Course Description
Fundamental causes of disease-induced morbidity and mortality among free-ranging wildlife populations. Emphasis on the etiology, pathogenesis, clinical signs, lesions, epidemiology, diagnosis, and management significance of diseases produced by toxicologic, viral, microbial, parasitic, pathogens.
Additional Requirements for Graduate Students:
Graduate students will be assigned papers every two weeks that
they must read that are relevent to the material being covered
those two weeks. The instruction will then meet with graduate
students for a two-hour session to discuss the papers. Each
session will be assigned to a single or team of graduate
students to lead the discussion. In addition, graduate
students will be given two additional essay questions on exams
that are management in nature. To answer fully, the graduate
students will have to integrate the wildlife disease
information into a real-world situation (e.g., outbreak,
containment, management, etc.).
Athena Title
WILDLIFE DISEASES
Equivalent Courses
Not open to students with credit in FORS(POPH) 5100/7100 or FORS(PARA) 8500-8500L or FORS(IDIS) 8510-8510L
Semester Course Offered
Offered spring
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Course Objectives
After the course, students should: 1. be familiar with the major diseases of wildlife species; 2. be able to recognize diseases commonly encountered by biologists; 3. be able to assist diagnosticians by collecting case histories and diagnostic specimens; 4. be able to describe the implications of wildlife diseases for wildlife, domestic animal, or human health; 5. be able to make sound management decisions to deal with wildlife diseases.
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
Syllabus
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