Wildlife Disease Ecology
Chapter 21 Wildlife Disease Ecology What Can Zoo and Wildlife Veterinarians Learn from this Discipline? Sonia M. Hernandez, Michael J. Yabsley It is not the strongest of the species that…
Medical Management of Rays
Chapter 22 Medical Management of Rays Natalie D. Mylniczenko Of all the elasmobranchs, the charismatic rays have gained immense popularity in the last several years with the increased prevalence of…
Viral Chorioretinitis of Kangaroos
Chapter 51 Viral Chorioretinitis of Kangaroos Leslie Anne Reddacliff A widespread outbreak of viral chorioretinitis in wild kangaroos received considerable media attention in Australia and worldwide in the 1990s. Many…
Asian Wild Horse Reintroduction Program
Chapter 72 Asian Wild Horse Reintroduction Program Christian Walzer, Petra Kaczensky The first documentation of Przewalski’s-type wild horses dates from more than 20,000 years ago. Rock engravings, paintings, and decorated…
Haemosporidian Parasites
Chapter 47 Haemosporidian Parasites Impacts on Avian Hosts Iris I. Levin, Patricia G. Parker Haemosporidian parasites (order, Haemosporidia; phylum, Apicomplexa) are cosmopolitan intracellular protozoan parasites of birds, reptiles, and mammals.25…
Cardiovascular Disease in Great Apes
Chapter 53 Cardiovascular Disease in Great Apes Rita McManamon, Linda Lowenstine Cardiovascular disease (CVD, or heart disease) is a major cause of mortality in all four great ape taxa managed…
Cowpox in Zoo Animals
Chapter 5 Cowpox in Zoo Animals Andreas Kurth, Andreas Nitsche Cause Cowpox virus (CPXV) belongs to the genus Orthopoxvirus (OPV) of the family Poxviridae. Virions are enveloped with a high…
Squamous Cell Carcinoma in Buceros Hornbills
Chapter 37 Squamous Cell Carcinoma in Buceros Hornbills Kathryn C. Gamble The rhinothecal ornamentation known as the casque is unique to the avian family Bucerotidae (hornbill).9 The casque is an…
White-Nose Syndrome in Cave Bats of North America
Chapter 56 White-Nose Syndrome in Cave Bats of North America Elizabeth L. Buckles, Anne E. Ballmann White-nose syndrome (WNS), an emerging disease of hibernating insectivorous bats, is associated with unprecedented…
Nonsteroidal Anti-inflammatory Drugs in Raptors
Chapter 46 Nonsteroidal Anti-inflammatory Drugs in Raptors J. Lindsay Oaks, Carol Uphoff Meteyer The use of analgesia has become standard, and appropriate, practice in avian medicine. As in mammals, pain…
