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- English
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Neosporosis in Animals
About this book
Key features:
- Written by the scientist who named this parasite and was the first to set up proper diagnostic techniques
- Serves as the first ever book to provide information on the parasite structure, biology, pathogenesis, clinical signs, epidemiology, prevention, and control of neosporosis
- Covers both approaches toward preventing & controlling this disease: Developing an efficacious vaccine and sound cattle management practices
- Contains a wealth of illustrations, including many of the author's original photographs of the parasite
- Provides basic information on immunologic and molecular aspects of the disease
Abortion is a worldwide problem in the livestock industry accounting for annual economic losses of billions of dollars, and N. caninum is a major cause of it. Neosporosis is a newly recognized disease of animals. Until 1988 it was misdiagnosed as toxoplasmosis. Considerable progress in understanding the biology of neosporosis has been made in the last 30 years, resulting in more than 2, 000 scientific publications. The economic importance of abortion in cattle, and the availability of knowledge, reagents, and technology used to study toxoplasmosis, have contributed to the rapid progress in understanding the biology of neosporosis.
Written by pioneers in this field, Neosporosis in Animals presents a comprehensive summary of the biology of neosporosis, starting with chapter 1 on the historical background of the discovery of the disease. Subsequent chapters deal with general aspects of the biology of N. caninum (chapter 2), techniques (chapter 3), and the disease caused by this parasite in cattle (chapter 4), dogs (chapter 5), and all other animals including sheep, pigs, primates and humans (chapters 6-18).
This book provides, for the first time in a single authoritative source, a complete account of the structure, biology, clinical disease, diagnosis, epidemiology, treatment, attempts at immunoprophylaxis, and control in all hosts. There are 175 illustrations and tables devoted to the life cycle, structure of parasitic stages, and lesions. More than 2100 references are cited, allowing the reader to locate additional information on specific topics in an efficient way. This book will be useful to a broad range of researchers in biology and veterinarians.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Preface
- Authors
- Abbreviations Commonly Used
- Chapter 1: History of Neospora and Neosporosis
- Chapter 2: General Biology
- Chapter 3: Techniques
- Chapter 4: Neosporosis in Cattle
- Chapter 5: Neosporosis in Dogs
- Chapter 6: Neosporosis in Sheep
- Chapter 7: Neosporosis in Goats
- Chapter 8: Neosporosis in Water Buffaloes (Bubalus bubalis)
- Chapter 9: Neosporosis in Pigs
- Chapter 10: Neosporosis in Camels and South American Camelids
- Chapter 11: Neosporosis in Felids
- Chapter 12: Neosporosis in Avian Species
- Chapter 13: Neosporosis in Humans and Primates
- Chapter 14: Neosporosis in Cervids and Other Wild Herbivores
- Chapter 15: Neosporosis in White Rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum)
- Chapter 16: Neosporosis in Wild Canids and Other Carnivores
- Chapter 17: Neosporosis in Miscellaneous Animals
- Chapter 18: N. hughesi and Neosporosis in Horses and Other Equids
- References
- Index