Full Description
This book is an updated revision of a classic book dedicated to parasitic diseases of captive and freeranging mammals. This edition not only addresses advances in the areas of disease recognition and detection, but also wildlife management and public health considerations. The expanded section of protozoan parasites offers a coverage of this group of disease-producing organisms not previously available in any single volume.
Contents
Ectoparasites - lice; biting Flies; blot Flies and warble flies; ticks; sarcoptes scabiei and sarcoptic mange; live flukes; taeniasis/echinococcosis; gastrointestinal strongyles; elaphostrongylin lungworms of cervids; lungworms of marine mammals; baylisascaris procyonis and related nematodes; diseases caused by filaroid nematodes; dioctophymatosis; hepatic capillariasis; trichinella and trichinosis; protozoa - enteric protozoan infections; giardia and giardiasis; cyclospora, eimeria, iospora and cryptosporidium; opportunistically pathogenic free-living amoeba; hepatozoon infection; besnoitia spp; toxoplasmosis and related infections.
