Principles of Veterinary Parasitology

About the authors ix
 
Foreword x
 
Preface xi
 
Acknowledgements xii
 
List of abbreviations xiv
 
About the companion website xv
 
1 Veterinary Parasitology: basic concepts 1
 
1.1 Introduction 1
 
1.1.1 What is Veterinary Parasitology? 2
 
1.2 Parasitism and parasites 2
 
1.2.1 Parasitism 2
 
1.2.2 Classification 3
 
1.2.3 Host-parasite relationships 4
 
1.3 Host-parasite interactions 6
 
1.3.1 Host defences 6
 
1.3.2 Parasite evasion of immunity 9
 
1.4 Parasitic disease 10
 
1.4.1 The host-parasite balance 10
 
1.4.2 Why parasites are important 10
 
1.4.3 Pathogenic mechanisms 11
 
1.5 Diagnostic techniques 12
 
1.5.1 Direct detection methods 12
 
1.5.2 Indirect detection methods 13
 
1.5.3 Limitations 16
 
1.6 Treatment and control 16
 
1.6.1 Key concepts 16
 
1.6.2 Chemotherapy 17
 
1.6.3 Resistance to parasiticides 18
 
1.6.4 Integrated parasite management 19
 
1.6.5 Vaccination 19
 
1.6.6 Alternative technologies 21
 
1.6.7 Concluding remarks 23
 
2 Arthropods part 1: introduction and insects 25
 
2.1 Introduction 25
 
2.2 Insects 26
 
2.2.1 Key concepts 26
 
2.2.2 Fleas (Siphonaptera) 32
 
2.2.3 Lice (Phthiraptera) 36
 
2.2.4 Bugs (Hemiptera) 39
 
2.2.5 Biting and nuisance flies (Diptera) 40
 
2.2.6 Myiasis-producing dipterans 48
 
3 Arthropods part 2: ticks, mites and ectoparasiticides 57
 
3.1 Introduction 57
 
3.2 Ticks 57
 
3.2.1 Key concepts 57
 
3.2.2 Hard ticks (Ixodidae) 62
 
3.2.3 Soft ticks (Argasidae) 65
 
3.3 Mange mites 65
 
3.3.1 Key concepts 66
 
3.3.2 Subsurface mites 66
 
3.3.3 Surface mites 69
 
3.4 Other arthropods 74
 
3.5 Ectoparasiticides 75
 
3.5.1 Key concepts

Dennis Jacobs, BVMS, PhD, FHEA, DipEVPC, FRCPath, FRVCS, Emeritus Professor, The Royal Veterinary College, London
 
After graduating from the Glasgow Veterinary School and a short period in the pharmaceutical industry, he devoted his professional career to teaching and research. He has served as Vice-President of the World Association for the Advancement of Veterinary Parasitology and Secretary of the European Veterinary Parasitology College.
 
Mark Fox, BVetMed, PhD, FHEA, DipEVPC, MRCVS, Professor of Veterinary Parasitology, The Royal Veterinary College, London
 
He has over thirty years' experience of teaching and research in the veterinary parasitology field, having graduated from The Royal Veterinary College and spent a period in small animal practice. His current research interests focus on the epidemiology of parasite infections in both domestic and wild animals. He was awarded the William Hunting medal in recognition of avian coccidiosis research.
 
Lynda Gibbons, BSc, PhD, CBiol, FRSB, Attached Senior Scientist, The Royal Veterinary College, London
 
Having studied at Leicester University and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, she became Head of Animal Helminthology Biosystematics at the CABI Institute of Parasitology. She is a recipient of the Elsdon-Dew medal (Parasitological Society of Southern Africa) and the Betts Prize (The Royal Veterinary College).
 
Carlos Hermosilla, DrMedVet, DipEVPC, DrHabil, DVM, Professor, Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen
 
Having gained a veterinary degree from the University Austral of Chile, and doctorates from Justus-Liebig-Universität in Germany, he worked as Senior Lecturer in Veterinary Parasitology at The Royal Veterinary College, London, before returning to the Institute of Parasitology in Gießen as Professor to continue his enthusiasm for teaching and research. He is also visiting professor at the University Austral of Chile.