Pathology of Wildlife and Zoo Animals

by Karen A. Terio (Editor), Denise McAloose (Editor), Judy St. Leger (Editor)

Overview

Pathology of Wildlife and Zoo Animals is a comprehensive resource that covers the pathology of wildlife and zoo species, including a wide scope of animals, disease types and geographic regions. It is the definitive book for students, biologists, scientists, physicians, veterinary clinicians and pathologists working with non-domestic species in a variety of settings. General chapters include information on performing necropsies, proper techniques to meet the specialized needs of forensic cases, laboratory diagnostics, and an introduction into basic principles of comparative clinical pathology. The taxon-based chapters provide information about disease in related groups of animals and include descriptions of gross and histologic lesions, pathogenesis and diagnostics. For each group of animals, notable, unique gross and microscopic anatomical features are provided to further assist the reader in deciding whether differences from the domestic animal paradigm are "normal." Additional online content, which includes text, images, and whole scanned glass slides of selected conditions, expands the published material resulting in a comprehensive approach to the topic.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780443184376
Publisher:	Elsevier Science
Publication date:	08/01/2025
Edition description:	2nd ed.
Pages:	1150
Product dimensions:	8.50(w) x 10.88(h) x (d)

About the Author

As the lead of the Zoological Pathology Program (ZPP), Dr. Terio provides comprehensive pathology services to the Chicago Zoological Society’s Brookfield Zoo, John G. Shedd Aquarium and Lincoln Park Zoo as well as to local, national and international wildlife agencies and conservation programs. Her research focuses on the pathogenesis of diseases affecting free-ranging and captive wild animal populations. She serves as an advisor for the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA) Felid Taxon Advisory Group, several individual felid Species Survival Plans (SSP), the Chimpanzee SSP as well as for in situ conservation programs including the Cheetah Conservation Fund and the Gombe Ecosystem Health Project.

Dr. McAloose directs the pathology and molecular diagnostic laboratories at the WCS, which provide diagnostic services and consultation to the organization’s 4 zoos and aquarium in New York City and their local and international conservation projects in over 40 countries. Primary interests include emerging diseases and the development and implementation of field-based tools for disease diagnostics, species identification, and biodiversity studies. She serves as an advisor for the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA) Felid Taxon Advisory Group and individual felid and canid Species Survival Plans (SSP). She is also a Senior Courtesy Lecturer at Cornell University’s School of Veterinary Medicine and a Clinical Assistant Professor of Pathology at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University. She serves as a Scientific Advisory Board member for the Morris Animal Foundation and has served as a member of the National Marine Fisheries Services/National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration’s Working Group for Unusual Marine Mammal Mortality Events.

Dr. Judy St. Leger is a consulting veterinarian for global wildlife health. She is an adjunct professor of Pathology at Cornell University's College of Veterinary Medicine. Her work includes diagnostic investigations in the health of aquatic animals and birds. Her research focuses on marine mammal viral screening, pathogenesis of select infectious agents, and killer whale disease concerns. Dr. St. Leger has authored or coauthored 150 scientific manuscripts and is a frequent lecturer on topics related to pathology of marine species. She is a past associate editor for the journal Veterinary Pathology and past president of the International Association for Aquatic Animal Medicine (IAAAM). She has served on the boards of the CL Davis Foundation and the scientific advisory board of the Morris Animal Foundation.

Table of Contents

1. Wildlife Necropsy
2. Forensic Wildlife Pathology
3. Wildlife Zoonoses
4. Laboratory Diagnostics
5. Introduction to Comparative Clinical Pathology
6. Bovidae, Antilocapridae, Giraffidae, Tragulidae, Hippopotamidae
7. Cervidae
8. Camelidae
9. Suidae and Tayassuidae
10. Canidae, Ursidae, and Ailuridae
11. Felidae
12. Mustelidae
13. Procyonidae, Viverridae and Ursidae
14. Prosimians
15. New World and Old World Monkeys
16. Apes
17. Proboscidea
18. Perissodactyla
19. Monotremes and Marsupials
20. Lagomorpha
21. Rodentia
22. Xenartha, Erinacoemorpha, Eutheria, and Afrotheria
23. Cetacea
24. Pinnipediae
25. Sirenia
26. Chiroptera
27. Struthioniformes
28. Sphenisciformes, Gaviiformes, Podiceipediformes, Procellariiformes,and Pelecaniformes
29. Phoenicopteriformes
30. Anseriformes, Ciconiiformes, Charadriiformes, and Gruiformes
31. Birds of Prey
32. Galliformes and Columbiformes
33. Psittaciformes, Coliiformes, Musophagiformes, and Cuculiformes
34. Passeriformes, Trochiliformes, Coraciiformes, Caprimulgiformes, Apodiformes, and Piciformes
35. Chelonia
36. Crocodilia
37. Lacertilia
38. Serpentis
39. Amphibia
40 Osteichthyes (Freshwater and Marine)
41. Chondrichthes
42. Invertebrates

Appendix A: Viral Families and Documented Diseases

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Presents a single resource for performing necropsies on a variety of taxa, including terrestrial and aquatic vertebrates and invertebrates