This textbook for graduate students imparts knowledge on parasites of veterinary significance. It provides a basic understanding of taxonomy, morphology, life cycle, pathogenesis, diagnosis, treatment, and control strategies against important helminthic, protozoan and arthropod parasites of animals. The book also presents the useful information on the host-parasite interactions, host response, immune regulation, the impact of nutrition on the host immunity, and immune evasion by the parasite. This textbook is an essential reference for veterinary graduates, providing up-to-date resources on diagnosis, treatment, and controlling essential parasites of animals.

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S. C. Mandal is a Professor in the Department of Veterinary Parasitology, Faculty of Veterinary & Animal Sciences, West Bengal University of Animal and Fishery Sciences, Kolkata, India and former Head of the Department and former Dean-In-Charge of Faculty of Veterinary & Animal Sciences and former Controller of Examinations (Actg.) of the same university. He is a doctorate from a premier institution, Indian Veterinary Research Institute. He has more than three decades of teaching and research experience in the field of Veterinary Parasitology. He is the sole author of several books, including Veterinary Parasitology at a Glance, Veterinary Helminthology, Question Bank of Veterinary Parasitology, Sure Success in Veterinary Parasitology, Encyclopedic Glimpses of Veterinary Parasitic Diseases. Of these books, two books are amongst the best books of all time as selected by BookAuthority. He has contributed a chapter in a popular book, 'Pathology of Infectious Disease of Domestic Animals'. He worked in six prestigious research projects (DBT-2,DST-1,ICAR-1,NATP-1,RKVY-1) in different capacities and acquired vast research experience. He has significant research contribution in the field of immuno-parasitology and molecular parasitology. He submitted forty one gene sequences of different parasites in the GenBank and got acces­sion numbers of those. He was research editor of an international journal and presently he is a reviewer of different scientific journals. He has published many research articles of national and international repute. He got several awards for his significant contribution in his relevant field. He has been included in the National Academy of Veterinary Science, New Delhi, for his contribution to the field of Veterinary Parasitology.