Emerging Avian Disease Studies in Avian Biology First Edition by Ellen Paul ISBN 0520272374 9780520272378

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ISBN 10: 0520272374

ISBN 13: 9780520272378 

Author: Ellen Paul 

In this volume, new human disease pandemics, arising from animals stimulated by ongoing environmental change, demonstrate the value of ornithological research into avian diseases. A group of 29 researchers addresses a diverse set of topics, including the evolutionary and ecological aspects of the host-vector systems, the effects of genetic variation, introduction success and vector ecology, evolution of resistance and virulence of pathogens, and the effects of changing geographic distributions. In addition to empirical studies under field conditions, the authors present predictive models to assess the movement and potential impact of these diseases. Other chapters delve into the potential impacts of pathogens and the key role of biosurveillance and documenting impacts of disease on bird populations.

Table of contents:

1. Contributors
2. Foreword – Robert G. McLean

Part I • Environmental and Behavioral Aspects of Transmission
3. Ecological Associations of West Nile Virus and Avian Hosts in an Arid Environment
4. The Trans-Atlantic Movement of the Spirochete Borrelia garinii: The Role of Ticks and Their Seabird Hosts
5. Parasitism in the Endemic Galápagos Dove (Zenaida galapagoensis) and Its Relation to Host Genetic Diversity and Immune Response

Part II • Population-Level Impacts
6. Prevalence and Effects of West Nile Virus on Wild American Kestrel (Falco sparverius) Populations in Colorado
7. First Example of a Highly Prevalent but Low-Impact Malaria in an Endemic New Zealand Passerine: Plasmodium of Tiritiri Matangi Island Bellbirds (Anthornis melanura)

Part III • Monitoring, Detection, and Research Practices
8. Prototype System for Tracking and Forecasting Highly Pathogenic H5N1 Avian Influenza Spread in North America
9. Immunophenotyping of Avian Lymphocytes: Implications and Future for Understanding Disease in Birds
10. Zoonotic Diseases: What Ornithologists and Bird Banders Should Know

11. Index
12. Complete Series List

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