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| 1. AGENCY USE
ONLY (Leave Blank) |
2. REPORT
DATE 1999 |
3.
REPORT TYPE AND DATES COVERED Final. |
| 4.
TITLE AND SUBTITLE Field Manual of Wildlife Diseases, General
Field Procedures and Diseases of Birds |
5. FUNDING NUMBERS 99/00-3204-40A40 |
| 6.
AUTHOR(S) Milton Friend and J. Christian Franson, Technical
Editors |
| 7.
PERFORMING ORGANIZATION NAME(S) AND ADDRESS(ES) U.S.
Geological Survey, Biological Resources Division, National Wildlife Health Center, 6006
Schroeder Rd., Madison, WI 53711 |
8.
PERFORMING ORGANIZATION REPORT NUMBER ITR 1999-001 |
| 9.
SPONSORING/MONITORING AGENCY NAMES(S) AND ADDRESS(ES) U.S.
Geological Survey, 12201 Sunrise Valley Dr., Reston, VA 20192 |
10.
SPONSORING/MONITORING AGENCY REPORT NUMBER ITR
1999-001 |
| 11.
SUPPLEMENTARY NOTES Supersedes U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Resource Publication 167 (1987). |
| 12a.
DISTRIBUTION/AVAILABILITY STATEMENT |
12b.
DISTRIBUTION CODE |
| 13.
ABSTRACT (Maximum 200 words). The "Field Manual of
Wildlife Diseases, General Field Procedures and Diseases of Birds" presents
practical, current information and insights about wild bird illnesses and the procedures
to follow when ill birds are found or epidemics
occur. Section 1 of the Manual provides information about general field procedures.
Sections 2 through 5 describe various bird diseases. Sections 6 and 7 provide information
about toxins that affect birds, and Section 8 describes miscellaneous diseases and hazards
that affect birds. Manual lists institutions and laboratories that offer diagnostic
services; sources of supplies for collecting, preserving, and shipping specimens; and it
contains color illustrations for dissection. |
| 14. SUBJECT TERMS Bird diseases; wildlife diseases; bacterial diseases; fungal
diseases; viral diseases; parasitic diseases; biotoxins;
chemical toxins; general field procedures. |
15. NUMBER OF PAGES 440 |
| 16. PRICE CODE |
| 17. SECURITY CLASSIFICATION OF REPORT Unclassified |
18. SECURITY CLASSIFICATION OF THIS PAGE |
19. SECURITY CLASSIFICATION OF ABSTRACT |
20. LIMITATION OF ABSTRACT |
| MSN 7540-01-280-5500 |
STANDARD FORM 298 (Rev. 2-89) Prescribed by ANSI Std 439-18 298-102 |
Field Manual of Wildlife
Diseases