Field Manual of Wildlife Diseases in the Southeastern United States

Adult worms antibodies areas arthropods ascarid Avian cholera avian pox bacteria Baylisascaris become infected black bears blood Bobcats botulism Canine distemper carcasses clinical disease CLINICAL SIGNS common Confirmation coyotes cutaneous CYCLE definitive hosts demonstration develop diarrhea duck plague emaciation feces fected feline panleukopenia fibromas formalin frozen gray foxes gross lesions heartworm hemorrhagic histologic histomoniasis humans important infected animals infected birds inflammation Ingested intermediate hosts intestinal tract kidney large numbers larvae larvae migrate lead poisoning leptospires leptospirosis lesions lungs lymph nodes mals mammals mink mortality muscle necropsy nematode neurologic nodules occasionally occur opossums organs parasite parvovirus pathogenic percent buffered formalin percent formalin Photo courtesy ported preserved procyonis produce eggs PUBLIC HEALTH IMPLICATIONS raccoons red foxes refrigerated reported roundworm skin skunks Southeast spargana species specimens stage larvae stomach worms subcutaneous susceptible to infection tapeworm ticks tion TRANSMISSION tularemia ulceration virus isolation viruses waterfowl white-tailed deer wild swine wild turkeys WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT SIGNIFICANCE