Veterinary Parasitology Reference Manual, Fifth Edition is a practical, thorough, bench top reference for basic diagnostic veterinary parasitology. The manual provides pertinent information on parasite life cyles, importance, location in the host, zoonotic potential, current literature, diagnosis, and treatment. It also includes step-by-step instructions for the most common diagnostic procedures used in routine veterinary practice.
Sections are organized by animal host species, including dogs; cats; cattle, sheep and goats; llamas; horses; pigs; birds; ratites (ostriches, emus, and cassowaries); and laboratory animals, as well as wildlife, reptiles, marine mammals, and humans. There is a section in which common artifacts found in fecal samples are presented, and the last section includes conversion tables and a list of abbreviations.
Features of the Fifth edition include:
* updated and enhanced references
* information on new drugs
* improved section on parasites of marine mammals
* sections on parasites of laboratory animals and humans
* over 500 photographs and figures
Readers will find this to be an easily accessible and accurate resource for information about parasites in a variety of animals - wild, domestic, common and exotic.
Table of Contents:
Preface vii
Introduction viii
Section 1. Diagnostic Parasitology 3
Collection and Submission of Samples 3
Diagnostic Techniques 5
Microscopy 8
Bibliography 9
Section 2. General Parasitology 11
Classification Simplified 11
Biblography 14
Section 3. Parasites of Dogs 17
Fecal Eggs and Oocysts 17
Location of Major Parasites 18
Zoonotic Diseases 18
Drugs 20
Internal Parasites 21
External Parasites 39
Biblography 45
Section 4. Parasites of Cats 47
Miscellaneous Parasites 47
Miscellaneous External Parasites
of Cats and Dogs 48
Fecal Eggs and Oocysts 50
Location of Major Parasites 51
Zoonotic Diseases 52
Drugs 53
Internal Parasites 54
External Parasites 62
Bibliography 63
Section 5. Parasites of Cattle, Sheep, and Goats 69
Fecal Eggs and Oocysts in Cattle 69
Coccidia in Cattle 69
Location of Major Parasites in Cattle 70
Zoonotic Diseases in Cattle 70
Fecal Eggs and Oocysts in
Sheep and Goats 71
Coccidia in Sheep and Goats 72
Location of Major Parasites in
Sheep and Goats 73
Zoonotic Diseases in Sheep and Goats 74
Drugs Used in Ruminants 77
Internal Parasites 80
External Parasites 98
Bibliography 109
Section 6. Parasites of Llamas 115
Fecal Eggs and Oocysts 115
Coccidia in Llamas 115
Location of Major Parasites 116
Drugs 116
Internal Parasites 117
External Parasites 119
Bibliography 120
Section 7. Parasites of Horses 121
Fecal Eggs and Oocysts 121
Location of Major Parasites 122
Zoonotic Diseases 123
Drugs 124
Internal Parasites 126
External Parasites 132
Bibliography 133
Section 8. Parasites of Pigs 137
Fecal Eggs and Oocysts 137
Location of Major Parasites 138
Zoonotic Diseases 139
Drugs 140
Internal Parasites 142
External Parasites 149
Bibliography 150
Section 9. Parasites of Birds 153
Fecal Eggs and Oocysts 153
Location of Major Parasites 154
Zoonotic Diseases 154
Coccidia in Birds 155
Drugs 156
Internal Parasites 158
External Parasites 163
Bibliography 166
Section 10. Parasites of Ratites (Ostriches, Emus, and Cassowaries) 167
Location of Major Parasites 167
Drugs 167
Common Parasites 168
Bibliography 170
Section 11. Parasites of Laboratory Animals 171
Drugs 171
Common Parasites 171
Bibliography 179
Section 12. Parasites of Wildlife 181
Important Parasites of Wildlife 181
Parasites 184
Bibliography 197
Section 13. Parasites of Marine Mammals 199
Marine Mammals 199
Major Parasites 200
Drugs 201
Internal Parasites 201
Bibliography 206
Section 14. Parasites of Reptiles 207
Common Reptiles 207
Major Parasites 208
Fecal Eggs and Oocysts 209
Drugs 211
Internal Parasites 212
Bibliography 212
Section 15. Parasites of Humans 213
Location of Major Parasites 213
Common Parasites 214
Internal Parasites 215
External Parasites 216
Bibliography 217
Section 16. Common Artifacts in Feces 219
Artifacts 219
Spurious Parasites 220
Section 17. Tables 223
Metric / English conversion factors and measures of concentration 223
Temperature, length, and volume conversion chart 224
Abbreviations Used in Text 224
Index 225
About the Author :
William J. Foreyt is a Professor in the Department of Microbiology and Pathology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Washington State University, Pullman. Dr. Foreyt specializes in veterinary and wildlife parasitology, epizootiology, and parasitic and disease interactions among domestic livestock, wildlife and humans
