Judy Hoy:
Judy Hoy has been a wildlife rehabber for over 45 years. Her goal has been to save animal young exhibiting birth defects due to disruption of the fetal thyroid hormones as well as other hormones and vitamins — epigenetic changes in development as embryos, fetuses, and immediately after hatching or birth.
Judy has participated in multiple scientific studies over the years, including doing the measurements and heading the research. Published studies include:
- Hoy, J.A., Hoy, R.D., Seba, D. & Kerstetter, T.H. 2002. "Genital abnormalities in white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) in west-central Montana: Pesticide exposure as a possible cause". Journal of Environmental Biology, 01 Apr 2002, 23(2):189-197 PMID: 12602857
- Hoy, J.A., Haas, G.T., Hoy, R.D. & Hallock, P. (2011) Observations of brachygnathia superior in wild ruminants in Western Montana, USA., Wildl. Biol. Pract., 2011 December 7(2) doi:10.2461/wbp.2011.7.13
She notes that epigenetic changes in wild and domestic mammals now have a prevalence of nearly 70%, and that epigenetic changes to newborn human babies have also escalated dramatically in the last few years. New studies of micro RNA indicate that specific micro RNA might be involved in the disruption of the growth of the facial bones involved in underbite (underdevelopment of the upper facial bones, specifically the premaxillary bone on ruminant species) or overbite (underdevelopment of the lower jaw forward of the premolars).
In 2015, with Nancy Swanson and Stephanie Seneff, she published:
- Hoy J, Swanson N, Seneff S (2015) The High Cost of Pesticides: Human and Animal Diseases. Poult Fish Wildl Sci 3: 132. doi:10.4172/2375- 446X.1000132