Parasitic Diseases Of Wild Birds Provides Thorough Coverage Of Major Parasite Groups Affecting Wild Bird Species. Broken Into Four Sections Covering Protozoa, Helminths, Leeches, And Arthropod Parasites, This Volume Provides Reviews Of The History, Disease, Epizootiology, Pathology, And Population Impacts Caused By Parasitic Disease. Taking A Unique Approach That Focuses On The Effects Of The Parasites On The Host, Parasitic Diseases Of Wild Birds Fills A Unique Niche In Animal Health Literature.--jacket. Parasitism : Costs And Effects / Gary A. Wobeser -- Haemoproteus / Carter T. Atkinson -- Avian Malaria / Carter T. Atkinson -- Leucocytozoonosis / Donald J. Forrester And Ellis C. Greiner -- Isospora, Atoxoplasma, And Sarcocystis / Ellis C. Greiner -- Trichomonosis / Donald J. Forrester And Garry W. Foster -- Histomonas / William R. Davidson -- Eimeria / Michael J. Yabsley -- Disseminated Visceral Coccidiosis In Cranes / Marilyn G. Spalding, James W. Carpenter, And Meliton N. Novilla -- Cryptosporidium / David S. Lindsay And Byron L. Blagburn -- Toxoplasma / J.p. Dubey -- Trematodes / Jane E. Huffman -- Schistosomes / Jane E. Huffman And Bernard Fried -- Cestodes / J. Daniel Mclaughlin -- Acanthocephala / Dennis J. Richardson And Brent B. Nickol -- Eustrongylidosis / Marilyn G. Spalding And Donald J. Forrester -- Trichostrongylus / Daniel M. Tompkins -- Dispharynx, Echinuria, And Streptocara / Ramon A. Carreno -- Tracheal Worms / M.a. Fernando And John R. Barta -- Amidostomum And Epomidiostomum / Alan M. Fedynich And Nancy J. Thomas -- Tetrameridosis / John M. Kinsella And Donald J. Forrester -- Avioserpensosis / John M. Kinsella -- Heterakis And Ascaridia / Alan M. Fedynich -- Ascaridoid Nematodes : Contracaecum, Porrocaecum, And Baylisascaris / Hans-peter Fagerholm And Robin M. Overstreet -- Diplotriaena, Serratospiculum, And Serratospiculoides / Mauritz C. Sterner Iii And Rebecca A. Cole -- Filaroid Nematodes / Cheryl M. Bartlett -- Capillarid Nematodes / Michael J. Yabsley -- Leech Parasites Of Birds / Ronald W. Davies, Fredric R. Govedich, And William E. Moser -- Phthiraptera, The Chewing Lice / Dale H. Clayton, Richard J. Adams, And Sarah E. Bush -- Acariasis / Danny B. Pence -- Black Flies (diptera: Simuliidae) / Douglas C. Currie And D. Bruce Hunter -- Myiasis In Wild Birds / Susan E. Little. Edited By Carter T. Atkinson, Nancy J. Thomas, D. Bruce Hunter. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.