Birds of Prey: Health and Disease, 3rd EditionISBN: 978-0-632-05115-1
Hardcover
384 pages
February 2002, Wiley-Blackwell
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Foreword -
Patrick T. Redig;
Foreword to the First Edition (1978), with Tribute -
Leslie Brown;
Preface;
List of Contributors;
Introduction - the history of raptor medicine;
Nomenclature;
Anatomy -
Paolo Zucca;
Methods of investigation and treatment;
Non-infectious diseases;
Infectious diseases, excluding macroparasites;
Parasitic diseases - with Oliver Krone;
Foot conditions;
Neurological (nervous) disorders;
Nutritional diseases, including poisoning, in captive birds;
Poisoning of wild (free-living) birds - contributed by David Peakall;
Anaesthesia and surgery;
Miscellaneous and emerging diseases;
Diseases in wild (free-living) bird populations - contributed by Ian Newton;
Discussion and conclusions;.
Appendix I -
List of species raptor;
Appendix II -
Clinical examination form;
Appendix III -
Post-mortem examination form and egg/embryo examination forms;
Appendix IV -
Cytology, blood smear and other report forms;
Appendix V -
Key to major clinical diagnoses;
Appendix VI -
Key to major (gross) post-mortem diagnoses including findings in eggs;
Appendix VII -
The principles of health monitoring;
Appendix VIII -
Minimally invasive health monitoring;
Appendix IX -
Medicines and other agents used in treatment;
Appendix X -
Fieldwork, field kits and portable equipment, Field post-mortem technique;
Appendix XI -
Legislation and codes of practice relevant to working with raptors -
Margaret Cooper;
References and Further Reading;
Index
Patrick T. Redig;
Foreword to the First Edition (1978), with Tribute -
Leslie Brown;
Preface;
List of Contributors;
Introduction - the history of raptor medicine;
Nomenclature;
Anatomy -
Paolo Zucca;
Methods of investigation and treatment;
Non-infectious diseases;
Infectious diseases, excluding macroparasites;
Parasitic diseases - with Oliver Krone;
Foot conditions;
Neurological (nervous) disorders;
Nutritional diseases, including poisoning, in captive birds;
Poisoning of wild (free-living) birds - contributed by David Peakall;
Anaesthesia and surgery;
Miscellaneous and emerging diseases;
Diseases in wild (free-living) bird populations - contributed by Ian Newton;
Discussion and conclusions;.
Appendix I -
List of species raptor;
Appendix II -
Clinical examination form;
Appendix III -
Post-mortem examination form and egg/embryo examination forms;
Appendix IV -
Cytology, blood smear and other report forms;
Appendix V -
Key to major clinical diagnoses;
Appendix VI -
Key to major (gross) post-mortem diagnoses including findings in eggs;
Appendix VII -
The principles of health monitoring;
Appendix VIII -
Minimally invasive health monitoring;
Appendix IX -
Medicines and other agents used in treatment;
Appendix X -
Fieldwork, field kits and portable equipment, Field post-mortem technique;
Appendix XI -
Legislation and codes of practice relevant to working with raptors -
Margaret Cooper;
References and Further Reading;
Index
