The revised and updated 7th edition of this classic text concisely covers all aspect of parasitogy - from identification and diagnostic techniques to prevention and treatment. While focusing on major domestic species of ruminant, horses, pigs, dogs, and cats, it also includes poultry and exotics. Over 400 high-quality illustrations present parasites at all stages of identification. Features: * Presents information in order of most common to uncommon: anthropods, protozoans, helminths, antiparasitic drugs and diagnostic parasitology. * Discusses parasites in faeces, blood, living and post-mortem hosts in the diagnostic chapter. * Offers an enhanced index, and clarification of italicised scientific nomenclature, making information accessible. * Covers all advances in treatment and the chapter on antiparasitic drugs has been revisited extensively. * Illustrates actual parasites and their structures with photomicrographs.
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REVIEW OF THE LAST EDITION: "The chapter on diagnostics...is well done, and excellent illustrations are used... It provides the information that veterinarians need in clear and compact manner." --JAMVA "Easily read, informative, and unique... A strength... is the quality of the numerous photographs of parasites ion all of their life cycle stages... The volume is overall an excellent revision what will become a classic text in Veterinary Prasitology." --Canine Practice.
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Für höhere Schule und Studium
Für Beruf und Forschung
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Höhe: 248 mm
Breite: 191 mm
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978-0-7216-7097-3 (9780721670973)
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Schweitzer Klassifikation
Part 1 Arthropods: insects; ticks; mites. Part 2 Protozoans: flagellates and amoebas; coccidians; haemosporidians. Part 3 Helminths: trematodes; cestodes; nematodes; acanthocephalans. Part 4 Antiparasitic drugs: insectides; antiprotozoals; anthelmintics. Part 5 Diagnostic parasitology: general diagnosis; diagnosis by host; histopathological diagnosis.