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The idea behind writing of this book is neither to crate a phobia regarding the various parasitic diseases which can be transmitted to man and animal from wildlife not to lower the value of wildlife to man. The values of wildlife are numerous such as commercial recreational biotic scientific environmental educational emotional and aesthetic. But at the same time there are a few negative values also namely damage to crops trees seedling and other property or occasionally injury or death to livestock and man from their attack. Additionally are certain diseases which can take shape of epizootics and are transmissible to man or his domestic stock. Wild animals may act as a source of disease of agents or reservoirs of certain parasites communicable to man and livestock.

The subject of wildlife and diseases ecology is most fascinating area of research which constitutes a second integral base for the conservation of wildlife and human resources.