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Informationen zum Autor Richard Wall is professor of Zoology in the School of Biological Sciences of the University of Bristol. He specializes in the ecology, behavior, and evolution of arthropod parasites, pests and vectors. David Shearer is a Veterinary Surgeon who works as a diagnostic pathologist and a referral dermatologist in Norfolk. He has a particular interest in ectoparasites, dermatohistopathology, skin immunology and skin microbiology. Klappentext The diagnosis and treatment of ectoparasites plays an increasingly prominent role in the practice of veterinary medicine, necessitating a sound understanding of their biology and the pathology of infestation of domestic and companion animals. The book focuses on the arthropod ectoparasites of veterinary importance in temperate habitats, such as lice, mites, ticks, fleas or dipteran agents of myiasis. The authors have brought together a unique combination of parasitology, entomology, and veterinary dermatology. This new edition (previously called Veterinary Parasitology ) has expanded coverage of individual ectoparasite species as well as up-to-date drug, application and clinical information. The book opens with a detailed discussion of arthropod ectoparasites, their evolution and diversity, and their importance to veterinary medicine. Each group of ectoparasites is given its own chapter with easy-to-follow guides to identification, together with details of their life-history, morphology and pathology. Zusammenfassung Contains diagnostic sections on ectoparasites of small animals! such as hamsters! rabbits and guinea pigs! which are particularly useful to the veterinary practitioner or student. This book provides information! which is useful to veterinarians and students of veterinary medicine! animal husbandry and zoology. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface to Second Edition ix Acknowledgements x Chapter I The Importance and Diversity of Arthropod Ectopnrasites 1 1.1 Introduction 1 1.2 Ectoparasite-host relationships 1 1.3 Ectoparasite damage 2 1.4 The evolution of ectoparasite-host relationships 3 1.5 A modern and growing problem? 5 1.6 An introduction to arthropod structure and function 6 1.6.1 Arthropod segmentation 6 1.6.2 The arthropod exoskeleton 6 1.6.3 Jointed legs 8 1.6.4 Spiracles and gas exchange 8 1.6.5 The arthropod circulatory system 9 1.6.6 The arthropod nervous system 10 1.6.7 Digestion and absorption 11 1.6.8 Arthropod sense organs 12 1.6.9 Arthropod reproduction 13 1.6.10 Arthropod size 13 1.7 Patterns of arthropod development 14 1.7.1 Moulting 14 1.7.2 Simple and complex life-cycles 14 1.8 The classification of diversity 16 1.9 The origins of arthropods 16 l. 10 Living arthropod groups 17 1.10.1 Arachnids 18 1.10.2 Insects 19 1.10.3 Other living arthropod classes 20 1.11 Arthropod distributions 21 Further reading and references 22 Chapter 2 Mites (Acari) 23 2.1 Introduction 23 2.2 Morphology 23 2.3 Life history 25 2.4 Pathology 26 2.5 Classification 26 2.5.1 Astigmata 26 2.5.2 Prostigmata 27 2.5.3 Mesostigmata 27 2.6 Recognition of mites of veterinary importance 27 2.7 Astigmata (Sacroptiformes) 27 2.7.1 Sarcoptidae 27 Guide to the suborders of Acari 28 Guide to species and families of veterinary importance 28 2.7.2 Psoroptidae 34 Guide to the identification of life-cycle stages of Psoroptes mites 36 2.7.3 Knemidocoptidae 40 2.7.4 Listrophoridae 41 2.7.5 Astigmatid mites of minor veterinary interest 43 2.8 Prostigmata (Trombidiformes) 44 2.8.1 Demodicidae 44 2.8.2 Cheyletiellidae 45 2.8.3 Trombiculid...
