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Birds of prey: health and disease

Birds of prey: health and disease 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 is duly acknowledged in this modern treatise. Bird medicine is still largely developed for raptors, as well as poultry, game and cage birds. It has now gained a considerable importance in conservation programmes using captive breeding for such successful reintroductions as the Mauritius Kestrel, or the California Condor and the Peregrine Falcon in the USA. Since this encyclopaedic treatise first appeared in 1978, it has been constantly improved and enlarged, following the development of bird and raptor biomedicine during the last three decades. It covers all types of diseases but also every aspect of health maintenance and care of raptors: anatomy, clinical examination and investi- gation, trauma, infectious and non-infectious diseases, anaesthesia and surgery, neu- rological disorders, nutrition and poisoning. The last 100 pages http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Biodiversity and Conservation Springer Journals

Birds of prey: health and disease

Biodiversity and Conservation , Volume 12 (4) – Oct 5, 2004

Birds of prey: health and disease

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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...
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Publisher
Springer Journals
Copyright
Copyright © 2003 by Kluwer Academic Publishers
Subject
Life Sciences; Evolutionary Biology; Tree Biology; Plant Sciences
ISSN
0960-3115
eISSN
1572-9710
DOI
10.1023/A:1022455428481
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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 is duly acknowledged in this modern treatise. Bird medicine is still largely developed for raptors, as well as poultry, game and cage birds. It has now gained a considerable importance in conservation programmes using captive breeding for such successful reintroductions as the Mauritius Kestrel, or the California Condor and the Peregrine Falcon in the USA. Since this encyclopaedic treatise first appeared in 1978, it has been constantly improved and enlarged, following the development of bird and raptor biomedicine during the last three decades. It covers all types of diseases but also every aspect of health maintenance and care of raptors: anatomy, clinical examination and investi- gation, trauma, infectious and non-infectious diseases, anaesthesia and surgery, neu- rological disorders, nutrition and poisoning. The last 100 pages

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Published: Oct 5, 2004

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