Human Diseases From Wildlife

Emergence of diseases from wildlife reservoirs.

Interest in the epidemiology of emerging diseases of humans and livestock as they relate to wildlife has increased greatly over the past several decades. Many factors, most anthropogenic, have facilitated the emergence of diseases from wildlife. Some livestock diseases have "spilled over" to wildlife and then "spilled back" to livestock. When a population is exposed to an infectious agent, depe...

Wildlife Diseases and Humans

Diseases of wildlife can cause significant illness and death to individual animals and can significantly affect wildlife populations. Wildlife species can also serve as natural hosts for certain diseases that affect humans (zoonoses). The disease agents or parasites that cause these zoonotic diseases can be contracted from wildlife directly by bites or contamination, or indirectly through the b...

Viral Diseases (Field Manual of Wildlife Diseases)

Fungal Diseases (Field Manual of Wildlife Diseases)

Human Diseases from Wildlife by Michael R. Conover and Rosanna M. Vail

Michael Conover and Rosanna Vail are to be commended for compiling the information in Human Diseases from Wildlife, CRC Press (ISBN: 978-1-4665-6214-1). In the true spirit of One Health, this book will prove to be an asset in many collections. The book is 527 pages, including four appendices and a lengthy topical index. Following an introductory chapter, the text is divided into seven sections ...