Principles of Veterinary Parasitology

Dennis Jacobs, BVMS, PhD, FHEA, DipEVPC, FRCPath, FRVCS, Emeritus Professor, The Royal Veterinary College, London. After graduating from the Glasgow Veterinary School and a short period in the pharmaceutical industry, he devoted his professional career to teaching and research. He has served as Vice-President of the World Association for the Advancement of Veterinary Parasitology and Secretary of the European Veterinary Parasitology College.

Mark Fox, BVetMed, PhD, FHEA, DipEVPC, MRCVS, Professor of Veterinary Parasitology, The Royal Veterinary College, London. He has over thirty years experience of teaching and research in the veterinary parasitology field, having graduated from The Royal Veterinary College and spent a period in small animal practice. His current research interests focus on the epidemiology of parasite infections in both domestic and wild animals. He was awarded the William Hunting medal in recognition of avian coccidiosis research.

Lynda Gibbons, BSc, PhD, CBiol, FRSB, Attached Senior Scientist, The Royal Veterinary College, London. Having studied at Leicester University and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, she became Head of Animal Helminthology Biosystematics at the CABI Institute of Parasitology. She is a recipient of the Elsdon-Dew medal (Parasitological Society of Southern Africa) and the Betts Prize (The Royal Veterinary College).

Carlos Hermosilla, DrMedVet, DipEVPC, DrHabil, DVM, Professor, Justus-Liebig-Universitat Giessen. Having gained a veterinary degree from the University Austral of Chile, and doctorates from Justus-Liebig-Universitat in Germany, he worked as Senior Lecturer in Veterinary Parasitology at The Royal Veterinary College, London, before returning to the Institute of Parasitology in Giessen as Professor to continue his enthusiasm for teaching and research. He is also visiting professor at the University Austral of Chile.

About the authors

Foreword

Preface

Acknowledgements

List of abbreviations

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1 Veterinary Parasitology: basic concepts

1.1 Introduction

1.2 Parasitism and parasites

1.3 Host-parasite interactions

1.4 Parasitic disease

1.5 Diagnostic techniques

1.6 Treatment and control

2 Arthropods part 1: introduction and insects

2.1 Introduction

2.2 Insects

3 Arthropods part 2: ticks, mites and ectoparasiticides

3.1 Introduction

3.2 Ticks

3.3 Mange mites

3.4 Other arthropods

3.5 Ectoparasiticides

4 Protozoa (single-celled parasites)

4.1 Introduction

4.2 Key concepts

4.3 Ciliates

4.4 Amoebae

4.5 Flagellates

4.6 Coccidia

4.7 Tissue cyst-forming coccidia

4.8 Blood-borne apicomplexans

4.9 Cryptosporidia

4.10 Antiprotozoal drugs

5 Platyhelminthes ('flatworms')

5.1 Introduction

5.2 Cestodes

5.3 Cyclophyllidean tapeworms

5.4 Pseudophyllidean tapeworms

5.5 Cestocidal drugs

5.6 Trematodes

5.7 Flukicidal drugs

6 Nematoda ('roundworms') part 1: concepts and bursate nematodes

6.1 Introduction

6.2 Key concepts

6.3 Bursate nematodes

7 Nematoda ('roundworms') part 2: nonbursate nematodes and anthelmintics

7.1 Nonbursate nematodes

7.2 Other parasitic worms

7.3 Anthelmintics

8 Clinical parasitology: farm animals

8.1 Introduction

8.2 Ruminants

8.3 Pigs (swine)

8.4 Poultry

9 Clinical parasitology: companion animals and veterinary public health

9.1 Equine parasitology

9.2 Small animal parasitology

9.3 Veterinary public health

References

Index