Description
A parasitology text for biology and/or zoology students at the undergraduate level. Emphasizes principles with related information on the biology, physiology, morphology, and ecology of the major parasites of humans and domestic animals. This is not a diagnostic manual for medical students.
Product Details
Reference
49313
EAN13
9780073028279
ISBN
9780073028279
Data sheet
Publication date
2008
Issue number
8
Cover
hard cover
Pages count
728
Dimensions (mm)
236 x 279
Weight (g)
1814
1 Introduction to Parasitology 2 Basic Principles and Concepts I:: Parasite Systematics, Ecology and Evolution 3 Basic Principles and Concepts II:: Immunology and Pathology 4 Parasitic Prototoa:: Form, Function, and Classification 5 Kinetoplasta:: Trypanosomes and Their Kin 6 Other Flagellated Protozoa 7 The Amebas 8 Phylum Apicomplexa:: Gregarines, Coccidia, and Related Organisms 9 Phylum Apicomplexa:: Malaria Organisms and Piroplasms 10 Phylum Ciliophora:: Ciliated Protistan Parasites 11 Microsporida and Myxozoa:: Parasites with Polar Filaments 12 The Mesozoa:: Pioneers or Degenerates? 13 Introduction to Phylum Platyhelminthes 14 Trematoda:: Aspidobothrea 15 Trematoda:: Form, Function, and Classification of Digeneans 16 Digeneans:: Strigeiformes 17 Digeneans:: Echinostomatiformes 18 Digeneans:: Plagiorchiformes and Opisthorchiformes 19 Monogenoidea 20 Cestoidea:: Form, Function, and Classification of the Tapeworms 21 Tapeworms 22 Phylum Nematoda:: Form, Function, and Classification 23 Nematodes:: Trichinellida and Dioctophymatida, Enoplean Parasites 24 Nematodes:: Tylenchina, Pioneering Parasites 25 Nematodes:: Strongyloidea, Bursate Rhabditidans 26 Nematodes:: Ascaridomorpha, Intestinal Large Roundworms 27 Nematodes:: Oxyuridomorpha, Pinworms 28 Nematodes:: Gnathostomatomorpha and Spiruromorpha, a Potpourri 29 Nematodes:: Filaroidea, Filiarial Worms 30 Nematodes:: Dracunculoidea, Guinea Worms and Others 31 Phylum Nematomorpha, Hairworms 32 Phylum Acanthocephala:: Thorny-Headed Worms 33 Phylum Arthropoda:: Form, Function, and Classification 34 Parasitic Crustaceans 35 Pentastomida:: Tongue Worms 36 Parasitic Insects:: Phthiraptera, Chewing and Sucking Lice 37 Parasitic Insects:: Hemiptera, Bugs 38 Parasitic Insects:: Fleas, Order Siphonaptera 39 Parasitic Insects:: Diptera, Flies 40 Parasitic Insects:: Strepsiptera, Hymenoptera, and Others 41 Parasitic Arachnids:: Subclass Acari, Ticks and Mites