Description
Book SynopsisParasitic Diseases of Wild Birds provides thorough coverage of major parasite groups affecting wild bird species. Broken into four sections covering protozoa, heminths, leeches, and arthropod parasites, this volume will provide reviews of the history, disease, epizootiology, pathology, and population impacts caused by parasitic disease.
Trade Review"This is an excellent text that contains a tremendous amount of information useful for both wildlife biologists and veterinarians." -
Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association, June 2009
"Overall this very reasonably-priced book is quite well done. I recommend this book to any veterinarian working with wild birds or wild-caught birds including zoo specimens or veterinary students with an interest in such matters. Wildlife biologists, wildlife rehabilitators and wildlife centers should also find this book useful. University parasitologists should also find an interest in this new offering." -Veterinary Information Network
Table of ContentsPreface vii
Contributors ix
Section I Introduction
1. Parasitism: Costs and Effects 3
Gary A. Wobeser
Section II Protozoa
2. Haemoproteus 13
Carter T. Atkinson
3. Avian Malaria 35
Carter T. Atkinson
4. Leucocytozoonosis 54
Donald J. Forrester and Ellis C. Greiner
5. Isospora, Atoxoplasma, and Sarcocystis 108
Ellis C. Greiner
6. Trichomonosis 120
Donald J. Forrester and Garry W. Foster
7. Histomonas 154
William R. Davidson
8. Eimeria 162
Michael J. Yabsley
9. Disseminated Visceral Coccidiosis in Cranes 181
Marilyn G. Spalding, James W. Carpenter, and Meliton N. Novilla
10. Cryptosporidium 195
David S. Lindsay and Byron L. Blagburn
11. Toxoplasma 204
J. P. Dubey
Section III Helminths
12. Trematodes 225
Jane E. Huffman
13. Schistosomes 246
Jane E. Huffman and Bernard Fried
14. Cestodes 261
J. Daniel McLaughlin
15. Acanthocephala 277
Dennis J. Richardson and Brent B. Nickol
16. Eustrongylidosis 289
Marilyn G. Spalding and Donald J. Forrester
17. Trichostrongylus 316
Daniel M. Tompkins
18. Dispharynx, Echinuria, and Streptocara 326
Ramon A. Carreno
19. Tracheal Worms 343
M. A. Fernando and John R. Barta
20. Amidostomum and Epomidiostomum 355
Alan M. Fedynich and Nancy J. Thomas
21. Tetrameridosis 376
John M. Kinsella and Donald J. Forrester
22. Avioserpensosis 384
John M. Kinsella
23. Heterakis and Ascaridia 388
Alan M. Fedynich
24. Ascaridoid Nematodes: Contracaecum, Porrocaecum, and Baylisascaris 413
Hans-Peter Fagerholm and Robin M. Overstreet
25. Diplotriaena, Serratospiculum, and Serratospiculoides 434
Mauritz C. Sterner III and Rebecca A. Cole
26. Filarioid Nematodes 439
Cheryl M. Bartlett
27. Capillarid Nematodes 463
Michael J. Yabsley
Section IV Leeches
28. Leech Parasites of Birds 501
Ronald W. Davies, Fredric R. Govedich, and William E. Moser
Section V Arthropods
29. Phthiraptera, the Chewing Lice 515
Dale H. Clayton, Richard J. Adams, and Sarah E. Bush
30. Acariasis 527
Danny B. Pence
31. Black Flies (Diptera: Simuliidae) 537
Douglas C. Currie and D. Bruce Hunter
32. Myiasis in Wild Birds 546
Susan E. Little
Index 557
