Birds of prey: health and disease
Abstract
Biodiversity and Conservation 12: 849, 2003. Book review Edited by Cooper, J.E., Blackwell Scientific, Oxford, UK, 2002, 3rd Edition, 345 pp, ISBN 0-632-05115-9, £59.50 During over two millennia, the science of ornithology was almost only the art of falconry, of which raptor medicine and care were an essential part. Several centuries ago, the first printed books on falconry already contained a large amount of data on the diseases of hawks and falcons. Such ancient background...