A handbook of veterinary parasitology : domestic animals of North America

A Handbook of Veterinary Parasitology was first published in 1978. Practitioners, teachers, and students of veterinary medicine and animal technicians will find this handbook extremely useful in their work. It provides a quick and easy reference for the identification and control of parasites and parasitic disease in the domestic animals of North America. The information given about each parasite includes habitat, distribution, life cycle, transmission, signs and pathogenicity, and control. Some of the commonly used laboratory techniques and diagnostic procedures are outlined, a host-parasite listing is provided, and there is additional information in the appendix about some of the parasiticides and chemotherapeutic agents which are mentioned in the text. TABLE OF CONTENTS......Page 8 PREFACE......Page 6 PART I. PROTOZOANS......Page 10 PART II. HELMINTHS......Page 50 A. Nematodes......Page 52 B.Cestodes......Page 119 C. Trematodes......Page 137 D. Acanthocephalans......Page 151 PART III. ARTHROPODS......Page 154 A. Arachnids......Page 156 B. Insects......Page 181 C. Linguatulids......Page 206 APPENDIXES......Page 208 A. Parasitological Laboratory Techniques and Diagnostic Procedures......Page 210 B. Parasites Arranged by Host......Page 225 C. Chemotherapeutic Agents......Page 234 GLOSSARY......Page 240 C......Page 242 H......Page 243 N......Page 244 S......Page 245 X......Page 246 INDEX......Page 248 B......Page 250 C......Page 251 E......Page 252 H......Page 253 N......Page 254 R......Page 255 T......Page 256 Z......Page 257