Introduction to animal parasitology / by J.D. Smyth ; with a chapter on immunoparasitology by D. Wakelin.
Material type: TextPublication details: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1994.Edition: 3rd edDescription: xix,549pISBN:- 9780521417709 :
- 9780521428118 (pbk) :
- 9780521428118
- 0521417708 :
- 0521428114 (pbk) :
- 0521566967 (Low-priced pbk.)
- 591.5249 SMY
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Previous ed.: 1976.
Cambridge low price edition entitled: Animal parasitology.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
1. Parasitism: what is a parasite?; 2. Niches, habitats and environments; 3. Protozoa: the amoebae; 4. Flagellates: intestinal and related forms; 5. Haemoflagellates; 6. Sporozoea: gregarines and coccidia; 7. Sporozoea: haemosporina: malaria; basic biology; 8. Sporozoea: malaria in man and the animal kingdom; 9. Sporozoea: haemosporina other than plasmodia; piroplasmia; 10. Opalinata and ciliophora; 11. Helminth parasites: platyhelminthes: monogenea; 12. Trematoda: aspidogastrea; 13. Trematoda: digenea; 14. Digenea: bucephalidae, fasciolidae, opisthorchiidae, dicrocoeliidae; 15. Digenea: plagiorchiidae, echinostomatidae, heterophyidae, trogylotrematidae; 16. Digenea: schistosomatidae; 17. Digenea: strigeidae, diplostomatidae, paramphistomatidae; 18. Physiology of trematodes; 19. Cestoda: cestodaria; 20. Eucestoda: general account; 21. Eucestoda: minor orders; 22. Eucestoda: pseudophyllidea; 23. Eucestoda: cyclophyllidea; 24. Physiology of cestodes; 25. Nematoda: general account; 26. Aphasmid nematoda; 27. Phasmid nematoda: rhabditida, ascaridida and oxyurida; 28. Phasmid nematoda: strongylida; 29. Phasmid nematoda: spirurida; 30. Physiology of nematodes; 31. Acanthocephala; 32. Immunoparasitology; 33. In vitro cultivation of endoparasites: general principles; protozoa; 34. In vitro cultivation of endoparasites: helminths.
This textbook in parasitology incorporates the spectacular advances in biological sciences within recent years. It presents students and research workers with a broad approach to the morphology, ultrastructure, speciation, life cycles, biochemistry, in vitro culture and immunology of parasitology.