Dr. Murai Éva - Gubányi András szerk.: Parasitologia Hungarica 31. (Budapest, 1998)
Veterinary Helminthology Tibor Kassai DVS CSc DSc Professor and Former Head, Department of Parasitology and Zoology, University of Veterinary Science, Budapest, Hungary A practical comprehensive, yet basic giude to helminthology which covers core information on helminth parasites of livestock, companion animals and game as well as humans. A useful guide for all who seek to control and diagnose helminth infections. Key features are: • Rapid access to the information that a practising veterinarian may need • Concise presentation making it an invaluable quick reference for all practices • Author is widely recognised as a prominent authority figure in international parasitology This book presents information on the causative organisms, epidemiology and clinical features of helminth infections encountered both in temperate and tropical zones. It enables the reader to reach an accurate diagnosis, select an appropriate chemotherapeutic agent, and judge alternative options for designing integrated, economic and sustainable worm control programs. Particular reference is made to helminth infections transmissable from animals to man. Typically human helminthoses (e.g. shistosomosis, lymphatic filarioidoses, etc.) are also included. COMTENTS: Introduction; Glossary (terms and definitions); The system in parasitic helminths; PART I: Helminths as disease agents (dtailed description of disease entities caused by flukes, tapeworms, roundworms and thorny-headed worms); PART II: Anthelmintic therapy and control (principles of cost-effective and safe use of anthelmintic medication); Anthelmintic resistance; Nonchemotherapeutic control alternatives (management strategies, breeding host for worm resistance, helminth vaccines, biological control); Planning of integrated control strategies (for horses, cattle, sheep, goats and pigs); PART HI: Diagnostic helminthology: detailed description of techniques used both in the laboratory and in the field for the diagnosis of helminth infections (examination of faeces, urine, blood, muscles, skin, post mortem worm count techniques; principals of molecular biological methods); Charts of worm eggs of major host species; APPENDICES: Multilingual dictionary of helminths; References and further reading; Index, READERSHIP: primary: undergraduate and postgraduate veterinary students, veterinary practioners, laboratory workers; secondary: ISBN 0 7506 3563 0:243 pp : 246 x 189 mm : 51 colour illustration : 28 halftones : 23 line illustration; 30 tables; Paperback : September 1998 : £ 27.50 following four easy services BY MAIL: Clare Evans, Medical Marketing Dept, Butterworth-Heinemann, Linance House, Jordan Hill, Oxford, 0X2 8DP, UK BY PHONE: Please call Heinemann Customer Services on + + 44 1865 314627 BY FAX: Heinemann Customer Services on ++ 44 1865 314091 BY E-MAIL: Send orders to bhuk.orders@repp.co.uk
