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This is a textbook covering concepts in animal parasitology. It is meant to be used by students, teachers, professors, researchers, and members of the public who are interested in learning about animal parasite biology, systematics, taxonomy, zoogeography, and ecology. The primary intended audience is upper-level undergraduate or graduate university students who have knowledge of basic biology and, particularly, basic animal biology. (863 pages, illustrated)

One of the most fascinating things that a person can experience in the complex realm of biology is the discovery of an animal living inside another animal. If this discovery takes place at an early enough stage in the development of a young person’s view of the world, that is, before the rules and regulations of what of society thinks, and before what is good and what is bad are perfused into a learner’s mind, the first discovery of living-motile trematode worms living inside the lungs of a frog or of tapeworms inhabiting the gut of a rodent can be exhilarating and a positively unforgettable experience. The questions that arise when these kinds of animals are encountered for the first time are innumerable and, if answered carefully and perhaps fully, may lead to more and more questions, and hopefully, more and more answers.

Contents:

Preface

List of Contributors

INTRODUCTORY CONCEPTS

Part I: INTRODUCTORY CONCEPTS

Introductory Concepts
1: Introduction to Animal Parasitology
2: Phylogenetic Systematics in Parasitology
3: Helminth Identification and Diagnostics: Basic Molecular Techniques

Parasites in Relation to Other Organisms
4: Hosts, Reservoirs, and Vectors
5: Life Cycles
6: Behavioral Parasitology

Parascript Approaches
7: Biostatistics for Parasitologists: A Painless Introduction
8: Distributional Ecology of Parasites

ENDOPARASITES

Part II: PROTOZOA, MYXOZOA, MESOZOA

Protozoa

Apicomplexa
9: The Coccidia Proper: Important Apicomplexa Other than Haemoprotozoa
10: Haemosporida (Order): The “Malaria Parasites”

Trypanosomatidae
11: Trypanosoma (Genus)
12: Leishmania (Genus) and Leishmaniasis

Myxozoa
13: Myxozoa (Subphylum)

Mesozoa
14: Mesozoa (Phylum Dicyemida and Phylum Orthonecta)

Part III: ENDOPARASITIC PLATYHELMINTHS

Platyhelminthes
15: Introduction to Endoparasitic Platyhelminths (Phylum Platyhelminthes)

Cestoda
16: Introduction to Cestodes (Class Cestoda)

Eucestoda
17: Cyclophyllidea Beneden in Braun, 1900 (Order)
18: Taenia (Genus)
19: Echinococcus (Genus)
20: Proteocephalidae La Rue, 1911 (Family)
21: Bothriocephalidea Kuchta et al., 2008 (Order)
22: Diphyllobothriidea Kuchta et al., 2008 (Order): The Broad Tapeworms
23: Trypanorhyncha Diesing, 1863 (Order)
24: Cathetocephalidea Schmidt and Beveridge, 1990 (Order)
25: Diphyllidea van Beneden in Carus, 1863 (Order)
26: Lecanicephalidea Hyman, 1951 (Order)
27: Litobothriidea Dailey, 1969 (Order)
28: Phyllobothriidea Caira et al., 2014 (Order)
29: Rhinebothriidea Healy et al., 2009 (Order)
30: Relics of “Tetraphyllidea” van Beneden, 1850 (Order)

Amphilinidea
31: Amphilinidea Poche 1922 (Order)

Gyrocotylidea
32: Gyrocotylidea (Order): The Most Primitive Group of Tapeworms

Trematoda

Aspidogastrea
33: Aspidogastrea (Subclass)

Digenea

Diplostomida
34: Introduction to Diplostomida Olson et al., 2003 (Order)
35: Aporocotylidae (Family): Fish Blood Flukes

Plagiorchiida
36: Introduction to Plagiorchiida La Rue, 1957 (Order)
37: Bivesiculata Olson et al., 2003 (Suborder): Small, Rare, but Important
38: Echinostomata La Rue, 1926 (Suborder)
39: Haplosplanchnata Olson et al., 2003 (Suborder): Two Hosts with Half the Guts
40: Hemiurata Skrjabin & Guschanskaja, 1954 (Suborder)
41: Monorchiata Olson et al., 2003 (Suborder): Two Families Separated by Salinity
42: Opisthorchis (Genus)

Xiphidiata
43: Allocreadiidae Looss, 1902 (Family)
44: Haematoloechidae Odening, 1964 (Family)
45: Lecithodendriidae Lühe, 1901 (Family)
46: Opecoelidae Ozaki, 1925 (Family): The Richest Trematode Family

Digenea, Summary
47: Summary of the Digenea (Subclass): Insights and Lessons from a Prominent Parasitologist

Part IV: NEMATA, NEMATOMORPHA, ACANTHOCEPHALA, PENTASTOMIDA

Nemata
48: Introduction to Endoparasitic Nematodes (Phylum Nemata)
49: Trichuroidea and Trichinelloidea (Superfamilies)
50: Ascarididae and Anisakidae (Families): Large Intestinal Nematodes
51: Heterakoidea (Superfamily): Cosmopolitan Gut-Dwelling Parasites of Tetrapods
52: Oxyurida (Order): Pinworms
53: Spirurida (Order)
54: Camallanina (Suborder): Guinea Worm and Related Nematodes
55: Filarioidea Weinland, 1858 (Superfamily)
56: Strongyloidea Baird, 1853 and Trichostrongyloidea Cram, 1927 (Superfamilies): Bursate Nematodes

Nematomorpha
57: Nematomorpha (Phylum): Horsehair Worms

Acanthocephala
58: Acanthocephala (Phylum)

Pentastomida
59: Pentastomida: Endoparasitic Arthopods

ECTOPARASITES

Part V: ECTOPARASITES

Platyhelminthes
60: Monogenea van Beneden, 1858 (Class)
61: Transversotrematidae Witenberg, 1944 (Family): Ectoparasitic Trematodes

Hirudinea
62: Hirudinea (Subclass): Parasitic Leeches

Arthropoda
63: Siphonaptera Latreille, 1825 (Order): Fleas
64: Phthiraptera (Order): Lice
65: Triatominae Jeannel, 1919 (Subfamily): Kissing Bugs
66: Ixodida Leach, 1815 (Order): Ticks
67: Acari Leach, 1817 (Subclass): Mites

ISBN

ISBN 978-1-60962-306-7

Publication Date

6-10-2024

Publisher

Zea Books

City

Lincoln, Nebraska

Keywords

Parasites, Parasitology, Biology, Textbook

Disciplines

Animal Sciences | Ecology and Evolutionary Biology | Immunology and Infectious Disease | Infectious Disease | Marine Biology | Parasitology | Public Health | Science and Mathematics Education | Tropical Medicine | Veterinary Infectious Diseases | Veterinary Medicine | Veterinary Pathology and Pathobiology

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Concepts in Animal Parasitology

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