Birds of Prey: Health and Disease, 3rd Edition – John E. Cooper (Editor)

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While still serving the needs of veterinary surgeons who treat birds of prey, Birds of Prey: Health & Disease also appeals to a wide readership of falconers, avian researchers, breeders, rehabilitators and zoo staff.

Important changes to this new edition are the inclusion of data on free-living birds, additional material on fractures, pathology, legislation and poisons, and new sections on neonatology, health monitoring, captive-breeding and host-parasite relations.

This book reviews all aspects of birds of prey, giving invaluable up-to-date information on diseases and pathology, but also looking at the history of the subject, the origins of terms, the evolution of current thinking and ending with a reliable list of primary references for further reading.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

John E. Cooper is a veterinary surgeon who has had a life-long involvement in raptors and other wildlife. He works closely with naturalists, bird-keepers, biologists, conservationist, and members of both the medical and veterinary professions. With his wife, Margaret E. Cooper, a lawyer, he has lived overseas for ten years, mainly in Africa. In Britain he is primarily a diagnostic pathologist, concentrating on wildlife an exotic species. He has postgraduate and specialist qualifications in tropical veterinary medicine, biology, comparative pathology and avian medicine. He holds appointments at several academic institutions in Europe and Africa. Author of many books and papers, he has a particular interest in promoting veterinary educations, conservation and both human and animal welfare in a global context.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

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;.

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

REVIEWS

"There aren't many veterinary textbooks you could happily take on holiday with you to read, but Birds of Prey - Health and Disease is just such a book.

The book should be purchased by every practice seeing raptors. It should be in the library of everyone involved in wild bird rehabilitation, veterinary and non-veterinary."

Veterinary Times, 2003

FEATURES

* the classic text on the subject
* the last edition was published in 1985
* now includes contributions by leading international experts
* includes an 8 page colour plate section