Contents : - 1. Influenza A Virus. - 2. Molecular Determinants of Pathogenicity for Avian Influenza Viruses. - 3. Ecology of Avian Influenza in Wild Birds. - 4. Epidemiology of Avian Influenza in Agricultural and Other Man-Made Systems. - 5. Pathobiology of Avian Influenza Virus Infections in Birds and Mammals. Color Plate Section.. - 6. The Global Nature of Avian Influenza. - 7. The Beginning and Spread of Fowl Plague (H7 High Pathogenicity Avian Influenza) Across Europe and Asia (1878-1955). - 8. High Pathogenicity Avian Influenza in the Americas. - 9. Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Outbreaks in Europe, Africa and Asia since 1959, Excluding the Asian H5N1 Virus Outbreaks. - 10. Avian Influenza in Australia. - 11. Multi-Continental Epidemic of H5N1 High Pathogenicity Avian Influenza Virus (1996-2007). - 12. Avian Influenza Control Strategies. - 13. Avian Influenza Diagnostics and Surveillance Methods. - 14. Humane Mass Depopulation as an Effective Measure For Disease Control Purposes. - 15. Methods for Disposal of Poultry Carcasses. - 16. Farm and Regional Biosecurity Practices. - 17. Farm Biosecurity Risk Assessment and Audits. - 18. Methods for Inactivation of Avian Influenza Virus in the Environment. - 19. Vaccines, Vaccination and Immunology for Avian Influenza Viruses in Poultry. - 20. Public Health Implications of Avian Influenza Viruses. - 21. The Role of Educational Programs in the Control of Avian Influenza. - 22. Trade and Food Safety Aspects for Avian Influenza Viruses. - 23. Control of Low Pathogenicity Avian Influenza (David A. Halvorson). - 24. The Economics of Avian Influenza. - 25. Global Strategy for Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza: Progressive Control and Eradication, and Post-Outbreak Recovery. Index.