Académico
Instituto de Medicina Preventiva Veterinaria
Grado Académico: Médico Veterinario, Universidad de Chile, 2005. Magíster en Recursos Naturales, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, 2010. Ph.D. in Interdisciplinary Ecology, University of Florida, 2017.
E-mail: felipe.hernandez@uach.cl
Teléfono: (63) 2 221 064
Línea de Investigación: Ecología y rol de especies invasoras como hospederos/reservorios de agentes infecciosos relevantes para la salud animal y pública. Conservación y manejo de fauna silvestre.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3250-9701
Publicaciones:
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Hernández, F. Tejeda, C. Aristizábal, B. Raffo, E. Moroni, M. and Salgado, M. 2024. Confirmation of the invasive American mink (Neogale vison) as carrier of Mycobacterium bovis in southern Chile. Acta Tropica.
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Hernández, F.A. Surot, D. Vallverdú, A. Cueva, M. Aguirre, I.M. Mancilla, E.A. and Acosta-Jamett, G. 2023. Serosurvey of canine distemper virus in culpeo (Lycalopex culpaeus) and chilla (Lycalopex griseus) foxes of the Araucanía region, Chile. Austral Journal of Veterinary Sciences.
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Cunningham, M.W. Onorato, D.P. Sayler, K.A. Leone, E.H. Conley, K.J. Mead, D.G. Bradley, J.C. Maes, R.K. Kiupel, M. Shindle, D.B. Wisely, S.M. Subramaniam, K. Wise, A.G. Clemons, B.C. Cusack, L.M. Jansen, D. Schueller, P. Hernández, F.A. and Waltzek, T.B. 2021. Pseudorabies (Aujeszky’s disease) is a significant cause of death in the Florida panther (Puma concolor coryi). Journal of Wildlife Diseases.
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Hernández, F.A. Manqui, J. Mejías, C. and Acosta-Jamett, G. 2021. Domestic dogs and wild foxes interactions in a wildlife-domestic interface of north-central Chile: implications for multi-host pathogen transmission. Frontiers in Veterinary Science.
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Hernández, F.A. Carr, A.N. Milleson, M.P. Merrill, H.R. Avery, M.L. Parker, B.M. Pylant, C.L. Austin, J.D. and Wisely, S.M. 2021. Dispersal and land cover contribute to pseudorabies virus exposure in invasive wild pigs. Ecohealth.
Proyectos:
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2022-2025. Are North American minks hosts and potential sentinels for detecting bovine tuberculosis in sympatric livestock of southern Chile? Fondecyt de Iniciación en Investigación.
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2018-2022. Interspecies interactions and disease transmission dynamics between domestic and wild canids at the wildlife-domestic interface. Fondecyt Postdoctorado.



