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Nancy J. Thomas, DVM, MS, Diplomate, American College of Veterinary Pathologists, is an endangered species specialist for the U. S. Geological Survey, National Wildlife Health Center. She has more than 20 years of experience in diagnostic pathology and research on wild bird diseases.
D. Bruce Hunter, DVM, MSC, is a professor in the Department of Pathobiology, Ontario Veterinary College, University of Guelph. His specialty encompasses avian, fur-bearing, and wildlife pathology and ecosystem health. His research interests have included infectious diseases in commercial poultry, West Nile Virus in owls, and diseases of mink.
Contributors ix
Section I Introduction
1. Parasitism: Costs and Effects 3Gary A. Wobeser
Section II Protozoa
2. Haemoproteus 13Carter T. Atkinson
3. Avian Malaria 35Carter T. Atkinson
4. Leucocytozoonosis 54Donald J. Forrester and Ellis C. Greiner
5. Isospora, Atoxoplasma, and Sarcocystis 108Ellis C. Greiner
6. Trichomonosis 120Donald J. Forrester and Garry W. Foster
7. Histomonas 154William R. Davidson
8. Eimeria 162Michael J. Yabsley
9. Disseminated Visceral Coccidiosis in Cranes 181Marilyn G. Spalding, James W. Carpenter, and Meliton N. Novilla
10. Cryptosporidium 195David S. Lindsay and Byron L. Blagburn
11. Toxoplasma 204J. P. Dubey
Section III Helminths
12. Trematodes 225Jane E. Huffman
13. Schistosomes 246Jane E. Huffman and Bernard Fried
14. Cestodes 261J. Daniel McLaughlin
15. Acanthocephala 277Dennis J. Richardson and Brent B. Nickol
16. Eustrongylidosis 289Marilyn G. Spalding and Donald J. Forrester
17. Trichostrongylus 316Daniel M. Tompkins
18. Dispharynx, Echinuria, and Streptocara 326Ramon A. Carreno
19. Tracheal Worms 343M. A. Fernando and John R. Barta
20. Amidostomum and Epomidiostomum 355Alan M. Fedynich and Nancy J. Thomas
21. Tetrameridosis 376John M. Kinsella and Donald J. Forrester
22. Avioserpensosis 384John M. Kinsella
23. Heterakis and Ascaridia 388Alan M. Fedynich
24. Ascaridoid Nematodes: Contracaecum, Porrocaecum, and Baylisascaris 413Hans-Peter Fagerholm and Robin M. Overstreet
25. Diplotriaena, Serratospiculum, and Serratospiculoides 434Mauritz C. Sterner III and Rebecca A. Cole
26. Filarioid Nematodes 439Cheryl M. Bartlett
27. Capillarid Nematodes 463Michael J. Yabsley
Section IV Leeches
28. Leech Parasites of Birds 501Ronald W. Davies, Fredric R. Govedich, and William E. Moser
Section V Arthropods
29. Phthiraptera, the Chewing Lice 515Dale H. Clayton, Richard J. Adams, and Sarah E. Bush
30. Acariasis 527Danny B. Pence
31. Black Flies (Diptera: Simuliidae) 537Douglas C. Currie and D. Bruce Hunter
32. Myiasis in Wild Birds 546Susan E. Little
Index 557
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