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Informationen zum Autor Robin B. Gasser is Professor in Parasitology at the Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Melbourne, Australia Professor Georg von Samson-Himmelstjerna works at the Institut für Parasitologie und Tropenveterinärmedizin, Freie Universität Berlin.
List of contents
1. Evolution and Biogeography of Haemonchus contortus: Linking Faunal Dynamics in Space and Time
Eric P. Hoberg and Dante S. Zarlenga
2. Genetic Diversity and Population Structure of Haemonchus contortus
John Gilleard and Elizabeth Redman
3. The Biochemistry of Haemonchus contortus and Other Parasitic Nematodes
Achim Harder
4. The Pathophysiology, Ecology and Epidemiology of Haemonchus contortus Infection in Small Ruminants
R. Brown Besier, Lewis P. Kahn, Neil D. Sargison and Jan A.Van Wyk
5. The Identification of Haemonchus species and Diagnosis of Haemonchosis
Dante S. Zarlenga, Eric P. Hoberg and Wenbin Tuo
6. Diagnosis, Treatment and Management of Haemonchus contortus in Small Ruminants
R. Brown Besier, Lewis P. Kahn, Neil D. Sargison and Jan A. Van Wyk
7. Interactions Between Nutrition and Infections with Haemonchus contortus and Related Gastro-intestinal Nematodes in Small Ruminants
Hervé Hoste, Juan F.J. Torres-Acosta, Jessica Quijada, Israel Chan-Perez, Mohammed M. Dakheel, Dill S. Kommuru,Irène Mueller Harvey and Thomas H. Terrill
8. Immunity to Haemonchus contortus and Vaccine Development
Alasdair J. Nisbet, Els N. Meeusen, Jorge F. González and David M. Piedrafita
9. Anthelmintic Resistance in Haemonchus contortus: History, Mechanisms and Diagnosis
Andrew C. Kotze and Roger K. Prichard
10. Haemonchus contortus: Applications in Drug Discovery
Timothy G. Geary
11. Gaining Insights into the Pharmacology of Anthelmintics Using Haemonchus contortus as a Model Nematode
Carlos E. Lanusse, Luis I. Alvarez and Adrián L. Lifschitz
12. Understanding Haemonchus contortus Better Through Genomics and Transcriptomics
Robin B. Gasser, Erich M. Schwarz, Pasi K. Korhonen and Neil D. Young
13. Haemonchus contortus: Genome Structure, Organization and Comparative Genomics
Roz Laing,Axel Martinelli, Alan Tracey, Nancy Holroyd, John Gilleard and James A. Cotton
14. Functional Genomics Tools for Haemonchus contortus and Lessons from Other Helminths
Collette Britton,Brett Roberts and Neil D. Marks
