Parasitism and Parasitic Control in Animals (eBook)

Strategies for the Developing World

Hafiz Muhammad Rizwan, Muhammad Sohail Sajid (Herausgeber)

eBook Download: EPUB

2023
272 Seiten
CABI (Verlag)
978-1-80062-189-3 (ISBN)

Infos

This textbook provides comprehensive coverage of parasites and factors affecting their transmission, diagnosis and control. Covering a wide range of species, it includes methods for effective control such as chemotherapy, nutrition, pasture management, selective breeding, vaccination and more, as well as considering anthelmintic resistance.

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Parasitism and Parasitic Control in Animals brings together all the details needed to appropriately manage parasites in domestic animals. It provides comprehensive coverage of parasites and factors affecting their transmission, principles of parasite control, diagnosis, and assessment of parasitological information.

Beginning with an overview of the fundamentals of parasitism including a review of the parasites of zoonotic importance, the text then:
- Covers a range of methods for effective parasite control, including chemotherapy, nutrition, pasture management, selective breeding, vaccination and more;
- Considers drug resistance and parasitic infections;
- Includes cattle, buffalo, sheep, goat, horses, donkeys, dogs, cats, poultry, pigs and fish, as well as wild animals in the context of intermediate hosts, vectors or as reservoirs of infection.

With numerous new case histories and maps showing the spread of anthelmintic resistance, this textbook forms an essential guide for veterinary practitioners, students and technicians. It is also an invaluable resource for parasitologists, researchers, animal health professionals and anyone working with these parasites in developing countries.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 10.7.2023
• Verlagsort: Oxford
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Gesundheitsfachberufe
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Mikrobiologie / Infektologie / Reisemedizin
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Zoologie
• Themenwelt: Veterinärmedizin
• Themenwelt: Weitere Fachgebiete ► Land- / Forstwirtschaft / Fischerei
• Schlagworte: animal husbandry • bioactive crops • biological control of parasites • Chemotherapy • drug resistance • livestock • Medicinal plants • parasite control • parasite control in animals • parasite control in developing countries • parasite control through animal nutrition • Parasites • pasture management • selective breeding for parasite control
• ISBN-10: 1-80062-189-2 / 1800621892
• ISBN-13: 978-1-80062-189-3 / 9781800621893