Autor: Dolorés Gavier-Widen

ABOUT THE EDITORS Dolores Gavier-Widén, DVM, MS, Ph D, is Associate Professor at the National Veterinary Institute (SVA), Uppsala, Sweden. She is the president of the Wildlife Disease Association (WDA) (2012-2013) and past-president (2006-2008) of the European Section of WDA (EWDA). Dolores is an authority in the field of pathology and diagnosis of wildlife infections and an active international researcher. J. Paul Duff, BSc, MVB, MSc, MRCVS has been Project Leader of the Animal Health and Veterinary Laboratories Agency Diseases of Wildlife Scheme (AHVLA Do WS), Penrith, UK, since 1998. He has been investigating, monitoring and researching wildlife diseases since 1989. Paul spends much of his spare time in pursuit of natural history topics including conservation of butterflies and the red squirrel in Northern England. Anna Meredith, MA Vet MB, Ph D, Cert LAS DZoo Med, MRCVS, RCVS is a Recognised Specialist in Zoo and Wildlife Medicine and Head of Exotic Animal and Wildlife Service at the Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, University of Edinburgh, UK. Anna has extensive publication and book editing experience in the exotic animal and wildlife field, as well as being actively involved in ongoing UK wildlife research. She teaches wildlife medicine to veterinarians at both undergraduate and postgraduate level.