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Description: |
1 online resource (ix, 243 pages) : illustrations |
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Bibliography Note: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-237) and index. |
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Contents Note: |
Contents: Introduction -- What is disease? -- What causes disease? -- How disease is detected, described, and measured -- Damage, pathogenicity, and virulence -- Defense, resistance, and repair -- Environmental interactions -- Transmission and perpetuation of infectious disease -- Noninfectious disease : nutrients and toxicants -- Effects of disease on the individual animal -- Effects of disease on populations of wild animals -- Diseases shared with humans and domestic animals -- Disease management -- Roundup. |
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Summary, Etc. Note: |
Summary: This text covers the topic of disease in wild animals, exploring facets such as the nature of disease, what causes disease, how disease is described and measured, how diseases spread and persist, and the effects of disease on both individual animals and populations. Rather than focus on individual causative agents and their effect on a single animal, the book's focus is on why diseases occur, and on the complex interactions that occur among disease agents, the environment, and host populations. |
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Additional Physical Forms: |
Print version: Wobeser, Gary A. Essentials of disease in wild animals. 1st ed. Ames, Iowa : Blackwell Pub., 2006 ISBN 9780813805894 (DLC) 2005008945 (OCoLC)58791010 |
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Elect. Loc./Access: |
ebrary http://site.ebrary.com/id/10700391 |
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