Diseases of Poultry, 11th edn.
Edited by Y. Saif, H. John Barnes, J. R. Glisson, A. M. Fadly, L. R. McDougald & D. E.
Swayne, 2003
Blackwell Publishing, Oxford, UK
1260 pp., £115.00; CD, £125.00
ISBN 0 8138 0423 X (hbk), ISBN 0 8138 2890 2 (CD)
Sixty years exactly since its first publication, the 11th edition of Diseases of Poultry is available. As befits a book with such a long history, it has undergone yet another metamorphosis, its greatest yet. This is not just because it is available on compact disk. For a start, it is wider than A4 and only a little shorter. The greater page size means, among other things, that the illustrations are larger than in previous editions. The font size is also larger, making the book altogether more attractive to use. Many of the chapters have been enhanced by the inclusion of colour; I counted 22 pages with colour illustrations.
Although having a record 1260 pages, the number of chapters is actually slightly fewer than in the last edition (1997). This is a consequence of the consolidation of different chapters “reflecting changing importance and economic significance of certain diseases, or their relationship to other disease entities”. The 34 chapters, written by 89 experts from around the globe, encompass viral, bacterial, fungal, parasitic and non-infectious diseases (nutritional, developmental, metabolic). The topic of mycotoxicoses has a chapter to itself, with another for other toxins and poisons.
Control of disease is not just about addressing particular pathogens. This is recognized in the 60-page first chapter “Principles of Disease Prevention: Diagnosis and Control”. This has new elements, including a description of the avian immune system, vaccination and antibiotic therapy, flock management, and also the use of insecticides and disinfectants.
The final chapter, “Emerging Diseases and Diseases of Complex or Unknown Etiology”, is especially topical, not least because 2003 saw the latest in a long line of new diseases in humans—SARS. Included are discussions of multicausal respiratory diseases, multicausal enteric diseases, poult enteritis-mortality syndrome, hypoglycaemia-spiking mortality syndrome of broiler chickens, and big liver and spleen disease.
This book, the latest in a series that has now been around longer than some of its editors, is hugely impressive. Credit must go to the editors, as well as the authors, for revitalizing it. The availability of the 11th edition on CD is highly commendable, making it very portable. The entire text can be searched and any portion can be printed. Anybody at all who is involved in poultry health, in the widest sense, should have this book at hand.
Dave Cavanagh
Institute for Animal Health, Compton, UK
INTERNATIONAL MEETINGS
Information on international meetings that include any aspect of pathogens and diseases of avian species may be sent to:
Dr Dave Cavanagh
Editor-in-Chief, Avian Pathology
Institute for Animal Health
Compton Laboratory
Compton, Newbury RG20 7NN
UK
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June 2004
Fifth International Symposium on Turkey Diseases
Berlin, Germany; 16–19 June 2004
Contact:
Professor Dr H. M. Hafez,
Institute for Poultry Disease
Free University, Berlin
Koserstrasse 21
D-14195 Berlin
GERMANY
Fax: +49 308385 58 24
E-mail: [email protected]
XXIIth World's Poultry Congress
Istanbul, Turkey; 8–12 June 2004
Istanbul Convention and Exhibition Center, Taksim, Istanbul
Contact:
Dr Servet Yalcin
Ege University
Faculty of Agriculture
Department of Animal Science
Izmir
TURKEY
Fax: +90 232 388 18 64
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: www.wpc2004.org
July 2004
7th International Marek's Disease Symposium
Oxford, UK; 11–14 July 2004
Contact:
Scientific Programme:
Dr Venugopal Nair
E-mail: [email protected]
Registration. etc.:
Dr Margaret Carr
Institute for Animal Health
Compton Laboratory
Newbury RG20 7NN
UK
Tel: +44 1635 577227
E-mail: [email protected]
August 2005
XIVth World Veterinary Poultry Association Congress
Istanbul, Turkey; 22–26 August 2005
Contact:
Dr Cengiz Gurer
Ankara University
Veterinary Faculty
Department of Animal Nutrition
Ankara
TURKEY
Fax: +90 312 517 25 65
E-mail: [email protected]
April 2006
6th International Symposium on Avian Influenza
St John's College, Cambridge, UK; 3–6 April 2006
Contact:
Dr Ilaria Capua
Fax: +39 49 8084360
E-mail: [email protected]
Dr David Swayne
Fax: +1 706 546 3161
E-mail: [email protected]
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