Avian Influenza

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.

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.