Emerging Avian Disease: Published for the Cooper Ornithological Society Book

Contributors vii

Foreword Robert G. McLean xi

Part I Environmental and Behavioral Aspects of Transmission

1 Ecological Associations of West Nile Virus and Avian Hosts in an Arid Environment Holly B. Vuong Donald F. Caccamise Marta Remmenga Rebecca Creamer 3

2 The Trans-Atlantic Movement of the Spirochete Borrelia Garinii: The Role of Ticks and their Seabird Hosts Sabir Bin Muzaffar Robert P. Smith Ian L. Jones Jennifer Lavers Eleanor H. Lacombe Bruce K. Cahill Charles B. Lubelczyk Peter W. Rand 23

3 Parasitism in the Endemic Galapagos Dove (Zenaida Galapagoensis) and its Relation to Host Genetic Diversity and Immune Response Diego Santiago-Alarcon Robert E. Ricklefs Patricia G. Parker 31

Part II Population-Level Impacts

4 Prevalence and Effects of West Nile Virus on Wild American Kestrel (Falco Sparverius) Populations in Colorado Robert J. Dusek William M. Iko Erik K. Hofmeister 45

5 First Example of a Highly Prevalent But Low-Impact Malaria in an Endemic New Zealand Passerine: Plasmodium of Tiritiri Matangi Island Bellbirds (Anthornis Melanura) Rosemary K. Barraclough Taneal M. Cope Michael A. Peirce Dianne H. Brunton 55

Part III Monitoring, Detection, and Research Practices

6 Prototype System for Tracking and Forecasting Highly Pathogenic H5N1 Avian Influenza Spread in North America A. Townsend Peterson 67

7 Immunophenotyping of Avian Lymphocytes: Implications and Future for Understanding Disease in Birds Jeanne M. Fair Kirsten J. Taylor-McCabe Yulin Shou Babetta L. Marrone 81

8 Zoonotic Diseases: What Ornithologists and Bird Banders Should Know: Ornithological Council 91

Index 103

Complete Series List 107