Parasitic Diseases of Wild Mammals.

This book is an updated revision of a classic book dedicated to parasitic diseases of captive and freeranging mammals. This edition not only addresses advances in the areas of disease recognition and detection, but also wildlife management and public health considerations. The expanded section of pr...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Samuel, William M.
Other Authors: Pybus, Margo J., Kocan, A. Alan
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Hoboken : John Wiley & Sons, 2008.
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Table of Contents:
  • Parasitic Diseases of Wild Mammals; CONTENTS; 5. Sarcoptes scabiei and Sarcoptic Mange; Contributors; Preface; 1. Lice (Phthiraptera); PART ONE: ECTOPARASITES; 2. Biting Flies (Class Insecta: Order Diptera); 3. Bot Flies and Warble Flies (Order Diptera: Family Oestridae); 4. Ticks (Class Arachnida: Order Acarina); 6. Liver Flukes; PART TWO: ENDOPARASITES . . .; 7. Taeniasis and Echinococcosis; 8. Gastrointestinal Strongyles in Wild Ruminants; 9. Extrapulmonary Lungworms of Cervids; 10. Lungworms of Marine Mammals; 11. Baylisascaris procyonis and Related Species; 12. Filarioid Nematodes.
  • 13. Dioctophymatosis14. Hepatic Capillariasis; 15. Trichinella spp. and Trichinellosis; 16. Enteric Protozoans; PART THREE: PROTOZOANS . . .; 17. Tissue-inhabiting Protozoans; 18. Blood-inhabiting Protozoans; Index.