GENERAL
Veterinary Medicines
5 Veterinary Medicines 5.1 Introduction The various veterinary medicines will be discussed in the relevant chapters. However, I will generalize in this chapter on anti-infective drugs and anti-inflammatory drugs, both…
The laboratory diagnosis of parasitism
While this technique will detect the eggs and larvae of most nematodes, cestodes and coccidia, it will not demonstrate trematode eggs, which have a higher specific density. For these, a…
Parasites of ungulates
Superfamily: Trichostrongyloidea Hosts: Fallow deer (Dama dama), roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) Spiculopteragia spiculoptera Synonym: Ostertagia spiculoptera, Spiculopteragia bohmi Predilection site: Abomasum Parasite class: Nematoda Superfamily: Trichostrongyloidea Hosts: Red deer (Cervus…
Parasite taxonomy and morphology
Trichostrongylus, Ostertagia, Dictyocaulus, Haemonchus etc. Buccal capsule small. Life cycle direct; infection by L3 Strongyloidea Strongylus, Syngamus etc. Buccal capsule well developed; leaf crowns and teeth usually present….
