Field Manual of Wildlife Diseases, General Field Procedures and Diseases of Birds
by Milton Friend, J Christian Franson, U.S. Geological Survey
August 2012
The “Field Manual of Wildlife Diseases: General Field Procedures and Diseases of Birds” presents practical, current information and insights about wild bird illnesses and the procedures to follow when ill birds are found or epidemics occur. Section 1 of the Manual provides information about general field procedures. Sections 2 through 5 describe various bird diseases. Sections 6 and 7 provide information about toxins that affect birds, and Section 8 describes miscellaneous diseases and hazards that affect birds. Manual lists institutions and laboratories that offer diagnostic services; sources of supplies for collecting, preserving, and shipping specimens; and it contains color illustrations for dissection. USGS Biological Resources Division, Information and Technology Report 1999–001. This field manual is a revision and expansion of our 1988 Volume 1, Field Guide to Wildlife Diseases and is funded by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Division of Federal Aid, Administrative Grant No. AP95-017.
