Areas of Expertise

• Wildlife health surveillance (mammals and birds, with emphasis on the marine habitat)

Selected Publications

Dobbin G, H Hariharan, P-Y Daoust, S Hariharan, S Heaney, M Coles, L Price, CA Muckle. 2004. Survey of the bacterial flora of free-living double-crested cormorants (Phalocrocorax auritus) on Prince Edward Island, Canada. Comparative Immunology, Microbiology and Infectious Diseases. In press.

Daoust P-Y, A Crook, TK Bollinger, KG Campbell, J Wong. 2002. Animal welfare and the harp seal hunt in Atlantic Canada. Canadian Veterinary Journal 43:687-694.

Lucas Z, P-Y Daoust, G Conboy, M Brimacombe. 2003. Health status of harp seals (Phoca groenlandica) and hooded seals (Cystophora cristata) on Sable Island, Nova Scotia, Canada, concurrent with their expanding range. Journal of Wildlife Diseases 39:16-28.

Lucas Z, P-Y Daoust. 2002. Large increases of harp seals (Phoca groenlandica) and hooded seals (Cystophora cristata) on Sable Island, Nova Scotia, since 1995. Polar Biology 25:562-568.

Daoust P-Y, DG Busby, L Ferns, J Goltz, S McBurney, C Poppe, H Whitney. 2000. Salmonellosis in songbirds in the Canadian Atlantic provinces during winter-summer 1997-98. Canadian Veterinary Journal 41:54-59.