Dr Tammy Shadbolt
BSc Hons BVMS MSc PhD PG Cert FHEA MRCVS
Teaching Fellow (Casual)
Campus: Hawkshead
I am currently working as a wildlife veterinarian and post-doctoral research assistant in the disease risk analysis and health surveillence (DRAHS) team at the Zoological Society of London (ZSL). Working in close collaboration with conservation organisations, I carry out disease risk analysis (DRA) prior to the conservation translocation of rare and endangered species, advise on disease risk management (DRM) during translocation and conduct post-release health surveillance (PRHS) to continually monitor the health and welfare of wild animal species of conservation concern. I am an honorary lecturer at the RVC.
I hold a BVM&S in Veterinary Medicine and Surgery and have a clinical background working as a veterinarian in private and charity practice in the UK and internationally. I also hold a BSc Hons in Veterinary Conservation Medicine, MSc in Wild Animal Health, PhD in the Pathogenesis of Tasmanian Devil Facial Tumour Disease and PG Cert in Veterinary Education. I am a member of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons and Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.
My current research interests are focused on infectious and non-infectious disease threats to populations of rare native species translocated for conservation purposes. Specifically, I am interested in improving how we assimilate and analyse data gathered during post-release health surveillance of translocated species to improve our understanding of species-specific disease threats and iteratively inform disease risk analyses for future conservation translocations.
Bourn, N.A.D., O’Riordan, S., Maes, D., Goffart, P., Shadbolt, T., Hordley, L., Sainsbury, A.W., Bulman, C., Hoare, D., Field, R., Curson, J., Wildman, J.P., Halford, G., Jaffe, J., Donald, H., Van Eenaeme, D. & Ellis, S. (2024) The history, science and preliminary results from the reintroduction of the chequered skipper, (Carterocephalus palaemon) into Rockingham forest, England. Journal of Insect Conservation 28:1063-1078. doi: 10.1007/s10841-024-00601-3
Gibson, L. & Shadbolt, T., Pranab, P., Gerard, G., Wrigglesworth, E., Sainsbury, A.W., Donald, H., Jaffe, J.E., Januszczak, I., Fitzpatrick, L.D., Burrell, C., Davies, H., Dastjerdi, A. & Spiro, S. (2024) Prevalence and Molecular Analysis of Encephalomyocarditis Virus-2 in the Hazel Dormouse. EcoHealth 21: 112-122. doi: 10.1007/s10393-024-01680-z
Gerard, G., Common, S.M., Jaffe, J.E., Shadbolt, T. & Sainsbury, A.W. (2022) Plastic ingestion in an emaciated red kite (Milvus milvus) in England. Vet Record Case Reports. e454. doi: 10.1002/vrc2.454
Pettorelli N., Schulte to Bühne H., Cunningham A.A., Dancer A., Debney A., Durant S.M., Hoffmann M., Laughlin B., Pilkington J., Pecorelli J., Seiffert S., Shadbolt T. & Terry A. (2022) Rewilding our cities. ZSL report, London, UK
Shadbolt, T., Pocknell, A., Sainsbury, A.W., Egerton-Read, S. & Blake, D.P. (2021) Molecular identification of Sarcocystis wobeseri-like parasites in a new intermediate host species, the white-tailed sea eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla). Parasitology Research 120: 1845-1850. doi: 0.1007/s00436-021-07103-0
Shadbolt, T., Sainsbury, A.W., Foster, J. & Bernhard, T. (2021) Risks from poorly planned conservation translocations. The Veterinary Record 188 (7): 269-269. doi: 10.1002/vetr.373
Common, S., Shadbolt, T., Walsh, K. & Sainsbury, A.W. (2021) The risk from SARS-CoV-2 to bat species in England and mitigation options for conservation field workers. Transboundary and Emerging Diseases 69 (5) 00:1-12. doi: 10.1111/tbed.14035
I am honorary lecturer at the RVC and contribute to wildlife health teaching on degree programmes including the MSc in Wild Animal Biology and MSc in Wild Animal Health. I have previously taught on the BVetMed, accelerated BVetMed, MSci Wild Animal Biology and PG Cert in Veterinary Education programmes.