Parasitic Diseases of Wild Birds

Carter T. Atkinson, Ph.D., is a research microbiologist with the U. S. Geological Survey, Pacific Island Ecosystems Research Center. His research focuses on protozoan parasites of vertebrates, particularly birds, with a recent emphasis on the effects of introduced avian malaria on Hawaiian forest birds.Nancy J. Thomas, DVM, MS, Diplomate, American College of Veterinary Pathologists, is an endangered species specialist for the U. S. Geological Survey, National Wildlife Health Center. She has more than 20 years of experience in diagnostic pathology and research on wild bird diseases. D. Bruce Hunter, DVM, MSC, is a professor in the Department of Pathobiology, Ontario Veterinary College, University of Guelph. His specialty encompasses avian, fur-bearing, and wildlife pathology and ecosystem health. His research interests have included infectious diseases in commercial poultry, West Nile Virus in owls, and diseases of mink.

• Preface vii Contributors ixSection I Introduction1. Parasitism: Costs and Effects 3Gary A. WobeserSection II Protozoa2. Haemoproteus 13Carter T. Atkinson3. Avian Malaria 35Carter T. Atkinson4. Leucocytozoonosis 54Donald J. Forrester and Ellis C. Greiner5. Isospora, Atoxoplasma, and Sarcocystis 108Ellis C. Greiner6. Trichomonosis 120Donald J. Forrester and Garry W. Foster7. Histomonas 154William R. Davidson8. Eimeria 162Michael J. Yabsley9. Disseminated Visceral Coccidiosis in Cranes 181Marilyn G. Spalding, James W. Carpenter, and Meliton N. Novilla10. Cryptosporidium 195David S. Lindsay and Byron L. Blagburn11. Toxoplasma 204J. P. DubeySection III Helminths12. Trematodes 225Jane E. Huffman13. Schistosomes 246Jane E. Huffman and Bernard Fried14. Cestodes 261J. Daniel McLaughlin15. Acanthocephala 277Dennis J. Richardson and Brent B. Nickol16. Eustrongylidosis 289Marilyn G. Spalding and Donald J. Forrester17. Trichostrongylus 316Daniel M. Tompkins18. Dispharynx, Echinuria, and Streptocara 326Ramon A. Carreno19. Tracheal Worms 343M. A. Fernando and John R. Barta20. Amidostomum and Epomidiostomum 355Alan M. Fedynich and Nancy J. Thomas21. Tetrameridosis 376John M. Kinsella and Donald J. Forrester22. Avioserpensosis 384John M. Kinsella23. Heterakis and Ascaridia 388Alan M. Fedynich24. Ascaridoid Nematodes: Contracaecum, Porrocaecum, and Baylisascaris 413Hans-Peter Fagerholm and Robin M. Overstreet25. Diplotriaena, Serratospiculum, and Serratospiculoides 434Mauritz C. Sterner III and Rebecca A. Cole26. Filarioid Nematodes 439Cheryl M. Bartlett27. Capillarid Nematodes 463Michael J. YabsleySection IV Leeches28. Leech Parasites of Birds 501Ronald W. Davies, Fredric R. Govedich, and William E. MoserSection V Arthropods29. Phthiraptera, the Chewing Lice 515Dale H. Clayton, Richard J. Adams, and Sarah E. Bush30. Acariasis 527Danny B. Pence31. Black Flies (Diptera: Simuliidae) 537Douglas C. Currie and D. Bruce Hunter32. Myiasis in Wild Birds 546Susan E. LittleIndex 557

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