Avian Diseases

Avian Influenza (Bird Flu)

• Center for Disease Control and Prevention
• Field Manual of Wildlife Diseases: General Field Procedures and Diseases of Birds
• National Wildlife Health Center
• NBII Wildlife Disease Information Node
• Southeast Cooperative Wildlife Disease Study (Univ. GA) (PDF)
• USDA APHIS
• Virginia Department of Health
• Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries
• World Health Organization

Avian Salmonella
All bird species are capable of transmitting Salmonella. It is recommended that you wash your hands thoroughly after contact with any bird, including contact with eggs.

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• Field Manual of Wildlife Diseases: General Field Procedures and Diseases of Birds
• National Wildlife Health Center
• NBII Wildlife Disease Information Node

Chlamydiosis or Psittacosis
Pneumonia-type infection transmitted by inhalation of dried secretions from infected birds

• Center for Disease Control and Prevention
• Canadian Center for Occupational Health and Safety
• Field Manual of Wildlife Diseases: General Field Procedures and Diseases of Birds
• Virginia Department of Health

Histoplasmosis
Flue-like symptoms obtained from the inhalation of mold spores growing on fecal deposits.

• Best Practices for Nuisance Wildlife Control Operators
• Center for Disease Control and Prevention

Mammalian Diseases

Alveolar Echinococcsis
A parasite found in foxes, coyotes, dogs, and cats that causes parasitic tumors.

• Center for Disease Control and Prevention
• Emedicine
  

Baylisascaris
An intestinal roundworm found in raccoons and capable of being transmitted to humans.

• Best Practices for Nuisance Wildlife Control Operators
• Center for Disease Control and Prevention
• Michigan Department of Natural Resources
  

Dermatophilosis

• The Merck Veterinary Manuel

Echinococcus

• Center for Disease Control and Prevention
• Michigan Department of Natural Resources

Giardiasis

• Center for Disease Control and Prevention
• U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
• Virginia Department of Health

Rabies

• Best Practices for Nuisance Wildlife Control Operators
• Center for Disease Control and Prevention
• Southeastern Cooperative Wildlife Disease Study
• Virginia Cooperative Extension
• Virginia Department of Health
• World Health Organization

Histoplasmosis

• Center for Disease Control and Prevention
• Virginia Department of Health

Leptospirosis

• Center for Disease Control and Prevention
• Virginia Department of Health

Toxoplasmosis

• Best Practices for Nuisance Wildlife Control Operators
• Center for Disease Control and Prevention

Tularemia

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• Virginia Department of Health
• World Health Organization

Reptilian Diseases

Salmonellosis

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• Field Manual of Wildlife Diseases
• Michigan Department of Natural Resources
• National Wildlife Health Center
• NBII Wildlife Disease Information Node