Field Manual of Wildlife Diseases - General Field Procedures and Diseases of Birds

Field Manual of Wildlife Diseases: General Field Procedures and Diseases of Birds

This field manual provides practical guidance for identifying, investigating, and monitoring diseases affecting wild birds. It explains how environmental changes, wildlife behavior, habitat loss, pollution, parasites, bacteria, viruses, fungi, and other factors can contribute to disease outbreaks and influence wildlife populations. The manual emphasizes field-based disease surveillance, proper collection and handling of specimens, recognition of clinical signs and lesions, and understanding diseases within their ecological and epidemiological context. It is a useful reference for wildlife biologists, field researchers, veterinarians, wildlife managers, and professionals involved in wildlife disease monitoring and conservation.

Key Features:

• General field procedures for wildlife disease investigation
• Focus on diseases affecting wild birds
• Disease surveillance and field monitoring
• Identification of parasites, bacteria, viruses, and fungi
• Guidance on collecting and handling specimens
• Recognition and documentation of disease signs and lesions
• Ecological and environmental factors affecting disease
• Wildlife disease epidemiology and prevention
• Examples of avian cholera, botulism, duck plague, and other diseases
• Effects of habitat changes and human activity on wildlife health
• Guidance for wildlife management and conservation
• Useful for wildlife biologists, veterinarians, researchers, and field professionals