Birds of Prey – Health and Disease 3e

Foreword – Patrick T. Redig; Foreword to the First Edition (1978), with Tribute – Leslie Brown; Preface; List of Contributors; Introduction – the history of raptor medicine; Nomenclature; Anatomy – Paolo Zucca; Methods of investigation and treatment; Non–infectious diseases; Infectious diseases, excluding macroparasites; Parasitic diseases – with Oliver Krone; Foot conditions; Neurological (nervous) disorders; Nutritional diseases, including poisoning, in captive birds; Poisoning of wild (free–living) birds – contributed by David Peakall; Anaesthesia and surgery; Miscellaneous and emerging diseases; Diseases in wild (free–living) bird populations – contributed by Ian Newton; Discussion and conclusions;.
<p>Appendix I – List of species raptor; Appendix II – Clinical examination form; Appendix III – Post–mortem examination form and egg/embryo examination forms; Appendix IV – Cytology, blood smear and other report forms; Appendix V – Key to major clinical diagnoses; Appendix VI – Key to major (gross) post–mortem diagnoses including findings in eggs; Appendix VII – The principles of health monitoring; Appendix VIII – Minimally invasive health monitoring; Appendix IX – Medicines and other agents used in treatment; Appendix X – Fieldwork, field kits and portable equipment, Field post–mortem technique; Appendix XI – Legislation and codes of practice relevant to working with raptors – Margaret Cooper; References and Further Reading; Index</p>