Health assessment of non-native red-eared sliders (Trachemys scripta elegans) and their impact potential on native species

• John M. Winter ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: johnmwinter7@gmail.com

  Affiliations University of Illinois Wildlife Epidemiology Laboratory, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America, Forest Preserve District of Cook County, River Forest, Illinois, United States of America, Brookfield Zoo Chicago, Brookfield, Illinois, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4262-5450

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• Kaitlin Moorhead,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation University of Illinois Wildlife Epidemiology Laboratory, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0009-0006-6506-8227

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• Kamila Grochowski-Grum,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation

  Affiliation University of Illinois Wildlife Epidemiology Laboratory, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America

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• Chris Anchor,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources

  Affiliation Forest Preserve District of Cook County, River Forest, Illinois, United States of America

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• Jennifer A. Landolfi,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Zoological Pathology Program, University of Illinois, Brookfield, Illinois, United States of America

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• Laura A. Adamovicz,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations University of Illinois Wildlife Epidemiology Laboratory, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America, Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory, University of Illinois College of Veterinary Medicine, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America

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• Matthew C. Allender

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations University of Illinois Wildlife Epidemiology Laboratory, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America, Brookfield Zoo Chicago, Brookfield, Illinois, United States of America, Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory, University of Illinois College of Veterinary Medicine, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America

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