Parasitic diseases of wild birds /
edited by Carter T. Atkinson, Nancy J. Thomas, D. Bruce Hunter.
- Ames, Iowa : Wiley-Blackwell, c2008.
- xi, 595 p. : ill., maps ; 27 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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 / Gary A. Wobeser -- Carter T. Atkinson -- Carter T. Atkinson -- Donald J. Forrester and Ellis C. Greiner -- Ellis C. Greiner -- Donald J. Forrester and Garry W. Foster -- William R. Davidson -- Michael J. Yabsley -- Marilyn G. Spalding, James W. Carpenter, and Meliton N. Novilla -- David S. Lindsay and Byron L. Blagburn -- J.P. Dubey -- Jane E. Huffman -- Jane E. Huffman and Bernard Fried -- J. Daniel McLaughlin -- Dennis J. Richardson and Brent B. Nickol -- Marilyn G. Spalding and Donald J. Forrester -- Daniel M. Tompkins -- Ramon A. Carreno -- M.A. Fernando and John R. Barta -- Alan M. Fedynich and Nancy J. Thomas -- John M. Kinsella and Donald J. Forrester -- John M. Kinsella -- Alan M. Fedynich -- Hans-Peter Fagerholm and Robin M. Overstreet -- Mauritz C. Sterner III and Rebecca A. Cole -- Cheryl M. Bartlett -- Michael J. Yabsley -- Ronald W. Davies, Fredric R. Govedich, and William E. Moser -- Dale H. Clayton, Richard J. Adams, and Sarah E. Bush -- Danny B. Pence -- Douglas C. Currie and D. Bruce Hunter -- Susan E. Little.
"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.