Medical and veterinary entomology / edited by Gary Mullen, Lance Durden.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Mullen, Gary R. (Gary Richard)

Durden, Lance A.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Insects as carriers of disease.

Veterinary entomology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (615 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Boston : Academic Press, c2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Medical and Veterinary Entomology is a comprehensive text and is primarily intended for graduate students and upper level undergraduates studying the medical and veterinary significance of insects and related arthropods. The book will also appeal to a larger audience, specialists and non-specialists alike, including entomologists, parasitologists, biologists, epidemiologists, physicians, public health personnel, veterinarians, wildlife specialists and others looking for a readable, authoritative book on this topic. The first two chapters provide overviews of medical-veterinary entomolog

Contents:

Front Cover; Medical and Veterinary Entomology; Copyright Page; CONTENTS; Contributors; Preface; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1. Introduction; General Entomology; Medical-Veterinary Entomology Literature; History of Medical-Veterinary Entomology; Identification and Systematics of Arthropods of Medical-Veterinary Importance; Types of Problems Caused by Arthropods; Arthropod-Borne Diseases; Food Contaminants; Fear of Arthropods; Delusory Parasitosis; Toxins and Venoms; Host Defenses; Forensic Entomology; Minor Arthropod Problems of Medical-Veterinary Interest; References and Further Reading

Chapter 2. Epidemiology of Vector-Borne DiseasesComponents of Transmission Cycles; Modes of Transmission; Transmission Cycles; Interseasonal Maintenance; Vector Incrimination; Surveillance; References and Further Reading; Chapter 3. Cockroaches (Blattaria); Taxonomy; Morphology; Life History; Behavior and Ecology; Common Cockroach Species; Public Health Importance; Veterinary Importance; Prevention and Control; References and Further Reading; Chapter 4. Lice (Phthiraptera); Taxonomy; Morphology; Life History; Behavior and Ecology; Lice of Medical Interest; Lice of Veterinary Interest

Public Health ImportanceVeterinary Importance; Prevention and Control; References and Further Reading; Chapter 5. True Bugs (Hemiptera); Kissing Bugs (Reduviidae); Taxonomy; Morphology; Life History; Behavior and Ecology; Public Health Importance; Veterinary Importance; Prevention and Control; Bed Bugs (Cimicidae); Taxonomy; Morphology; Life History; Behavior and Ecology; Public Health Importance; Veterinary Importance; Prevention and Control; References and Further Reading; Chapter 6. Beetles (Coleoptera); Taxonomy; Morphology; Life History; Behavior and Ecology; Public Health Importance

Veterinary ImportancePrevention and Control; References and Further Reading; Chapter 7. Fleas (Siphonaptera); Taxonomy; Morphology; Life History; Behavior and Ecology; Fleas of Medical-Veterinary Importance; Public Health Importance; Veterinary Importance; Prevention and Control; References and Further Reading; Chapter 8. Flies (Diptera); Taxonomy; Morphology; Life History; Behavior and Ecology; Families of Minor Medical or Veterinary Interest; Public Health Importance; Veterinary Importance; Prevention and Control; References and Further Reading

Chapter 9. Moth Flies and Sand Flies (Psychodidae)Taxonomy; Morphology; Life History; Behavior and Ecology; Public Health Importance; Veterinary Importance; Prevention and Control; References and Further Reading; Chapter 10. Biting Midges (Ceratopogonidae); Taxonomy; Morphology; Life History; Behavior and Ecology; Public Health Importance; Veterinary Importance; Prevention and Control; References and Further Reading; Chapter 11. Black Flies (Simuliidae); Taxonomy; Morphology; Life History; Behavior and Ecology; Public Health Importance; Veterinary Importance; Prevention and Control

References and Further Reading

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

1-281-75504-4

9786611755041

0-08-053607-7

OCLC:

476219800