CHAPTER 5 Platyhelminthes (‘flatworms’) 5.1 Introduction 5.2 Cestodes 5.2.1 Key concepts 5.3 Cyclophyllidean tapeworms 5.3.1 Cyclophyllidean life-cycle 5.3.2 Metacestodes 5.3.3 Taenia Metacestodes Taenia species of humans Taenia species of dogs…
CHAPTER 2 Arthropods part 1: introduction and insects 2.1 Introduction 2.2 Insects 2.2.1 Key concepts Body structure Reproduction 2.2.2 Fleas (Siphonaptera) Important fleas General characteristics Life-cycle Flea habitats Pathogenesis 2.2.3…
CHAPTER 8 Clinical parasitology: farm animals 8.1 Introduction 8.3 8.2 Ruminants 8.2.1 Digestive system Cattle Sheep Goats 8.2.2 Respiratory system Nasal myiasis Bovine parasitic bronchitis Sheep lungworm infection 8.2.3 Cardiovascular…
CHAPTER 7 Nematoda (‘roundworms’) part 2: nonbursate nematodes and anthelmintics 7.1 Nonbursate nematodes 7.1.1 Nonbursate superfamilies 7.1.2 Rhabditoidea Strongyloides 7.1.3 Ascaridoidea (ascarids) General characteristics General life-cycle Hepatotracheal migration Somatic infection…
CHAPTER 4 Protozoa (single-celled parasites) 4.1 Introduction 4.2 Key concepts 4.2.1 Classification 4.2.2 Locomotion 4.2.3 Nutrition 4.2.4 Transmission 4.2.5 Reproduction 4.3 Ciliates 4.4 Amoebae 4.5 Flagellates 4.5.1 Haemoflagellates Trypanosoma Leishmania…
CHAPTER 9 Clinical parasitology: companion animals and veterinary public health 9.1 Equine parasitology 9.1.1 Digestive system The wormy horse Larval cyathostominosis Other parasitic infections 9.1.2 Respiratory and circulatory systems Lungworm…
CHAPTER 3 Arthropods part 2: ticks, mites and ectoparasiticides 3.1 Introduction 3.2 Ticks 3.2.1 Key concepts Body structure Mouthparts and feeding Ixodid life-cycles Argasid life-cycle Pathogenesis Disease transmission 3.2.2 Hard…
CHAPTER 1 Veterinary Parasitology: basic concepts 1.1 Introduction 1.1.1 What is Veterinary Parasitology? 1.2 Parasitism and parasites 1.2.1 Parasitism 1.2.2 Classification Nomenclature 1.2.3 Host–parasite relationships Parasites Zoonoses 1.3 Host–parasite interactions…
