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Nerren, J.R., S. Payne, N.D. Halbert, R.J. Martens, N.D. Cohen (2009) Cytokine expression by neutrophils of adult horses stimulated with virulent and avirulent Rhodococcus equi in vitro. Veterinary Immunology and Immunopathology 127: 135-143.
Halbert, N.D., J.N. Derr (2008) Patterns of genetic variation in US federal bison herds. Molecular Ecology 17: 4963-4977.
Halbert, N.D., R. Hiebert, P. J. P. Gogan, J. N. Derr (2007) Analyzing the bison genome of Department of Interior herds. NPS Natural Resource Year in Review 2006: 54-55.
Halbert, N. D., P. J. P. Gogan, R. Hiebert, J. N. Derr (2007) Where the buffalo roam: the role of history and genetics in the conservation of bison on U.S. federal lands. Park Science 24: 22-29
Vogel, A. B., K. Tenggardjaja, S. Edmands, N.D. Halbert, J.N. Derr, D. Hedgecock (2007) Detection of mitochondrial DNA from domestic cattle in bison on Santa Catalina Island. Animal Genetics 38: 410-412.
Halbert, N. D., J. N. Derr (2007) A comprehensive evaluation of cattle introgression into U.S. federal bison herds. Journal of Heredity 98: 1-12
Freese, C. H., K. E. Aune, D. P. Boyd, J. N. Derr, S. C. Forrest, C. C. Gates, P. J. P. Gogan, S. M. Grassel, N. D. Halbert, K. Kunkel, K. H. Redford (2007) Second chance for the plains bison. Biological Conservation 2: 175-184.
Musani, S. K., N. D. Halbert, D. T. Redden, D. B. Allison, J. N. Derr (2006) Marker genotypes, population admixture, and their association with body weight, height, and relative body mass in U.S. federal bison herds. Genetics 174: 775-783.
Halbert, N. D., N. D. Cohen, N. Slovis, J. Faircloth, R. J. Martens (2006) Equid SLC11A1 5'UTR variation and associations with Rhodococcus equi pneumonia in horses. Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine 20: 974-979.
Gogan, P. J. P., J. N. Derr, N. D. Halbert, N. B. Gates (2006) Restoration of populations of large mammalian herbivores: principles and case studies in Kita, J., K. Anusz (eds.) Health threats for the European Bison particularly in free-roaming populations in Poland. The SGGW Publishers, Warsaw (invited book chapter).
White, S. N., N. D. Halbert, K. H. Taylor, J. N. Derr, J. E. Womack (2005) TLR4 variation in Yellowstone bison. Animal Genetics 36: 533-534.
Halbert, N. D., R. A. Reitzel, R. M. Martens, N. D. Cohen (2005) Multiplex polymerase chain reaction assay for the simultaneous identification of Rhodococcus equi and detection of the vapA virulence-associated gene. American Journal of Veterinary Research 66: 1380-1385.
Harrington, J. R., M. C. Golding, R. J. Martens, N. D. Halbert, and N. D. Cohen (2005) Development and evaluation of a real-time quantitative PCR assay for the detection and enumeration of virulent Rhodococcus equi. American Journal of Veterinary Research 66: 755-761.
Halbert, N. D., T. J. Ward, R. D. Schnabel, J. F. Taylor, and J. N. Derr (2005) Conservation genomics: disequilibrium mapping of domestic cattle chromosomal segments in North American bison. Molecular Ecology 14: 2343-2362.
Seabury, C. M., N. D. Halbert, P. J. P. Gogan, J. W. Templeton, and J. N. Derr (2005) Bison PRNP genotyping and potential association with Brucella spp. seroprevalence. Animal Genetics 36: 104-110.
Halbert, N. D., W. E. Grant, and J. N. Derr (2005) Genetic and demographic consequences of importing animals into a small population: a simulation model of the Texas State Bison Herd (U. S. A.). Ecological Modelling 181: 263-276.
Seabury, C. M., R. L. Honeycutt, A. P. Rooney, N. D. Halbert, and J. N. Derr (2004) Prion protein gene (PRNP) variants and evidence for strong purifying selection in functionally important regions of bovine exon 3. PNAS 101(42): 15142-15147.
Halbert, N. D., T. Raudsepp, B. P. Chowdhary, and J. N. Derr (2004) Conservation genetic analysis of the Texas State Bison Herd. Journal of Mammalogy 85(5): 924-931.
Halbert, N. R., L. D. Ross, J. Kathirithamby, J. B. Woolley, R. R. Saff, and J. Spencer Johnston (2001) Phylogenetic analysis as a means of species identification within Myrmecolacidae (Insecta: Strepsiptera). Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 144: 179-186.