Canine Parasites and Parasitic Diseases

Canine Parasites and Parasitic Diseases Offers a concise summary including distribution, epidemiology, lifecycle, morphology, clinical manifestations, diagnosis, prophylaxis and therapeutic measures on the most important parasites affecting dogs. The work introduces the reader to the classification of parasites, structure, life cycles, the occurrence, the dog parasites possibly a dog or a human streams of detrimental health effects, diagnosis and treatment of infestations. Kirja on suunnattu eläinlääketieteen ammattilaisten lisäksi myös koiraharrastajien, apteekkien ja laboratorioiden kayttoon.

Canine parasites and Parasitic Diseases provides a text for parasitology and veterinary students and clinicians with a strong clinical emphasis. Authorship has been limited to veterinarians who have had direct and considerable clinical experience with diagnosis and treatment of the diseases and parasites described. The chapters have been presented in a consistent and logical format with extensive use of tables, photographs, and line drawings, so that veterinarians and students can quickly find answers to questions they have that relate to infectious diseases in dogs and cats.

The book presents 100 different species of parasite. Kirjan kirjoittajia ovat Anu Näreaho ja Seppo Saari. Book writers are Anu Näreaho and Seppo Saari. Sven Nikander on kuvittanut kirjaa piirroksin. Sven Nikander is the illustrator.

Illustrated with exceptional high quality and quantity figures and illustrationsProvides insights in the risk factors and prevention of parasite infections in dogs and gives guidelines for anthelmintic treatmentServes professionals, students, as well as parasitologists and veterinary scientistsServes as an easy-to-use handbook for identification of canine parasites and is an exhaustive information package about canine parasites and the diseases associated with parasitic infection

1. Introduction 2. Protozoa 3. Trematoda 4. Cestoda 5. Nematoda 6. Acanthocephala 7. Annelida 8. Insecta 9. Arachnida 10. Crustacea 11. Diagnostics 12. Therapy and Control 13. Immunology