Disease in Captive Wild Mammals and Birds

About this eBook

Author

Fox, Herbert, 1880-1942

Title

Disease in captive wild mammals and birds : incidence, description, comparison

Original Publication

Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1923.

Credits

Richard Tonsing and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

SF: Agriculture: Animal culture

Subject

Veterinary medicine

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 76817

Release Date

September 4, 2025

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.DISEASE IN CAPTIVE WILD MAMMALS AND BIRDS INCIDENCE, DESCRIPTION, COMPARISON
2. 2.CONTENTS
3. 3.LIST OF TABLES
4. 4.FOREWORD — SECTION I INTRODUCTION
5. 5.SECTION II DISEASES OF THE HEART — Expression of Cardiac Disease. — Coronary Artery Disease. — Kinds of Pathological Change. — Degenerations and Inflammations. — Endocarditis, Myocarditis. — Unusual Pericardial Changes. — Hypertrophy and Dilatation. — Summary of Lesions Associated with Hypertrophy and Dilatation. — Comparison of Mammalia and Aves. — Avian Hypertrophy. — Summary.
6. 6.SECTION III DISEASES OF THE BLOOD VESSELS — Thromboses. — Arteritis. — Degenerative Arteritis or Arteriosclerosis. — Summary on Arteriosclerosis. — Aneurysms.
7. 7.SECTION IV DISEASES OF THE BLOOD AND BONE MARROW — Anemia. — Secondary Anemia. — In Mammalia. — In Aves. — Summary of Secondary Anemia. — Summary of Primary Anemias. — Leucemia. — Avian Leucemia. — The Bone Marrow. — Myeloma.
8. 8.SECTION V DISEASES OF THE LYMPHATIC TISSUES INCLUDING SPLEEN — Hyperplasia. — Lymphomatosis. — Local Hyperplasias. — Thymus. — Tuberculosis. — Tumors. — The Spleen. — Enlargements of Spleen. — Reason for Congestive Enlargements. — Inflammations. — Special Subjects—Amyloid. — Necroses. — Spleen in Anemia. — Spleen in Hepatic Fibroses. — Perisplenitis. — Tuberculosis.
9. 9.SECTION VI THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM AND ITS RELATED STRUCTURES — Rhinitis, Sinusitis. — Mycosis. — Larynx. — Laryngitis. — The Bronchi. — Bronchitis. — Bronchiectasis. — The Lungs. — Congestion of Lungs. — Pneumonia. — Production of Insular Pneumonia in Birds. — Abscess and Gangrene of Lung. — Pneumonokoniosis. — Infarction of Lung. — Emphysema. — Tumors. — The Pleura.
10. 10.SECTION VII THE ALIMENTARY TRACT. PART 1.—PHARYNX, ESOPHAGUS, STOMACH AND INTESTINES — Pharynx. — Dilatations of Esophagus. — The Proventricle. — The Stomach. — Gastric Ulcers. — Tumors. — The Intestine. — Inflammation. — The Table. — Mammalia. — Carnivora. — Marsupialia. — Aves. — Gastritis. — Enteritis. — Constipation. — Mechanical Obstruction. — Ileus. — Hernia. — Rectal Prolapse. — Diverticula. — Tumors.
11. 11.SECTION VII THE ALIMENTARY TRACT, PART 2. THE LIVER — Fat Deposits. — Amyloid Deposits. — Degenerations. — Acute Atrophy. — Hepatitis. — Necroses. — Abscess. — Cirrhosis. — Gall Stones. — Inflammation of the Biliary System. — TUMORS.
12. 12.SECTION VII THE ALIMENTARY TRACT, PART 3. THE PANCREAS — Pancreatitis. — Tumors.
13. 13.SECTION VII THE ALIMENTARY TRACT, PART 4. THE PERITONEUM
14. 14.SECTION VIII THE URINARY TRACT — The Kidney. — Kidney Weights. — Absence of Abnormalities. — Hypertrophy. — Infiltrations. — Degenerations. — Hemorrhages. — Nephritis. — Ascending Nephritis. — Histology of Nephritis. — General Effects of Nephritis. — Calculi. — Tumors.
15. 15.SECTION IX THE FEMALE REPRODUCTIVE ORGANS — Comparative Anatomy in Explanation of Human Uterine Anomalies. — Anatomy of Labor. — Dystocia. — The Pelvis. — Inflammations. — Obstructions to Continuity of Birth Canal. — Cysts. — Tumors. — The Mammary Gland.
