Field Manual of Wildlife Diseases
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Contents

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• Title Page
• Dedication
• Acknowledgments
• Foreword
• Introduction

Contents

Section 1: General Field Procedures

• Chapter 1 Recording and Submitting Specimen History Data
• Chapter 2 Specimen Collection and Preservation
• Chapter 3 Specimen Shipment
• Chapter 4 Disease Control Operations
• Chapter 5 Euthanasia
• Chapter 6 Guidelines for Proper Care and Use of Wildlife in Field Research

Section 2: Bacterial Diseases

• Chapter 7 Avian Cholera
• Chapter 8 Avian Tuberculosis
• Chapter 9 Salmonellosis
• Chapter 10 Chlamydiosis
• Chapter 11 Mycoplasmosis
• Chapter 12 Miscellaneous Bacterial Diseases

Section 3: Fungal Diseases

• Chapter 13 Aspergillosis
• Chapter 14 Candidiasis
• Chapter 15 Miscellaneous Fungal Diseases

Section 4: Viral Diseases

• Chapter 16 Duck Plague
• Chapter 17 Inclusion Body Disease of Cranes
• Chapter 18 Miscellaneous Herpesvirus of Birds
• Chapter 19 Avian Pox
• Chapter 20 Eastern Equine Encephalomyelitis
• Chapter 21 Newcastle Disease
• Chapter 22 Avian Influenza
• Chapter 23 Woodcock Reovirus

Section 5: Parasitic Diseases

• Chapter 24 Hemosporidiosis
• Chapter 25 Trichomoniasis
• Chapter 26 Intestinal Coccidiosis
• Chapter 27 Renal Coccidiosis
• Chapter 28 Sarcocystis
• Chapter 29 Eustrongylides
• Chapter 30 Tracheal Worms
• Chapter 31 Heartworm of Swans and Geese
• Chapter 32 Gizzard Worms
• Chapter 33 Acanthocephaliasis
• Chapter 34 Nasal Leeches
• Chapter 35 Miscellaneous Parasitic Diseases

Section 6: Biotoxin

• Chapter 36 Algal Toxins
• Chapter 37 Mycotoxins
• Chapter 38 Avian Botulism

Section 7: Chemical Toxins

• Chapter 39 Organophosphorous and Carbamate Pesticides
• Chapter 40 Chlorinated Hydrocarbon Insecticides
• Chapter 41 Polychlorinated Biphenyls
• Chapter 42 Oil
• Chapter 43 Lead
• Chapter 44 Selenium
• Chapter 45 Mercury
• Chapter 46 Cyanide
• Chapter 47 Salt
• Chapter 48 Barbiturates
• Chapter 49 Miscellaneous Chemical Toxins

Section 8: Miscellaneous

• Chapter 50 Electrocution
• Chapter 51 Miscellaneous Diseases

Appendices

1. Sample specimen history form
2. Sources of wildlife disease diagnostic assistance
3. Sources of supplies used for collecting, preserving, and shipping specimens
4. Normal brain cholinesterase values for different bird species
5. Common and scientific names of birds in text
6. Common and scientific names other than birds
7. Chemical names
8. Conversion table

Glossary of Technical Terms

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Index