Parasitic Diseases of Wild Birds provides thorough coverage of major parasite groups affecting wild bird species. Broken into four sections covering protozoa, helminths, leeches, and arthropod parasites, this volume provides reviews of the history, disease, epizootiology, pathology, and population impacts caused by parasitic disease. Taking a unique approach that focuses on the effects of the parasites on the host, Parasitic Diseases of Wild Birds fills a unique niche in animal health literature.

Preface viiContributors ixSection I Introduction1. Parasitism: Costs and Effects 3Gary A. WobeserSection II Protozoa2. Haemoproteus 13Carter T. Atkinson3. Avian Malaria 35Carter T. Atkinson4. Leucocytozoonosis 54Donald J. Forrester and Ellis C. Greiner5. Isospora, Atoxoplasma, and Sarcocystis108Ellis C. Greiner6. Trichomonosis 120Donald J. Forrester and Garry W. Foster7. Histomonas 154William R. Davidson8. Eimeria 162Michael J. Yabsley9. Disseminated Visceral Coccidiosis in Cranes 181Marilyn G. Spalding, James W. Carpenter, and Meliton N.Novilla10. Cryptosporidium 195David S. Lindsay and Byron L. Blagburn11. Toxoplasma 204J. P. DubeySection III Helminths12. Trematodes 225Jane E. Huffman13. Schistosomes 246Jane E. Huffman and Bernard Fried14. Cestodes 261J. Daniel McLaughlin15. Acanthocephala 277Dennis J. Richardson and Brent B. Nickol16. Eustrongylidosis 289Marilyn G. Spalding and Donald J. Forrester17. Trichostrongylus 316Daniel M. Tompkins18. Dispharynx, Echinuria, and Streptocara326Ramon A. Carreno19. Tracheal Worms 343M. A. Fernando and John R. Barta20. Amidostomum and Epomidiostomum 355Alan M. Fedynich and Nancy J. Thomas21. Tetrameridosis 376John M. Kinsella and Donald J. Forrester22. Avioserpensosis 384John M. Kinsella23. Heterakis and Ascaridia 388Alan M. Fedynich24. Ascaridoid Nematodes: Contracaecum, Porrocaecum,and Baylisascaris 413Hans-Peter Fagerholm and Robin M. Overstreet25. Diplotriaena, Serratospiculum, andSerratospiculoides 434Mauritz C. Sterner III and Rebecca A. Cole26. Filarioid Nematodes 439Cheryl M. Bartlett27. Capillarid Nematodes 463Michael J. YabsleySection IV Leeches28. Leech Parasites of Birds 501Ronald W. Davies, Fredric R. Govedich, and William E.MoserSection V Arthropods29. Phthiraptera, the Chewing Lice 515Dale H. Clayton, Richard J. Adams, and Sarah E. Bush30. Acariasis 527Danny B. Pence31. Black Flies (Diptera: Simuliidae) 537Douglas C. Currie and D. Bruce Hunter32. Myiasis in Wild Birds 546Susan E. LittleIndex 557