Infectious Diseases of Wild Mammals

by Williams, Elizabeth S.; Barker, Ian K.

• ISBN13: 9780813825564
• ISBN10: 0813825563
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-01-18
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Summary

Infectious Diseases of Wild Mammals, Third Edition presents the latest information on the diagnosis and treatment of infectious disease in both free-ranging and captive wild mammals. Editors Elizabeth Williams and Ian Barker have recruited 71 contributors, all noted experts in their fields, to update this new edition. This reference provides valuable information on each disease, including * Etiology * History * Distribution * Epidemiology * Clinical signs * Pathology * Immunity * Diagnosis * Treatment * Control This latest edition is a leading reference book for * Wildlife biologists, managers, and rehabilitators * Biology students * Conservationists * Public health workers

Author Biography

Elizabeth S. Williams, DVM, PhD, is a professor of veterinary sciences at the University of Wyoming. She has been specializing in the research of infectious diseases of wild animals since 1977. She also serves as a diagnostic pathologist.


Ian K. Barker, DVM, PhD, is professor of veterinary pathology in the Department of Pathobiology in the Ontario Veterinary College at the University of Guelph. His research focuses on infectious diseases of wild animals, and he is an expert in alimentary tract diseases.

Table of Contents

Preface	vii
Part 1. Viral and Prion Diseases	3	(300)
Rabies	3	(74)
Charles E. Rupprecht
Klaus Stohr
Courtney Meredith
Morbilliviral Diseases
Rinderpest	37	(8)
Paul Rossiter
Peste des Petits Ruminants	45	(5)
Paul Rossiter
Canine Distemper	50	(9)
Elizabeth S. Williams
Feline Morbillivirus Infection	59	(4)
Linda Munson
Measles	63	(1)
Linda Munson
Morbillivirus Infections in Aquatic Mammals	64	(13)
Seamus Kennedy
Bluetongue, Epizootic Hemorrhagic Disease, and Other Orbivirus-Related Diseases	77	(21)
Elizabeth W. Howerth
David E. Stallknecht
Peter D. Kirkland
Arbovirus Infections	98	(21)
Thomas M. Yuill
Charles Seymour
Picornavirus Infections	119	(12)
Gavin R. Thomson
Roy G. Bengis
Corrie C. Brown
Parvovirus Infections	131	(48)
Ian K. Barker
Colin R. Parrish
Herpesvirus Infections
Herpesvirus of Nonhuman Primates	147	(10)
Norval W. King
Malignant Catarrhal Fever	157	(7)
Werner P. Heuschele
Hugh W. Reid
Pseudorabies (Aujeszky's Disease)	164	(6)
David E. Stallknecht
Elizabeth W. Howerth
Elephant Herpesvirus Infections	170	(3)
Laura K. Richman
Richard J. Montali
Caprine Herpesvirus	173	(2)
Monika Engels
Other Herpesviruses	175	(4)
Anthony E. Castro
Poxvirus Infections	179	(23)
Anthony J. Robinson
Peter J. Kerr
Adenoviral Diseases	202	(11)
Leslie W. Woods
Retrovirus Infections	213	(10)
Michael Worley
Papillomavirus Infections	223	(9)
John P. Sundberg
Marc Van Ranst
A. Bennett Jenson
Pestivirus Infections	232	(13)
Hana Van Campen
Kai Frolich
Martin Hofmann
Coronaviral Infections	245	(9)
James F. Evermann
David A. Benfield
Rodent-borne Hemorrhagic Fever Viruses	254	(17)
James N. Mills
James E. Childs
Orthomyxovirus and Paramyxovirus Infections	271	(9)
Hana Van Campen
Greg Early
Calicivirus Infections	280	(12)
Cor Lenghaus
Michael J. Studdert
Dolores Gavier-Widen
Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies	292	(11)
Elizabeth S. Williams
James K. Kirkwood
Michael W. Miller
Part 2. Bacterial and Mycotic Diseases	303	(230)
Tularemia	303	(10)
Torsten Morner
Edward Addison
Plague and Yersiniosis	313	(17)
Peter W. Gasper
Rowena P. Watson
Pasteurellosis	330	(42)
Michael W. Miller
Mycobacterial Diseases
Mycobacterium bovis Infections	340	(21)
Richard S. Clifton-Hadley
Carola M. Sauter-Louis
Ian W. Lugton
Ronald Jackson
Peter A. Durr
John W. Wilesmith
Paratuberculosis and Other Mycobacterial Diseases	361	(11)
Elizabeth S. Williams
Brucellosis	372	(24)
E. Tom Thorne
Anthrax	396	(17)
C. Cormack Gates
Brett Elkin
Dan Dragon
Diseases due to Mycoplasmas	413	(10)
Kevin Whithear
Chlamydiosis of Koalas	423	(12)
Richard Whittington
Lyme Borreliosis	435	(79)
Richard N. Brown
Elizabeth C. Burgess
Order Rickettsiales
Anaplasmosis	455	(11)
William R. Davidson
Will L. Goff
Ehrlichioses	466	(11)
William R. Davidson
Jacqueline E. Dawson
Sidney A. Ewing
Heartwater	477	(3)
Nancy D. Kock
Salmon Poisoning Disease	480	(7)
William J. Foreyt
Miscellaneous Bacterial Infections
Actinomyces and Arcanobacterium Infections	487	(1)
Gary Wobeser
Campylobacter Infection	488	(1)
Torsten Morner
Dermatophilosis	489	(2)
Frederick A. Leighton
Erysipelothrix Infection	491	(2)
Frederick A. Leighton
Fusobacterium necrophorum Infection	493	(3)
Frederick A. Leighton
Helicobacter Infection	496	(2)
Torsten Morner
Leptospirosis	498	(4)
Frederick A. Leighton
Thijs Kuiken
Listeriosis	502	(3)
Torsten Morner
Salmonellosis	505	(2)
Torsten Morner
Shigellosis	507	(2)
Torsten Morner
Staphylococcus Infection	509	(1)
Gary Wobeser
Tyzzer's Disease	510	(4)
Gary Wobeser
Mycotic Diseases	514	(19)
Kathy Burek
Contributors	533	(4)
Index	537