Veterinary Parasitology

The recipient of much praise and acclaim, Veterinary Parasitology is widely considered to be the definitive veterinary parasitology reference for practitioners and students alike. This Fourth Edition has been developed and enhanced into a two-part reference to reflect recent advances in the field, modern teaching practice, and updated parasite taxonomic classification systems.

Part One contains expanded individual parasite descriptions using current taxonomic status within three new chapters on Helminthology, Protozoology and Entomology. Further updated chapters are provided on: The laboratory diagnosis of parasitism, Antiparasitics, The epidemiology of parasitic diseases, and Host resistance to parasitic diseases. Host species chapters have been retained and expanded and are found in Part Two of the edition.

KEY FEATURES

• Tailored for those directly involved in the diagnosis, treatment and control of parasitic diseases of domestic animals

• Compatible with the diversity of current parasitology teaching modules - both for teaching parasite systematics and diseases on a host-organ basis

• Offers the most detailed parasite descriptions available today for teachers, research groups, veterinarians in practice and in government service, and others involved in aspects of parasitic disease

Thoroughly revised and restructured to reflect the most up-to-date advancements in the field, Veterinary Parasitology, Fourth Edition, enhances its stellar reputation as the gold standard reference text for the global veterinary profession.

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Mike Taylor, an independent veterinary consultant, is an honorary Professor in Veterinary Parasitology at the Royal Veterinary College, London, former head of Parasitology at the Central Veterinary Laboratory (VLA), Weybridge and Wildlife Disease Surveillance at Central Science Laboratory York, and Editor-in-Chief of the journal Veterinary Parasitology. He has written more than 250 scientific papers and 20 book chapters in the field.

Bob Coop is Honorary Fellow of the Moredun Foundation, and former Head of the Division of Parasitology at the Moredun Research Institute, Scotland. He is a former President of the British Association for Veterinary Parasitology and Honorary Fellow of the University of Edinburgh.

Richard Wall is Professor of Zoology at the University of Bristol, UK. He is a member of the Executive Committee of the World Association for the Advancement of Veterinary Parasitology, and Fellow of the Royal Entomological Society.

Zusammenfassung

The recipient of much praise and acclaim, Veterinary Parasitology is widely considered to be the definitive veterinary parasitology reference for practitioners and students alike. This Fourth Edition has been developed and enhanced into a two-part reference to reflect recent advances in the field, modern teaching practice, and updated parasite taxonomic classification systems.

Part One contains expanded individual parasite descriptions using current taxonomic status within three new chapters on Helminthology, Protozoology and Entomology. Further updated chapters are provided on: The laboratory diagnosis of parasitism, Antiparasitics, The epidemiology of parasitic diseases, and Host resistance to parasitic diseases. Host species chapters have been retained and expanded and are found in Part Two of the edition.

KEY FEATURES

• Tailored for those directly involved in the diagnosis, treatment and control of parasitic diseases of domestic animals
• Compatible with the diversity of current parasitology teaching modules both for teaching parasite systematics and diseases on a host-organ basis
• Offers the most detailed parasite descriptions available today for teachers, research groups, veterinarians in practice and in government service, and others involved in aspects of parasitic disease
  Thoroughly revised and restructured to reflect the most up-to-date advancements in the field, Veterinary Parasitology, Fourth Edition, enhances its stellar reputation as the gold standard reference text for the global veterinary profession.

Inhalt

Preface to the first edition, xxi

Acknowledgements to the first edition, xxii

Preface and acknowledgements to the second edition, xxiii

Preface and acknowledgements to the third edition, xxiv

Preface and acknowledgements to the fourth edition, xxv

(Contents list continues on pages viixx)

Part 1: General parasitology including taxonomy, diagnosis, antiparasitics

1 VETERINARY HELMINTHOLOGY

2 VETERINARY PROTOZOOLOGY

3 VETERINARY ENTOMOLOGY

4 Laboratory diagnosis of parasitism, 259

Helminth infections, 259

Faecal examination, 259

Collection of faeces, 259

Methods of examination of faeces, 259

Identification of nematode eggs, 261

Identification of trematode eggs, 261

Larval recovery, 268

Recovery of alimentary nematodes, 269

Key to the identification of gastrointestinal nematodes of ruminants, 271

Recovery of adult lungworms, 274

Recovery of trematode and cestode parasites, 275

Other aids to diagnosis of ruminant nematodes, 275

DNA?]based methods, 276

Protozoal infections, 283

Examination of faecal samples for coccidia, 283

Examination of faecal samples for other protozoa, 283

Examination of blood and lymph, 289

Examination of skin, 290

Xenodiagnosis, 290

Ectoparasites, 290

Insects, 290

Ticks and mites, 301

Mounting and preservation, 309

Chemicals and solutions, 311

Flotation solutions, 311

Worm count solutions, 311

Stains, 311

5 Antiparasitics, 313

Anthelmintics, 313

Anthelmintics and their mode of action, 313

Properties of anthelmintic compounds, 317

Use of anthelmintics, 317

Methods of administration, 318

Antiprotozoals, 318

Antiprotozoals and their mode of action, 319

Use of antiprotozoals, 323

Methods of administration, 323

Ectoparasiticides (insecticides/acaricides), 323

Ectoparasiticides and their mode of action, 324

Methods of pesticide application and uses, 327

Parasiticide resistance, 328

Anthelmintic resistance, 328

Antiprotozoal resistance, 333

Pesticide resistance, 334

6 The epidemiology of parasitic diseases, 336

An increase in the numbers of infective stages, 336

Contamination of the environment, 336

Development and survival of infective stages, 337

An alteration in host susceptibility, 338

Altered effects of an existing infection, 338

Altered susceptibility to the acquisition of new infections, 340

The introduction of susceptible stock, 340

Absence of acquired immunity, 340

Absence of age immunity, 341

Longevity of infective stages, 341

Influence of genetic factors, 341

Strain of parasite, 341

Introduction of infection into a clean environment, 341

Introduction of new stock, 341

Role of effluent, 341

Role of infected vectors, 342

7 Host resistance to parasitic diseases, 343

Species resistance, 343

Age resistance, 343

Breed resistance, 343

Acquired immunity to helminth infections, 344

Effect of the immune response, 344

Evasion of the host's immune response, 345

Cost of the immune response, 346

Acquired immunity to protozoal infections, 346

Acquired immunity to arthropod infections, 347

The future of parasite vaccines, 347

Helminths, 347

Protozoa, 349

Ectoparasites, 351

Part 2: Hostparasite diseases

8 Parasites of cattle, 352

Endoparasites, 352

Parasites of the digestive system, 352 &lt...