Infectious Diseases of Garden Birds | 台北市立動物園資訊網

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Second Edition. Copyright September 1998. UFAW

Infectious Diseases of Garden Birds - Minimising the RisksJames K Kirkwood BVSc PhD CBiol FIBiol MRCVS¹ & Shaheed K Macgregor HTEC MSc²

1 UFAW, The Old School, Brewhouse Hill, Wheathampstead, Hertfordshire AL4 8AN 2 Institute of Zoology, Regents Park, London NW1 4RY

These notes have been produced in response to the growing number of requests that we receive for information about the causes of disease and mortality incidents in garden birds and what can be done to prevent them. Few studies of the diseases of garden birds have been undertaken and data on the subject are scarce. This document is concerned with infectious diseases only and provides brief notes on a selection of those judged (from our experience and from the literature) to be among the most common.

It is hoped that as further information becomes available...