| This section currently contains information on the diseases of waterfowl,
Foot-and-Mouth Disease, West Nile Virus Infection, Chronic Wasting Disease,
diseases of Hedgehogs, oiling, diseases important in oiled wildlife and
diseases of elephants, plus brief overviews of many of the
diseases of importance in UK Wildlife. The page on a given disease may be reached by following the obvious links
from the dark red "Diseases" button which is visible at the top of the screen at
all times (except when viewing an image). Links are also available from within each module
(e.g. in Waterfowl from the "Waterfowl diseases" section of the main flow
diagram and in UK Wildlife from the "General Physical Examination and
Assessment" pages within the Assessment section visible on the main flow diagram). A
third method is by using the on-line search mechanism (see "How to search" for further details).
Major disease pages, which may print out to
10 or 12 pages of A4, provide extensive information on the disease including clinical
characteristics and pathology, susceptibility and transmission, investigation and
diagnosis, environment and geography and treatment and control. Links are provided to the
agent or agents (living, i.e. a species, or non-living such as a physical factor) which
cause the disease, the species affected by the disease, and to appropriate general and
specific techniques in the "How to..."
section of the Website. Disease Summary and Link pages provide information on the
alternative names of the disease and associated agents, together with a concise
description of the clinical and pathological characteristics and further appropriate
information including an indication of the species or taxonomic groups affected. All
information is referenced with links provided to details of the references used (see:
"Refs. & Gloss").
At this time three volumes, "Foot and Mouth Disease"
and "West Nile
Virus" and "Chronic
Wasting Disease" provide detailed and extensive information on
specific diseases within Wildpro. |