Wildlife diseases : landscape epidemiology, spatial distribution and utilization of remote sensing technology / edited by Shyamal K. Majumdar ... [and others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Majumdar, Shyamal K., 1938-

Clarence J. Marshall Memorial Library Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Wildlife diseases--Research.

Wildlife diseases.

Animal Diseases.

Animals, Wild.

Animal Diseases--epidemiology.

Communicable Diseases--veterinary.

Medical Subjects:

Animal Diseases.

Animals, Wild.

Animal Diseases--epidemiology.

Communicable Diseases--veterinary.

Physical Description:

ix, 506 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Easton, PA : Pennsylvania Academy of Science, 2005.

Contents:

pt. 1 Emerging infectious diseases : Emerging zoonotic bacterial and parasitic diseases / Corrie Brown

Re-emergence of prion and certain viral diseases / Sandamali P. Wijeratne, Shyamal K. Majumdar

Emerging enteric protozoa : cryptosporidium and cyclospora / Thaddeus K. Graczyk

Zoonoses / Carmine Cerra, Jane E. Huffman

Re-emergence of avian botulism type E in the North American Great Lakes / John M. Campbell, Larry P. Gauriloff, Helen M. Domske, Eric C. Obert.

pt. 2 Diseases of amphibians : Diseases of amphibian eggs and embryos / D. Earl Green, Kathryn A. Converse

Diseases of tadpoles / Kathryn A. Converse, D. Earl Green

Diseases of frogs and toads / D. Earl Green, Kathryn A. Converse

Diseases of salamanders / Kathryn A. Converse, D. Earl Green.

pt. 3 Diseases of fish and birds : Parasites of fishes / Sherman S. Hendrix

Viral, bacterial algal, and fungal diseases of fishes / Sherman S. Hendrix

Raptor disease / Jeanette Rilling

Infectious and toxic diseases of songbirds / Page Luttrell, Daniel Mead

Selected diseases of waterfowl / Jane E. Huffman

West Nile Virus and high death rate in American crows / Sarah A. Yaremych, et al.

pt. 4 Diseases of mammals : Lyme disease and hantavirus in wildlife / Richard H. Yahner

Diseases of wild felids : bobcat, lynx and cougar / Jane E. Huffman

Raccoon diseases and parasites / Douglas E. Roscoe

Diseases of white-tailed deer / Joseph K. Gaydos

Diseases of coyotes / Jane E. Huffman

Diseases of bears / Kelcey I. Burguess, Jane E. Huffman

African wildlife diseases : hoof & mouth disease, rinderpest, and bovine tuberculosis / Amanda L. Ahlers, Fred J. Brenner

Marine mammal diseases : pathogens and processes / Ramona A. Haebler

Infectious and parasitic diseases of small mammals / Michael J. Yabsley, Samantha E.J. Gibbs

Monkeypox transmission and pathogenesis in prairie dogs / Jeannette Guarner, et al.

pt. 5 Pollutants effects, disease diagnosis and analysis : Chlorinated hydrocarbon and anticholinesterase pesticides / William Stansley

Detection of pollutants in marine organisms and in the environment as markers of environmental quality / Anupam Sarkar, Dona Paula

Diagnosis of diseases : sample collection, record keeping, processing techniques for molecular analysis of protein, nuclear & mitochondrial DNA and RNA / Durwood Ray, et al.

Sampling procedures for studying the incidence and epidemiology of diseases in wildlife populations / Richard P. Steiner, Fred J. Brenner.

pt. 6 Spatial distribution of wildlife diseases using remote sensing and geographic information systems : Role of remote sensing, geographic information systems and telemetry in wildlife diseases investigation / Assad I. Panah, Richard P. Greene

Mapping the distribution of sin nombre virus infections in deer mice using remote sensing and geographic information systems / John D. Boone, Kenneth C. McGwire, Stephen C. St. Jeor

Gis investigations of epizootics : the limitations of surveillance data / Andrew Curtis, Sebastian E. Heath, Martin Hugh-Jones.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Clarence J. Marshall Memorial Library Fund.

ISBN:

0945809190

9780945809197

OCLC:

60503430