Wild birds and avian influenza
Subtitle: an introduction to applied field research and disease sampling techniques
By: Darrell Whitworth, Scott Newman, Taej Mundkur, Phil Harris
Contributors: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Series: FAO animal production and health manual -- 5
Publisher: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Rome
Language: eng
Number of pages: 113
ISBN-13: 9789251059081
Subjects: Wild animal collecting; Avian influenza; Birds; Virus diseases
Description: The highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 strain has spread from domestic poultry to a large number of species of free-ranging wild birds, including non-migratory birds and migratory birds that can travel thousands of kilometers each year. The regular contact and interaction between poultry and wild birds has increased the urgency of understanding wild bird diseases and the transmission mechanisms that exist between the poultry and wild bird sectors, with a particular emphasis on avian influenza. Monitoring techniques, surveillance, habitat use and migration patterns are all important aspects of wildlife and disease ecology that need to be better understood to gain insights into disease transmission between these sectors. This manual contains chapters on the basic ecology of avian influenza and wild birds, capture and marking techniques (ringing, color marking and satellite telemetry), disease sampling procedures, and field survey and monitoring procedures.--Publisher's description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.

Available both in print and online.
Table of contents: title: Avian influenza and the HSN1 virus; title: Wild birds and avian influenza; title: Wild bird capture techniques; title: Bird handling and ringing techniques; title: Disease sampling procedures; title: Avian surveys and monitoring; title: Radio telemetry and bird movements.