16. 16.SECTION X THE MALE GENITALIA
17. 17.SECTION XI THE DUCTLESS GLANDS — The Thyroid Bodies. — Anatomy. — Physiology. — Pathological Anatomy. Classification. — Hyperplasias. — Atrophies. — Tumors.
18. 18.SECTION XII THE SKELETON AND ITS JOINTS — Effects of Trauma. — Inflammations. — Degenerative Skeletal Diseases. — Rickets. — Osteomalacia. — Osteitis Deformans. — Tumors. — The Muscles.
19. 19.SECTION XIII THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM AND THE SPECIAL SENSES — Convulsions. — Ataxia. — Meningitis. — Tuberculosis. — Encephalomyelitis, Poliomyelitis. — Brain Weights. — Principal References to the Relative Weight of the Brain
20. 20.SECTION XIII-PART II THE EYE — Inflammations. — Cataract. — Amblyopia. — Moon Blindness.
21. 21.SECTION XIV CONSTITUTIONAL DISEASES — Gout. — Diabetes.
22. 22.SECTION XV THE RELATION OF DIET TO DISEASE — Relation of Food to Alimentary Tract. — The Bacterial Flora. — Relation of Dietary Groups to Autopsy Diagnoses. — Malnutrition. — Starvation. — Irregularities of Inorganic Metabolism. — Deficiencies of Vitamines. — Irregularities of Carbohydrate Metabolism. — Irregularities of Fat Metabolism. — Irregularities of Protein Metabolism. — The Carnivorous Diet. — The Herbivorous Diet. — Soft Herbivorous Diet. — Seed Diet. — Grain and Grass Diet. — Food Poisoning.
23. 23.SECTION XVI NEOPLASMS — Incidence of Tumors. — Special Tumors.
24. 24.SECTION XVII THE COMMUNICABLE DISEASES—PART I — TUBERCULOSIS. — The Table. — Total and Class Incidence. — Pathological Types. — Visceral Distribution. — Ordinate Characteristics. — Individual Features of Avian Tuberculosis. — Histology of the Tuberculous Lesions. — Types of Bacillary Infection. — Discovery of Tuberculosis During Life. — Importance of Transmission and Known Susceptibility. — The Tuberculin Test. — The Temperature of Monkeys. — Conditions Which Modify the Temperature. — The Test. — The Dosage. — The Temperature Taking. — The Reaction. — Results. — The Skin and Eye Tests with Tuberculin. — Pathological Effects of the Injection of Tuberculin. — The Tuberculin Test in Other Animals.
25. 25.SECTION XVII—PART 2 MYCOSIS — Types of Mycosis. — Incidence in Avian Orders.
26. 26.SECTION XVII—PART 3 THE STREPTOTHRICOSES — Actinomycosis. — Streptothricosis or Nocardiosis of Kangaroos. — The Course of the Attack. — The Incidence of the Disease. — The Pathology. — Bacteriology. — Biology of N. macropodidarum. — Experiments at the Reproduction of the Disease. — Specific Prevention and Treatment.
27. 27.SECTION XVII—PART 4 ACUTE DISEASES RESEMBLING THE SPECIFIC INFECTIONS OF DOMESTIC ANIMALS — Diphtheria.
28. 28.SECTION XVIII THE ANIMAL PARASITES, THEIR INCIDENCE AND SIGNIFICANCE — The Value of Parasitological Studies in Zoological Gardens. — Pathogenicity of Animal Parasites in General. — Modes of Disease Production (Pathogenesis). — Results of Review and Tabulations. — Incidence According to Parasitic Groups. — Analysis of Table 26. — Visceral Distribution. — Special Parasitologic Considerations. — Avian Spiropteriasis. — Hepaticola (Trichosoma) Hepatica in Prairie Dogs. — Hookworms. — Transmission of Animal Parasitism From Wild Animals to Man. — Treatment.
29. 29.INDEX
30. 30.A LIST OF THE PUBLICATIONS FROM THE LABORATORY OF COMPARATIVE PATHOLOGY OF THE PHILADELPHIA ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY 1909–1923

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