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June 1 - 3 , 1978 - University of Hawaii at Manoa

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SUMMARY<br />

More work needs to be done on disease in wild birds, espe-<br />

cially studies which delimit the entire parasitic fauna present<br />

within a host popul<strong>at</strong>ion. Recording levels <strong>of</strong> a single p<strong>at</strong>hogen,<br />

as most surveys to d<strong>at</strong>e have done, cannot possibly determine the<br />

impact disease is playing upon wild popul<strong>at</strong>ions. A multi-disease<br />

approach is necessary, one which reveals the inter-rel<strong>at</strong>ionship<br />

between all parasites and diseases within a host popul<strong>at</strong>ion.<br />

We have presented this postmortem technique in hopes th<strong>at</strong><br />

more ornithologists w i l l be inspired to <strong>at</strong>tempt such multi-<br />

disease studies. These surveys will hopefully provide enough<br />

inform<strong>at</strong>ion so th<strong>at</strong> disease interactions can be defined, possibly<br />

simul<strong>at</strong>ed in labor<strong>at</strong>ory situ<strong>at</strong>ions, and control measures can be<br />

found which would be applicable to the n<strong>at</strong>ural st<strong>at</strong>e.

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