–1994

    F. M D Gulland;M. Koski;Linda J Lowenstine;A. Colagross

  • PrP CWD in the myenteric plexus, vagosympathetic trunk and endocrine glands of deer with chronic wasting disease

    Christina J. Sigurdson;Terry R. Spraker;Michael W. Miller;Bruno Oesch

  • Validation of monoclonal antibody F99/97.6.1 for immunohistochemical staining of brain and tonsil in mule deer ( Odocoileus hemionus ) with chronic wasting disease

    T. R. Spraker;Katherine I. O'Rourke;A. Balachandran;R. R. Zink

  • Comparison of histological lesions and immunohistochemical staining of proteinase-resistant prion protein in a naturally occurring spongiform encephalopathy of free-ranging mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus) with those of chronic wasting disease of captive mule deer.

    T. R. Spraker;R. R. Zink;B. A. Cummings;M. A. Wild

  • Preliminary observations of genetic susceptibility of elk (Cervus elaphus nelsoni) to chronic wasting disease by experimental oral inoculation.

    Amir N. Hamir;Thomas Gidlewski;Terry R. Spraker;Janice M. Miller

  • EVALUATION OF HAWAIIAN GREEN TURTLES (CHELONIA MYDAS) FOR POTENTIAL PATHOGENS ASSOCIATED WITH FIBROPAPILLOMAS

    A. Alonso Aguirre;George H. Balazs;B. Zimmerman;Terry R. Spraker

  • Contrasting effects of heterozygosity on survival and hookworm resistance in California sea lion pups

    Karina Acevedo-Whitehouse;Terry R. Spraker;Eugene Lyons;Sharon R. Melin

Frequent Co-Authors

Eugene T. Lyons
Eugene T. Lyons University of Kentucky
Frances M. D. Gulland
Frances M. D. Gulland University of California, Davis
Kurt C. VerCauteren
Kurt C. VerCauteren United States Department of Agriculture
Sharon C. Tolliver
Sharon C. Tolliver University of Kentucky
Christina J. Sigurdson
Christina J. Sigurdson University of California, San Diego
Edward A. Hoover
Edward A. Hoover Colorado State University
George H. Balazs
George H. Balazs National Marine Fisheries Service
Michael W. Miller
Michael W. Miller MSD (United States)
Elizabeth S. Williams
Elizabeth S. Williams University of Wyoming
Donald P. Knowles
Donald P. Knowles Washington State University

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