Pathology of Wildlife and Zoo Animals

Pathology of Wildlife and Zoo Animals, Second Edition is the much-anticipated update to the leading resource on the study of diseases in non-domestic species. This book offers comprehensive coverage of the pathology of wildlife and zoo species, including a wide scope of animals, disease types and geographic regions. General chapters include information on performing necropsies, proper techniques to meet the specialized needs of forensic cases, laboratory diagnostics, and an introduction into basic principles of comparative clinical pathology. The taxon-based chapters provide information about disease in related groups of animals and include descriptions of gross and histologic lesions, pathogenesis, and diagnostics. For each group of animals, notable, unique gross and microscopic anatomical features are provided to further assist the reader in deciding whether differences from the domestic animal paradigm are "normal." Additional online content, which includes text, images, and whole scanned glass slides of selected conditions, expands the published material resulting in a comprehensive approach to the topic. Pathology of Wildlife and Zoo Animals, Second Edition is a vital resource for zoologists, wildlife biologists, and veterinarians, as well as public health and infectious disease physicians. Academics, both students and instructors, in these disciplines will benefit from the book’s accessible structure and online content. Features thorough updates to each chapter of this 2019 PROSE Award Winner in Biological and Life Sciences Focuses on zoonoses and the COVID-19 pandemic with newly introduced content Provides consistent organization of chapters with descriptions of unique anatomic features, common non-infectious and infectious diseases following brief overviews of the taxonomic group Links to a large online library of scanned slides related to topics in the book that illustrate important histologic findings