Topical Outline: | General information and terms
importance of wildlife diseases
general overview of pathogenic organisms, toxins, etc.
how to conduct an investigation
Toxins
man-made – pesticides, metals, cyanide, oiling
natural – aflatoxin, botulism, red tide
Avian diseases
Viral - Avian pox, Duck plague, Epizootic necrotic enteritis,
Newcastle disease, Crane herpesvirus disease, Ulcerative
enteritis, Quail bronchitis, Herpesviruses
Bacterial – Salmonellosis, Avian TB, Avian Cholera,
Coligranuloma, Streptococcosis in grebes, Mycoplasmosis,
Ornithosis
Parasitic – Sphaeridiotremosis, Sarcosporidiosis, Nasal leeches,
Syngymiasis, Histomoniasis, Dispharynxosis, Eustrongyloidosis,
Trichomoniasis,
Fungal – Aspergillosis, Mycotoxicosis in cranes
Other - Loon emaciation syndrome, Avian vacuolar mylenopathy
Mammalian Diseases
Viral – Rabies, Canine Distemper, Parvoviruses,
Fibromatosis,
Shope's fibroma, Myxomatosis, Canine oral papillomatosis,
Aleutian disease, Infectious canine hepatitis, Hemorrhagic
Disease, Pseudorabies, Vesicular Stomatitis, Adenovirus
hemorrhagic disease, Caliciviruses, Phocine Distemper,
Morbillivirus, iridovirus
Bacterial – Tularemia, Plague, Tyzzer's disease,
Staphylococcosis, Salmonellosis, Anthrax, Brain Abscess
Syndrome,
Brucellosis, Salmon poisoning disease
Parasitic – Histoplasmosis, Baylisascaris, Bot flies, Mange,
Giardiasis, Cysticercosis, Spirometra, Echinococcus
multilocularis, Canine heartworm, Spirocerca lupi,
Toxoplasmosis,
Cytauxzoonosis, Dioctyophyme renale, Haemonchosis, Parasite
Counts, Liver Flukes, Babesia, Ticks, Louse Flies, Lice,
Chiggers, Demodex, Nasal Bots, Ribeiroia flukes and
malformations, myxosporidians, pfiesteria
Fungal – Dermatophilosis, Adiaspiromycosis,
Chytridiomycosis
Other – Sampson fox, Lungworm Pneumonia, Chronic
Wasting Disease
Wildlife as Silent Reservoirs of Zoonoses
Arboviruses, Tick-borne diseases, Other Vector-borne diseases,
Water-borne diseases, Food-borne diseases, Contact/Aerosol
Transmitted
Wildlife and Major Endemic Livestock and Poultry Diseases
Foreign Animal Diseases and Wildlife |