Disease in Captive Wild Mammals and Birds. Incidence, Description, Comparison

Disease in Captive Wild Mammals and Birds: Incidence, Description and Comparison

or no basis for generalization on specific and group characteristics and reactions. Too often experimental work is not based upon facts including natural probabilities due to inherent weaknesses or tendencies in particular groups of animals. Normal human anatomy and physiology is almost invariably approached by the modern medical student from a comparative standpoint, but human pathology almost...

A welfare approach for captive wild birds

Iron storage disorders in captive wild mammals: the comparative evidence.

Excessive burden of iron, or iron storage disease (ISD), has been reported in a large variety of captive mammal species, including browsing rhinoceroses; tapirs; fruit bats; lemurs; marmosets and some other primates; sugar gliders; hyraxes; some rodents and lagomorphs; dolphins; and some carnivores; including procyonids and pinnipeds. This report collates the comparative evidence for species' s...

Cyanobacterial poisoning in livestock, wild mammals and birds--an overview.

Poisoning of livestock by toxic cyanobacteria was first reported in the 19th century, and throughout the 20th century cyanobacteria-related poisonings of livestock and wildlife in all continents have been described. Some mass mortality events involving unrelated fauna in prehistoric times have also been attributed to cyanotoxin poisoning; if correct, this serves as a reminder that toxic cyanoba...

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Cause Chlamydiosis refers to an infection with organisms of the genus Chlamydia sp., which are bacteria that live within animal cells. Chlamydia psittaci is the species generally associated with this disease in birds. The severity of the disease differs by the strain of C. psittaci and the susceptibility of different species of birds. As a result, chlamydiosis may range from an inapparent infec...