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Protozoan and Metazoan infections / edited by P.T.K. Woo.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Fish diseases and disorders ; 1
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Fishes--Diseases.
- Fishes.
- Fishes--Infections.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (x, 791 pages) : illustrations.
- Edition:
- 2nd ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Wallingford, UK ; Cambridge, MA : CABI Pub., c2006.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Written by experts actively working in the area, this book provides a review of the major diseases of fish caused by protozoan and metazoan parasites. The new edition has been thoroughly updated since publication of the first edition in 1995. It covers recent advances in the understanding of fish diseases including the improvement of diagnostic techniques and understanding of phylogenetic relationships stemming from the application of molecular techniques.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Contents
- Contributors
- Preface to the Second Edition
- Preface to the First Edition
- 1. Phylum Amoebozoa
- 2. Phylum Dinoflagellata
- 3. Diplomonadida (Phylum Parabasalia) and Kinetoplastea (Phylum Euglenozoa)
- 4. Ichthyophthirius multifiliis and Cryptocaryon irritans (Phylum Ciliophora)
- 5. Trichodinidae and Other Ciliophorans (Phylum Ciliophora)
- 6. Phylum Apicomplexa
- 7. Phylum Microspora
- 8. Phylum Myxozoa
- 9. Monogenea (Phylum Platyhelminthes)
- 10. Digenea (Phylum Platyhelminthes)
- 11. Cestoidea (Phylum Platyhelminthes)
- 12. Phylum Nematoda
- 13. Phylum Acanthocephala
- 14. Phylum Arthropoda
- 15. Phylum Annelida: Hirudinea as Vectors and Disease Agents
- 16. Fish-borne Parasitic Zoonoses
- 17. Parasitic Diseases of Shellfish
- 18. The Immune System of Fish
- 19. Immunocompetent Cells and Their Mediators in Fin Fish
- 20. Molecular Approaches and Techniques
- Glossary
- A
- B
- C
- D
- E
- F
- G
- H
- I
- K
- L
- M
- N
- O
- P
- R
- S
- T
- U
- V
- W
- X
- Y
- Z
- Index
- J
- Q
- Z.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 1-280-73545-7
- 9786610735457
- 1-84593-217-X
- OCLC:
- 166871160
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