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The Biology of Echinococcus and hydatid disease /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Thompson, R. C. A., Smyth, J. D. (James Desmond), 1917-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London ; Boston : Allen & Unwin, 1986.
Subjects:
Echinococcosis.
Echinococcus.
Table of Contents:
  • Current status of hydatid disease: a zoonosis of increasing importance
  • Hydatid disease in other intermediate hosts
  • Sheep
  • Cattle and buffaloes
  • Horses
  • Swine
  • Camels
  • Alveolar, multicystic and multilobular hydatidosis in animals
  • Epidemiology and control of hydatid disease
  • The adult sub-population in dogs
  • Biological parameters
  • The egg sub-population in the environment
  • The larval sub-population in sheep
  • Transmission between hosts
  • Immunodiagnosis of hydatid disease
  • Immunological diagnosis of echinococcus infection in animals
  • Diagnosis in sheep
  • Diagnosis in other natural intermediate hosts
  • Prospects for treatment of the metacestode stage of echinococcus
  • Chemotherapy of experimental larval echinococcosis
  • Models for drug evaluation
  • Trials in laboratory animals
  • Trials in domestic animals
  • Conclusions from animal experiments