Veterinary parasitology / G.M. Urquhart ... [and others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Urquhart, G. M. (George M.), 1925-

Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Veterinary parasitology.

Physical Description:

307 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; Cambridge, Mass., USA : Blackwell Science, 1996.

Summary:

This book is intended for veterinary students studying parasitology, practising veterinary surgeons, and those in animal science who require information on all aspects of parasitic disease in domestic animals. The text is comprehensive, covering both temperate and tropical zones, and deals with all three aspects of parasitology - helminthology, entomology, and protozoology - as well as some blood-borne rickettsial infections traditionally taught in the subject. There are also chapters devoted to reviews of epidemiology, immunity, anthelmintics, ectoparasiticides and laboratory diagnosis. Because the text is intended for those directly involved in the diagnosis, treatment and control of parasitic infections of domestic animals, diseases which are common or important are treated in some detail, the less important being discussed more briefly. For the same reason, details of classification and taxonomy have been kept to the minimum necessary to indicate the relationships between the various species and to facilitate their identification.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

ISBN:

0632040513

OCLC:

34046475