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The Atlas of Birds captures the breathtaking diversity of birds, and illuminates their conservation status around the world. Meer info

Use this atlas to interpret radiographic images and make accurate diagnoses! Hundreds of high-quality images clearly demonstrate normal avian anatomic and radiographic features in a wide variety of species so that you can recognize abnormal features. This book includes detailed directions for patient positioning along with radiographic exposure guidelines, ensuring that you obtain the highest quality diagnostic images. Meer info

The second edition of Avian Medicine, continues as a practical, comprehensive full-colour illustrative guide to the diagnosis and management of avian disorders. With the participation of some of the world's leading authorities in avian medicine, the book addresses issues ranging from the basic aspects of patient management to the most sophisticated diagnostic techniques; aiming to teach the general clinician how to approach all birds. A wide range of avian species are discussed in detail, including psittacines, raptors, bustards and many more. Completely revised, the second edition contains extended and new chapter sections - with a wealth of new illustrations! - including cytology and behavioural osteodystrophy, fluoroscopy and advanced imaging techniques. With numerous practical guidelines on the medical management of the patient or flock and many useful tips on clinical laboratory diagnosis and suggested treatments, Avian Medicine contains valuable practical advice on all aspects of veterinary care of avian species. Avian Medicine combines the practicality of a hands-on manual with the wealth of information of a textbook and the highly illustrated format of an atlas. Contents: Contributors Foreword Acknowledgements Preface 1. Capture and Handling 2. Clinical Examination 3. Clinical and Diagnostic Procedures 4. Anesthesia & Soft Tissue Surgery 5. Medical Procedures 6. Trauma-related Medical Conditions 7. Management-related Diseases 8. Infectious Diseases 9. Post-mortem Examination with Anatomical Notes Appendices Index Meer info

The beauty of the robin’s egg is not lost on the child who discovers the nest, nor on the collector of nature’s marvels. Such instances of wonder find fitting expression in the photographs of Rosamond Purcell, whose work captures the intricacy of nests and the aesthetic perfection of bird eggs. Mining the ornithological treasures of the Western Foundation of Vertebrate Zoology, Purcell produces pictures as lovely and various as the artifacts she photographs. The dusky blue egg of an emu becomes a planet. A woodpecker’s nest bears an uncanny resemblance to a wooden shoe. A resourceful rock dove weaves together scrap metal and spent fireworks. A dreamscape of dancing monkeys emerges from the calligraphic markings of a murre egg. Alongside Purcell’s photographs, Linnea Hall and René Corado offer an engaging history of egg collecting, the provenance of the specimens in the photographs, and the biology, conservation, and ecology of the birds that produced them. They highlight the scientific value that eggs and nest hold for understanding and conserving birds in the wild, as well as the aesthetic charge they carry for us. They highlight the scientific value that eggs and nest hold for understanding and conserving birds in the wild, as well as the aesthetic charge they carry for us. How has evolution shaped the egg or directed the design of the nest? How do the photographs convey such infinitesimal and yet momentous happenstance? The objects in Egg & Nest are specimens of natural history, and in Purcell’s renderings, they are also the most natural art. Meer info

Hand-Rearing Birds will provide the reader with a guide to the best methods of hand rearing all major species of birds. The book is broken into two sections. The first section covers standard hand raising methods and equipment, while the second provides individual chapters devoted to many major avian species. This book will be an invaluable reference for shelter veterinarians, zoo veterinarians, avian veterinarians, aviculturists, bird enthusiasts, and conservationists alike. Meer info

You’ve just seen a small black and white bird, but which species is it? Which bird has a red head and a yellow wing? Birds by Colour helps you to identify almost 200 bird species common to western Europe simply by their shape and colour. Conceived and designed specifically for beginners, this is the first guide to approach identification from birds’ most visible characteristics: their colours. No prior knowledge of ornithology is required to use the guide. 184 species have been classified according to the most typical bird shapes. Then groups of species that share physical characteristics and have similar colours are treated together on a spread, illustrated side by side to allow direct comparison. In the second half of the book, each featured bird has its own short field guide entry, including information on their biology, behaviour, habitat and distribution. Each field guide entry is illustrated by a colour photograph and the artworks from the first half of the guide and details the best times and locations for observing the species. Meer info

Free-living birds encounter multiple health hazards brought on by viruses, bacteria, and fungi, some which in turn can significantly impact other animal populations and human health. Newly emerging diseases and new zoonotic forms of older diseases have brought increased global attention to the health of wild bird populations. Recognition and management of these diseases is a high priority for all those involved with wildlife. Infectious Diseases of Wild Birds provides biologists, wildlife managers, wildlife and veterinary health professionals and students with the most comprehensive reference on infectious viral, bacterial and fungal diseases affecting wild birds. Bringing together contributions from an international team of experts, the book offers the most complete information on these diseases, their history, causative agents, significance and population impact. Focusing on more than just treatment, special emphasis is given to disease processes, recognition and epidemiology. Special Features: --The most complete reference on infectious viral, bacterial and fungal diseases in wild birds --Emphasis on disease processes, epidemiology and recognition --Offers perspective on the global significance of these diseases and their population impact --Written by leading researchers and experts from around the world Viral Diseases Chapter 1: Newcastle Disease Chapter 2: Arbovirus Chapter 3: Avian Herpesviruses Chapter 4: Duck Plague Chapter 5: Avian Influenza Chapter 6: Avian Pox Chatper 7: Orthoreoviruses Chapter 8: Avian Adenoviruses Chapter 9: Circovirus Chapter 10: Papillomaviruses and Polyomaviruses Chapter 11: Retroviral Infections Bacterial and Fungal Diseases Chapter 12: Avian Cholera Chapter 13: Salmonellosis Chapter 14: Avian Tuberculosis Chatper 15: Avian Chlamydiosis Chapter 16: Mycoplasmosis Chapter 17: Erysipelas Chapter 18: Borrelia Chapter 19: Tularemia Chapter 20: Aspergillosis Biotoxins Chapter 21: Avian Botulism Chapter 22: Mycotoxicosis Chapter 23: Algal Biotoxins Meer info

Die passionierten Halter und Züchter von europäischen Waldvögeln haben die verantwortungsvolle Aufgabe, durch selektive Reinzucht zur Artvermehrung beizutragen. Durch die fortschreitende Zerstörung ursprünglicher Lebensräume kommt der Arterhaltung durch Zucht eine immer wichtigere Aufgabe zu. Einige der im Buch behandelten Vogelarten stehen bereits auf der sogenannten "Roten Liste" und sind in ihrem Bestand bedroht. Dieses Buch befasst sich jedoch nicht nur mit der Herkunft, dem Verbreitungsgebiet und der genauen Beschreibung vieler Waldvogelarten, sondern auch mit der Zucht und Haltung einschließlich der Brutpflege und Aufzucht in naturnahen Gartenvolieren. Meer info

Explores a wide range of bird behaviour including courtship, territorial behaviour, singing, nesting, foraging, flying, feeding, and migration. The emphasis is on leisurely observing the birds that frequent your garden and taking time to spot the different characteristics of each species as they feed, interact, or raise their young, in order to gradually build up a comprehensive understanding of their behaviour. -A comprehensively illustrated overview of all aspects of garden bird behaviour that describes what garden birds do and why they do it -Thought-provoking and animated text that analyses everyday bird activity as well as shedding light on some more unusual behaviour such as sparrow 'weddings'and fostering -Packed with over 150 inspirational and orginal artworks and informative colour photographs. Meer info