The interrelationship among wild animal, domestic animal and human health is appreciated now more than ever before 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. Due to the multidisciplinary interest in the topic, many of those who are called to work with disease in wild animals may not have deep understanding of the general features of disease as they relate to wild animals. This book provides a thorough introduction to the nature of disease in wild animals, what causes disease, how disease is described and measured, how diseases spread and persist and the effects of disease on individual wild animals and populations. 

Special Features:
• Fully illustrated
• Written by a leading researcher in wildlife disease
• Provides practical framework for understanding disease in wild animals

Contents:
1. Introduction
2. What is disease?
3. What causes disease?
4. How disease is detected, described and measured
5. Damage, pathogenicity and virulence
6. Defense, resistance and repair
7. Environmental interactions
8. Transmission and perpetuation of infectious disease
9. Noninfectious disease: nutrients and toxicants
10. Effects of disease on the individual animal
11. Effects of disease on populations of animals
12. Diseases shared with humans and domestic animals
13. Disease management
14. Round-up
Scientific names of animals
Glossary
References
Index

About the Author: Gary A. Wobeser, DVM, PhD is a professor in the Department of Veterinary Pathology, Western College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Saskatchewan. He enjoys an excellent reputation among his peers and in many ways is one of the leading thinkers and researchers in this field.