Avian Viruses: Function and Control

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Avian Viruses: Function and Control

by Branson W. Ritchie



Pages: 515
Publisher: ---
Edition: 1st., 1995
Language: English
ISBN: 0-9636996-3-6

Description

Avian Viruses: Function and Control provides a basis for understanding the nature of viruses and how they are capable of causing disease, as well as giving the general methods used to diagnose these infections.
Written for veterinarians, aviculturists, companion bird enthusiasts, ornithologists, zoological personnel and wildlife management officials, it provides the readers with an easy-to-understand, easy-to-access overview of the viruses that infect companion, aviary and free-ranging birds.

Contents:
dedication
acknowledgements
foreword
preface xv
1. an overview of viruses
a clinical challenge; avian virology - past, present and future; characteristics of viruses; viral taxonomy; viral infection and replication; growing viruses in the laboratory; where did viruses come from? ;treating viral infections;
2. infection and disease
disease in bird populations; outcome of virus exposure; types of infections; the bird-virus interaction
3. viral attack and avian response
factors in viral transmission; viral entry into a host; defense mechanisms; immune system competence
4. diagnosing viral infections
diagnostic procedures; accuracy of diagnostic tests; types of diagnostic tests
5. preventing viral infections
a clean environment; quarantine; boarding; cleaning and disinfection; characteristics of specific disinfectants; vaccines
6. papovaviridae
papillomaviruses and papillomas; papillomatosis; polyomaviruses
7. herpesviridae
herpesviruses in psittaciformes; herpesviruses in columbiformes; herpesviruses that principally affect galliformes; herpesviruses of falconiformes and strigiformes; herpesviruses in anseriformes; herpesviruses in gruiformes and ciconiiformes; herpesviruses in passeriformes; other herpesviruses
8. clrcoviridae
psittacine beak and feather disease; circovirus in pigeons
9. paramyxoviridae
paramyxovirus 1; paramyxovirus 2; paramyxovirus 3; paramyxovirus 4; paramyxovirus 5; other paramyxoviruses; paramyxoviruses in columbiformes; other species-specific paramyxovirus diseases; pneumoviruses - turkey tracheitis virus
10. poxviridae
clinical features: general considerations; epizootiology; species-specific poxvirus diseases
11. adenoviridae
psittacine birds; pheasants - marble spleen disease; adenovirus in turkeys; adenovirus in chickens; adenovirus in quail; adenoviruses in guinea fowl and grouse; adenoviruses in ostriches; adenovirus in pigeons; adenovirus in raptors; adenovirus in waterfowl; egg drop syndrome
12. reoviridae
orthoreoviruses; species-specific reoviral diseases; orbiviruses; rotaviruses
13. orthomyxoviridae
influenza a viruses; influenza a virus in ratites
14. retroviridae
avian leukosis/sarcoma viruses; reticuloendotheliosis viruses
15. togaviridae
alphaviruses and eastern equine encephalitis virus; western equine encephalitis virus; species-specific encephalitic diseases; venezuelian equine encephalitis virus; other togaviruses in birds
16. other avian viruses
coronaviridae; picornaviridae; birnaviridae; flaviviridae; astrovirus; hepadnaviridae; parvoviridae; rhabdoviridae
17. proventricular dilatation disease
appendix
i disease summaries
ii virus features
iii virus synonyms
iv glossary
v resources
index

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