Essentials of Disease in Wild Animals

The interrelationship between wild animals domestic animals, and human health is appreciated now more than ever before . This is because of the recognition of the involvement of wild animals in diseases of humans and domestic animals, the impact of disease on wildlife management and conservation biology, recognition of new forms of environmental contamination, and academic interest in disease as an ecological factor.

This is the first introductory level book abour disease in wild animals that deals with basic subjects such as the nature of disease, what cause disease, how disease is described and measured, how disease spread and persist, and the effects of disease on individual animals and populations. In contrast to authors of many other veterinary books, Gary A. Wobeser takes a more general approach to health in wild animals, recognizing that disease is one ecological factor among many and that disease can never be considered satisfactorily in isolation. Rather than focus on individual causative agents and their effect on the individual animal the emphasis is on why disease occurred and on the complex interactions that occur among disease agents the environment and host populations.

Contents: Preface. 1. Introduction. 2. What is disease? 3. What causes disease? 4. How disease is detected described, and measured. 5. Damage pathogenicity and virulence. 6. Defence resistance and repair. 7. Environmental interactions. 8. Transmission and perpetuation of infectious disease. 9. Noninfectious disease: nutrients and toxicants. 10. Effects of disease on the individual animal. 11. Effects of disease of populations of wild animals. 12. Disease shared with humans and domestic animals. 13. Disease management. 14. Roundup. Appendix. Glossary. Bibliography. Index.