Parasitic Diseases of Wild Birds

Features:

• Thorough coverage of key parasite groups affecting wild birds
• Succinctly reviews history, disease, epizootiology, pathology, and population impacts of parasitic diseases
• Focuses on the effects of parasites on the host
• Fulfills unique niche in animal health literature

Table of Contents:

Section I Introduction

1. Parasitism: Costs and Effects

Section II Protozoa

2. Haemoproteus

3. Avian Malaria

4. Leucocytozoonosis

5. Isospora, Atoxoplasma, and Sarcocystis

6. Trichomonosis

7. Histomonas

8. Eimeria

9. Disseminated Visceral Coccidiosis in Cranes

10. Cryptosporidium

11. Toxoplasma

Section III Helminths

12. Trematodes

13. Schistosomes

14. Cestodes

15. Acanthocephala

16. Eustrongylidosis

17. Trichostrongylus

18. Dispharynx, Echinuria, and Streptocara

19. Tracheal Worms

20. Amidostomum and Epomidiostomum

21. Tetrameridosis

22. Avioserpensosis

23. Heterakis and Ascaridia

24. Ascaridoid Nematodes: Contracaecum, Porrocaecum, and Baylisascaris

25. Diplotriaena, Serratospiculum, and Serratospiculoides

26. Filarioid Nematodes

27. Capillarid Nematodes

Section IV Leeches

28. Leech Parasites of Birds

Section V Arthropods

29. Phthiraptera, the Chewing Lice

30. Acariasis

31. Black Flies (Diptera: Simuliidae)

32. Myiasis in Wild Birds

Index