Veterinary Parasitology Reference Manual, Fifth Edition is a practical, thorough, bench top reference for basic diagnostic veterinary parasitology. The manual provides pertinent information on parasite life cyles, importance, location in the host, zoonotic potential, current literature, diagnosis, and treatment. It also includes step-by-step instructions for the most common diagnostic procedures used in routine veterinary practice.
Sections are organized by animal host species, including dogs; cats; cattle, sheep and goats; llamas; horses; pigs; birds; ratites (ostriches, emus, and cassowaries); and laboratory animals, as well as wildlife, reptiles, marine mammals, and humans. There is a section in which common artifacts found in fecal samples are presented, and the last section includes conversion tables and a list of abbreviations.
Features of the Fifth edition include: * updated and enhanced references * information on new drugs * improved section on parasites of marine mammals * sections on parasites of laboratory animals and humans * over 500 photographs and figures
Readers will find this to be an easily accessible and accurate resource for information about parasites in a variety of animals - wild, domestic, common and exotic.
Customer Reviews:
Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0
Best of its kind.:
This is a great guide for new employees to the Veterinary medical field. I teach a class for assistants and we use it to help identify parasites. Couldn't get along without it.
the book came in handy for a project I had to do for parisitology. I would recomend this book and hope Vet Tech Schools would use it for their studends as the main book.
No complaints:
The book arrived in the time frame it was supposed to and in the condition they said it would be in.
Excellent Reference:
This literature is an excellent photographic reference of microscopic parasites. A failing is photos lack color.
