Birds of Prey: Health and Disease, 3rd Edition

Foreword - Patrick T. Redig; Foreword to the First Edition (1978), with Tribute - Leslie Brown; Preface; List of Contributors; Introduction - the history of raptor medicine; Nomenclature; Anatomy - Paolo Zucca; Methods of investigation and treatment; Non-infectious diseases; Infectious diseases, excluding macroparasites; Parasitic diseases - with Oliver Krone; Foot conditions; Neurological (nervous) disorders; Nutritional diseases, including poisoning, in captive birds; Poisoning of wild (free-living) birds - contributed by David Peakall; Anaesthesia and surgery; Miscellaneous and emerging diseases; Diseases in wild (free-living) bird populations - contributed by Ian Newton; Discussion and conclusions;.

Appendix I - List of species raptor; Appendix II - Clinical examination form; Appendix III - Post-mortem examination form and egg/embryo examination forms; Appendix IV - Cytology, blood smear and other report forms; Appendix V - Key to major clinical diagnoses; Appendix VI - Key to major (gross) post-mortem diagnoses including findings in eggs; Appendix VII - The principles of health monitoring; Appendix VIII - Minimally invasive health monitoring; Appendix IX - Medicines and other agents used in treatment; Appendix X - Fieldwork, field kits and portable equipment, Field post-mortem technique; Appendix XI - Legislation and codes of practice relevant to working with raptors - Margaret Cooper; References and Further Reading; Index