ANNOUNCEMENT OF NEW BOOK
Tittle:
Veterinary Parasitology for Practitioners
Author:
Dr. Omar O. Barriga, D.V.M., Ph.D., professor of Veterinary Parasitology
at The Ohio State University since 1979. Previously with the University of
Pennsylvania, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (Brazil), and University
of Chile.
Contents (32 chapters):
Introduction to Veterinary Parasitology. The Arthropods: the Hemiptera or
True Bugs, the Mallophaga or Chewing Lice, the Anoplura or Sucking Lice, the
Siphonaptera or Fleas, the Diptera or Flies, the Acarina (Ticks and Mites),
Miscellaneous Arthropods. The Nematodes or Cylindrical Worms: the Rhabditida
or Threadworms, the Strongylida or Bursate Nematodes (Strongyloidea,
Trichostrongyloidea, and Metastrongyloidea), the Ascaridida or Ascarides, the
Oxyuridida or Pinworms, the Spirurida, the Trichinellida. The Platyhelminthes
or Flatworms (Trematoda or Flukes and Cestoda or Tapeworms). The Protozoa: the
Ciliophora or Ciliates, the Sarcodina or Amoebae, the Mastigophora or
Flagellates, the Apicomplexa or Sporozoa (Eucoccidiida or Coccidia proper,
Piroplasmida or Piroplasms, Haemosporida). Fundamentals of Immunology in
Parasitology. Resistance of Parasites to Anti-parasitic Drugs. Laboratory
Diagnosis of Parasitism. Antiparasitic drugs (by Dr. Thomas Letonja). Index.
Format:
8 1/2 x 11 in, over 430 pages, about 200 figures, 44 tables, 36
photographs, 9 plates, detailed index. Each chapter describing parasites
discusses: morphology, identification and classification, biology, medical
importance, diagnosis, treatment, epidemiology, and control.
