Table of Contents

Contributors List. Foreword. Preface. 1. Influenza A Virus ( David L. Suarez ). 2. Molecular Determinants of Pathogenicity for Avian Influenza Viruses ( Michael L. Perdue ). 3. Ecology of Avian Influenza in Wild Birds ( David E. Stallknecht and Justin D. Brown ). 4. Epidemiology of Avian Influenza in Agricultural and Other Man-Made Systems ( David E. Swayne ). 5. Pathobiology of Avian Influenza Virus Infections in Birds and Mammals ( David E. Swayne and Mary Pantin-Jackwood ). Color Plate Section. 6. The Global Nature of Avian Influenza ( David E. Swayne ). 7. The Beginning and Spread of Fowl Plague (H7 High Pathogenicity Avian Influenza) Across Europe and Asia (1878-1955) ( Erhard F. Kaleta and Catherine P. A. Rulke ). 8. High Pathogenicity Avian Influenza in the Americas ( David E. Swayne ). 9. Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Outbreaks in Europe, Africa and Asia since 1959, Excluding the Asian H5N1 Virus Outbreaks ( Dennis J. Alexander, Ilaria Capua, and Guus Koch ). 10. Avian Influenza in Australia ( Leslie D. Sims and Andrew J. Turner ). 11. Multi-Continental Epidemic of H5N1 High Pathogenicity Avian Influenza Virus (1996-2007) ( Leslie D. Sims and Ian H. Brown ). 12. Avian Influenza Control Strategies ( David E. Swayne ). 13. Avian Influenza Diagnostics and Surveillance Methods ( Erica Spackman, David L. Suarez and Dennis A. Senne ). 14. Humane Mass Depopulation as an Effective Measure For Disease Control Purposes ( Elizabeth Krushinskie, Martin Smeltzer, Patrice Klein, and Harm Kiezebrink ). 15. Methods for Disposal of Poultry Carcasses ( Boris Brglez and John Hahn ). 16. Farm and Regional Biosecurity Practices ( Carol J. Cardona ). 17. Farm Biosecurity Risk Assessment and Audits ( David Shapiro and Bruce Stewart-Brown ). 18. Methods for Inactivation of Avian Influenza Virus in the Environment ( Nathan G. Birnbaum and Bethany O'Brien ). 19. Vaccines, Vaccination and Immunology for Avian Influenza Viruses in Poultry ( David E. Swayne and Darrell R. Kapczynski ). 20. Public Health Implications of Avian Influenza Viruses ( Nancy J. Cox and Timothy Uyeki ). 21. The Role of Educational Programs in the Control of Avian Influenza ( Nathaniel L. Tablante ). 22. Trade and Food Safety Aspects for Avian Influenza Viruses ( David E. Swayne and Colleen Thomas ). 23. Control of Low Pathogenicity Avian Influenza ( David A. Halvorson ). 24. The Economics of Avian Influenza ( Anni McLeod ). 25. Global Strategy for Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza: Progressive Control and Eradication, and Post-Outbreak Recovery ( Juan Lubroth, Subhash Morzaria and Alejandro B. Thiermann ). Index.

About the Author

David E. Swayne, DVM, PhD, DACVP, DACPV, is Laboratory Director at the Southeast Poultry Research Laboratory, a branch of U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service, in Athens, Georgia.

Reviews

"This textbook is likely destined to become the bible on avian influenza. For those looking for a single, exhaustive reference to help educate or train individuals in dealing with avian influenza, this will be money well spent." ( Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association , March 2009) "David Swayne's book Avian Influenza is both timely and important. [The author] assembles a remarkable ensemble of researchers, veterinarians, medical professionals, and government officials working in this field to provide a comprehensive review of the many dimensions of what we know about avian influenza and what we need to know and do. The issues are complex and technical, but the writing is accessible to the educated layman as well as the scientist seeking to work in a cross-disciplinary context. Ultimately this book demonstrates that as wild bird scientists we need to expand our understanding of diseases in relation to wildlife population dynamics and migration as well as virology, genetics, and human system interactions, not only just for the health of wild birds and the conservation of wild bird populations, but also for our own well being." - Journal of Wildlife Diseases , October 2008