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Disease in Wild Animals: Investigation and Management
Gary A. Wobeser
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Description for Disease in Wild Animals: Investigation and Management
hardcover. Provides an overview of the available techniques for the investigation and management of disease in free-ranging animals. This book includes subjects that are illustrated with examples drawn from around the world, with emphasis on the requirements involved in working with wild animals. Num Pages: 403 pages, 12 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: PSVL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 742.
This book arose out of teaching graduate and undergraduate classes in wildlife diseases. It, in some ways, chronicles my involvement in the inves- gation and diagnosis of diseases in free-ranging wildlife, primarily in western and northern Canada, since the 1960s. It also, perhaps, reflects the devel- ment of wildlife disease study as a discipline. Much of the earlier work in this field was purely descriptive, documenting the occurrence of various diseases in wild animals. I have chosen to retain references to some older and obscure information in this second edition because this body of work provides the foundation for a ... Read more
This book arose out of teaching graduate and undergraduate classes in wildlife diseases. It, in some ways, chronicles my involvement in the inves- gation and diagnosis of diseases in free-ranging wildlife, primarily in western and northern Canada, since the 1960s. It also, perhaps, reflects the devel- ment of wildlife disease study as a discipline. Much of the earlier work in this field was purely descriptive, documenting the occurrence of various diseases in wild animals. I have chosen to retain references to some older and obscure information in this second edition because this body of work provides the foundation for a ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Springer Germany
Number of pages
403
Condition
New
Number of Pages
393
Place of Publication
Berlin, Germany
ISBN
9783540489740
SKU
V9783540489740
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99-15
Reviews for Disease in Wild Animals: Investigation and Management
From the reviews of the first edition "... has done an admirable job of outlining the problems associated with diagnosing and controlling disease in wildlife populations. ... The author has commendably presented a difficult topic and has shown that the usually successful approach to treating disease in domestic animals is extremely difficult and rarely successful in wildlife populations. ... I ... Read more