CWHC LIST OF PUBLICATIONS - 1997-98
Informs wildlife personnel about wildlife health and disease in Canada. Each issue includes a mixture of news items about wildlife disease occurrences in the recent past and feature articles about specific diseases or health issues.
A comprehensive manual explaining what to do when confronted with dead or diseased wildlife in the field. Topics include: who to contact for assistance, when to investigate, when and how to perform a necropsy, samples to collect, shipping specimens, protecting yourself, and disposal of carcasses.
3. Surveillance of Wild Animal Diseases in Europe
Provides names and contact information for organizations and individuals who may be consulted for information about the occurrence of particular diseases in Europe. This report consists of brief descriptions of the status of wild animal disease surveillance in each country in Europe.
4. Health Risks to Wildlife Personnel: Hazards from Disease-Causing Agents
Text that follows a short course of the same name given in early 1995 by the CCWHC and the Wildlife Health Fund Topics include: infectious diseases (including hantavirus, lyme disease, bubonic plague, tuberculosis);parasites (including baylisascaris in raccoons, echinococcus and hydatid disease, giardia, and mange; and poisons (including insecticides, rodenticides and immobilizing drugs).
5. Faune et Zoonoses
Text following a short course of the same name given in Sherbrooke, Québec in September/95, by the CCWHC - Québec Region and the Association des biologistes du Québec, Topics include: infectious diseases (Lyme Disease, Hanta virus, rabies and Baylisascaris in raccoons), with an emphasis on diseases occurring in Eastern Canada and on expanding zoonosis in North America.
6. Health and Disease in Wild Freshwater Fish
Text following a short course of the same name given in Feb., 1996 by the CCWHC and the Wildlife Health Fund Composed of short summaries of all major diseases of fish, as well as considerations of water quality, environmental contaminants, neoplasia and other factors contributing to disease in fish. Major contributors to these notes are Dr. Hugh Ferguson of the Ontario Veterinary College and Dr. Fred Meyer, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (retired).
7. Waterfowl Diseases and Wetland Management
Text following a short course of the same name given in March, 1997 by the CCWHC and the Wildlife Health Fund. Covers major diseases of waterfowl and approaches to investigation of
disease occurrences in wetland habitats.
8. Moving Wild Animals: Health and Environmental Issues, Assessing Risks and Benefits
Text following a short course of the same name given in March, 1998 by the CCWHC and the Wildlife Health Fund. The emphasis of these notes is on animal health, both of the animals being moved and of populations at the destination. Potential problems and methods available to reduce risks are reviewed. Topics covered include animal translocation for such purposes as conservation biology, wildlife management, agriculture, and zoological collections.
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