Heather Walden
Associate Professor | University of Florida
Gainesville, FL, UNITED STATES
Heather Walden works with zoonotic and non-zoonotic parasites of exotic and domestic hosts focusing on classical and molecular parasitology.
Biography
Heather Walden’s research interests focus on parasitic disease, diagnosis and classical parasite biology. Heather has collaborated on several research projects throughout the United States, Mexico, Ecuador, the Galapagos Islands, Zambia and Senegal. Heather also teaches parasitology, trains veterinary, graduate and undergraduate students in her laboratory and is active in national and international veterinary parasitology organizations.
Areas of Expertise (6)
Diagnostic Parasitology
Invasive Parasites
Parasitology
Rat Lungworm
Reptile Parasites
Zoonotic Parasites
Articles (3)
Estimating the dog population, responsible pet ownership, and intestinal parasitism in dogs in Quito, Ecuador
Journal of Shelter Medicine and Community Animal HealthC. Jaime Grijalva, et. al
2022-12-05
In 2011, authorities of Quito, the capital city of Ecuador, approved an ordinance to promote public health and animal welfare through responsible pet ownership promotion. The population of dogs was not known, and the relationships between dog abundance, socioeconomic factors, prevalence of zoonotic gastrointestinal parasites and pet ownership responsibility had not been investigated.
Infection with the fox lungworm (crenosoma vulpis) in two dogs from New England - two clinical reports and updated geographic distribution in North America
Veterinary Parasitology: Regional Studies and ReportsAlene G.Pohly, et. al
2022-03-09
Crenosoma vulpis, the fox lungworm, is a helminth parasite endemic to the fox population of New England. Domestic dogs are susceptible to infection via ingestion of snails and slugs. Two dogs from New England were diagnosed with C. vulpis. The predominant clinical sign in both dogs was a chronic cough.
A new coccidian (apicomplexa: plexa: eimeriidae) in the critically endangered Central American river turtle (dermatemys mawii) in Belize
Bio One CompleteElliott R. Jacobson, et. al
2022-01-01
As part of a biannual health examination, coprological samples from three-month-old Central American river turtles, Dermatemys mawii (Gray, 1847) in a breeding program in Belize, Central America, revealed a previously undescribed coccidian (Apicomplexa) in 17 of 46 (37%) samples. Of three positive fecal samples transported to the University of Florida, coccidian oocysts were observed in one sample.
