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TCSVM Faculty

Allen T. Rutberg
Research Assistant Professor
Department of Biomedical Sciences
Phone: 508-887-4769
Fax: 508-839-3337
Email: allen.rutberg@tufts.edu

Education
Ph.D. - University of Washington - 1984
A.B. - Harvard College - 1976

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General Research Interest

  • Deer and wild horse immunocontraception
  • Suburban deer controversies and population management
  • Wild horse management
  • Ungulate social organization
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Selected Publications

    1. Rutberg, A.T., and R.E. Naugle.  2008.  Population-level effects of immunocontraception in white-tailed deer.  Wildlife Research, 35:494-501.
    2. Turner, J.W. Jr., A.T. Rutberg, R.E. Naugle, M.A. Kaur, D.R. Flanagan, H.J. Bertschinger, and I.K.M. Liu. 2008. Controlled-release components of PZP contraceptive vaccine extend duration of infertility.  Wildlife Research, 35:555-562.
    3. Rutberg, A.T., and R.E. Naugle.  2008.  Deer-vehicle collision trends at a suburban immunocontraception site.  Human-Wildlife Conflicts 2:60-67.
    4. Turner, J.W., Jr., I.K.M. Liu, D.R. Flanagan, A.T. Rutberg, and J.F. Kirkpatrick.  2007.  Immunocontraception in wild horses:  one inoculation provides two years of infertility.  Journal of Wildlife Management 71:662-667.
    5. Rutberg, A. T.  2005.  Deer contraception:  what we know and what we don’t.  In Rutberg, A.T. (ed.), Humane Wildlife Solutions:  The Role of Immunocontraception, Humane Society Press, Washington, DC.
    6. Rutberg, A. T., R. E. Naugle, L. A. Thiele, and I. K. M. Liu. 2004. Effects of immunocontraception on a suburban population of white-tailed deer Odocoileus virginianus. Biological Conservation, 116:243-250.
    7. Rutberg, A. T.  2003.  Wild horses and burros in the United States.  Pp. 217-221 in D.J. Salem and A.N. Rowan, eds., State of the Animals II. 2003.  Humane Society Press, Washington, D.C.
    8. Grandy, J. W., and A. T. Rutberg. 2002. An animal welfare view of wildlife contraception. Reproduction Suppl. 60:1-7.
    9. Naugle, R. E., A. T. Rutberg, H. B. Underwood, J. W. Turner, Jr., and I. K. M. Liu. 2002. Field testing of immunocontraception on white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) at Fire Island National Seashore, New York, USA. Reproduction Suppl. 60:143-153.
    10. Turner, J. W., Jr., I. K. M. Liu, D. R. Flanagan, K. S. Bynum, and A. T. Rutberg. 2002. PZP immunocontraception of wild horses in Nevada: a 10- year study. Reproduction Suppl. 60:177-186.
    11. Walter, W. D., P. J. Pekins, A. T. Rutberg, and H. J. Kilpatrick. 2002. Evaluation of immunocontraception in a free-ranging suburban white-tailed deer herd. Wildlife Society Bulletin 30:186-192.
    12. Rutberg, A.T. 2001. Why state wildlife agencies should not advocate hunting and trapping. Human Dimensions of Wildlife 6:33-37.