Field guide to wildlife diseases

the long version

This Field Guide to Wildlife Diseases is the first publication to provide wildlife field personnel with current scientific information about wildlife diseases in an easily understandable and eminently practical form. It provides a readable text supported by appropriate illustrations and photographs on how to collect, prepare, and submit wildlife specimens for postmortem examination. In addition, the Guide contains specific chapters on the major diseases of wild birds. These are written to help field personnel to understand and recognize these diseases and to provide an appropriate course of action involving the integration and utilization of the services of wildlife health specialists.