Parasitic diseases of wild birds
"Parasitic Diseases of Wild Birds provides thorough coverage of major parasite groups affecting wild bird species. Broken into four sections covering protozoa, helminths, leeches, and arthropod parasites, this volume provides reviews of the history, disease, epizootiology, pathology, and popula...
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Literature type: | Electronic eBook |
Language: | English |
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Online Access: |
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/book/10.1002/9780813804620 |
Summary: |
"Parasitic Diseases of Wild Birds provides thorough coverage of major parasite groups affecting wild bird species. Broken into four sections covering protozoa, helminths, leeches, and arthropod parasites, this volume provides reviews of the history, disease, epizootiology, pathology, and population impacts caused by parasitic disease. Taking a unique approach that focuses on the effects of the parasites on the host, Parasitic Diseases of Wild Birds fills a unique niche in animal health literature."--BOOK JACKET. |
Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (xi, 595 p.) : ill., maps |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: |
9780813804576 (electronic bk.) 0813804574 (electronic bk.) 9780813804620 (electronic bk.) 0813804620 (electronic bk.) |
Index Number: | SF995 |
CLC: | S858.39 |
Contents: |
Parasitism : costs and effects / Haemoproteus / Avian malaria / Leucocytozoonosis / Isospora, Atoxoplasma, and Sarcocystis / Trichomonosis / Histomonas / Eimeria / Disseminated visceral coccidiosis in cranes / Cryptosporidium / Toxoplasma / Trematodes / Schistosomes / Cestodes / Acanthocephala / Eustrongylidosis / Trichostrongylus / Dispharynx, Echinuria, and Streptocara / Tracheal worms / Amidostomum and Epomidiostomum / Tetrameridosis / Avioserpensosis / Heterakis and Ascaridia / Ascaridoid nematodes : Contracaecum, Porrocaecum, and Baylisascaris / Diplotriaena, Serratospiculum, and Serratospiculoides / Filaroid nematodes / Capillarid nematodes / Leech parasites of birds / Phthiraptera, the chewing lice / Acariasis / Black flies (Diptera: simuliidae) / Myiasis in wild birds / |