Essentials of Disease in Wild Animals (eBook)

Gary A. Wobeser (Autor)

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2013 | 1. Auflage
256 Seiten
John Wiley & Sons (Verlag)
978-1-118-70896-5 (ISBN)

Infos

The interrelationship between wild animal, domestic animals and
human health is appreciated now more than ever before. This is
because of the recognition of the involvement of wild animals in
diseases of humans and domestic animals, the impact of disease on
wildlife management and conservation biology, recognition of new
forms of environmental contamination, and academic interest in
disease as an ecological factor.

This is the first introductory level book about disease in wild
animals that deals with basic subjects such as the nature of
disease, what causes disease, how disease is described and
measured, how diseases spread and persist and the effects of
disease on individual animals and populations. In contrast to
authors of many other veterinary books, Gary A. Wobeser takes a
more general approach to health in wild animals, recognizing that
disease is one ecological factor among many and that disease can
never be considered satisfactorily in isolation. Rather than focus
on individual causative agents and their effect on the individual
animal, the emphasis is on why disease occurred, and on the complex
interactions that occur among disease agents, the environment and
host populations.

Written by a leading researcher in wildlife diseases, this book
will fill a knowledge gap for those called to work with disease in
wild animals who lack experience or training in the general
features of disease as they relate to wild animals. Veterinarians,
ecologists, wildlife biologists, population biologists and public
health workers will find this book invaluable.

Autor

Gary A. Wobeser, DVM, PhD is a professor in the Department of Veterinary Pathology, Western College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Saskatchewan.

Inhalt

Chapter 1: Introduction.

Chapter 2: What Is Disease?.

Chapter 3: What Causes Disease?.

Chapter 4: How Disease Is Detected, Described and Measured.

Chapter 5: Damage, Pathogenicity and Virulence.

Chapter 6: Defense, Resistance and Repair.

Chapter 7: Environmental Interactions.

Chapter 8: Transmission and Perpetuation of Infectious
Disease.

Chapter 9: Noninfectious Disease: Nutrients and Toxicants.

Chapter 10: Effects of Disease on the Individual Animal.

Chapter 11: Effects of Disease on Populations of Animals.

Chapter 12: Diseases Shared with Humans and Domestic
Animals.

Chapter 13: Disease Management.

Chapter 14: Round-up.

Glossary.

Scientific Names of Animals.

References.

Index.

Rezensionen

"Wobeser has produced an outstanding book...Students and
seasoned investigators...owe a great deal to [him] for crafting
such a significant and useful book."

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 7.5.2013
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie
• Themenwelt: Veterinärmedizin
• Schlagworte: Spezialthemen Veterinärmedizin • Spezialthemen Veterinärmedizin • Veterinärmedizin • Veterinärmedizin f. Zoo- u. Wildtiere • Veterinärmedizin • Veterinärmedizin f. Zoo- u. Wildtiere • Veterinary Medicine • Veterinary Medicine Special Topics • Veterinary Medicine - Zoo & Wildlife
• ISBN-10: 1-118-70896-2 / 1118708962
• ISBN-13: 978-1-118-70896-5 / 9781118708965