Wildlife Disease and Health in Conservation, 9781421446745
Hardcover
Emerging wildlife diseases threaten conservation: understand, respond, and protect.

Wildlife Disease and Health in Conservation

$138.90

  • Hardcover

    496 pages

  • Release Date

    9 July 2023

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Summary

Wildlife Disease and Conservation: A Modern Approach to Wildlife Health

Provides wildlife professionals with cutting-edge scientific information on the most damaging and newly emerging wildlife diseases.

Wildlife diseases and their implications are at the forefront of many sectors of scientific endeavor, especially in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. Nearly 60 percent of all human diseases and 75 percent of all emerging infectious diseases are zoonotic. Ed…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781421446745
ISBN-10:142144674X
Series:Wildlife Management and Conservation
Author:David A. Jessup, Robin W. Radcliffe
Publisher:Johns Hopkins University Press
Imprint:Johns Hopkins University Press
Format:Hardcover
Number of Pages:496
Release Date:9 July 2023
Weight:1.52kg
Dimensions:254mm x 178mm x 34mm
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Critics Review

[Wildlife Disease and Health in Conservation] includes original hand drawn illustrations in black and white and color and a number of photographs. This detailed and technical book will be of interest to veterinarians, animal health policy makers, wildlife conservation experts, and university students interested in wildlife diseases.—Conservation Biology

About The Author

David A. Jessup

David A. Jessup (ROYAL OAKS, CA) is the former senior wildlife veterinarian of the California Department of Fish and Game and the former executive manager of the Wildlife Disease Association.

Robin W. Radcliffe (BROOKTONDALE, NY) is a wildlife veterinarian. He is the author of the children’s book The Hornless Rhinoceros and founder of a learning program with Dr. Jane Goodall that trains the next generation of conservation leaders at Cornell University.

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