Investigation and Management of Disease in Wild Animals

Front Matter....Pages i-vi
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Disease and Epizootiology — Basic Principles....Pages 3-12
Special Problems in Working with Free-Living Animals....Pages 13-21
Front Matter....Pages 23-23
Identifying and Defining a Disease....Pages 25-38
Collecting Population Data....Pages 39-58
Defining Environmental Factors....Pages 59-72
Formulating and Testing Hypotheses....Pages 73-86
Samples, Sampling and Sample Collection....Pages 87-102
Records and Record Keeping....Pages 103-115
Investigation of Disease Outbreaks and Chronic or Inapparent Disease....Pages 117-128
Front Matter....Pages 129-129
Disease Management — General Principles....Pages 131-137
Management of the Causative Agent/Factor or Its Vector....Pages 139-151
Disease Management through Manipulation of the Host Population....Pages 153-167
Disease Management through Treatment and Immunization....Pages 169-183
Disease Management through Environmental Modification....Pages 185-194
Disease Management through Influencing Human Activities....Pages 195-207
Emergency and Integrated Management Programs....Pages 209-219
Assessing the Effectiveness of a Disease Management Program....Pages 221-231
Back Matter....Pages 233-265