Dictionary of Parasitology

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Dictionary of Parasitology

By Peter J. Gosling

Dictionary of Parasitology PDF. Although many books have been published on various aspects of human, animal, and plant parasitology, as well as the public health problems associated with parasites, none to date has offered a comprehensive glossary for those confronted with the discipline’s exceptionally extensive terminology. To meet this need requires a dedicated text that can house the myriad entries that define all the basic principles and advanced nomenclature of parasitology.

The Dictionary of Parasitology reflects current practice in all aspects of parasitology and includes spellings, punctuation, abbreviations, acronyms, symbols, nomenclature, prefixes, and suffixes. It covers the field of modern parasitology with concise, clear, and authoritative precision. The dictionary assigns entries of parasites to the primary divisions of parasitology: human, veterinary, plant, insect, or fish; although in many instances the area of interest may be wide-ranging.

The dictionary provides the depth and breadth of knowledge that makes it both an informative and useful volume for beginners and experts in the field, as well as for writers and editors of scientific texts. Entries cover control measures, immunology, physiology, pharmacology, etc., and each are labeled according to the most appropriate area to which they relate.

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Providing more than 11,500 entries, the Dictionary of Parasitology, sets a standard that will allow those in the field to communicate with essential scientific accuracy.

Offers the most comprehensive listing of the major parasites of humans, animals, fish, insects, and plants available
Includes more than 11,500 entries, often with referral to related terms, as well as a wealth of other relevant information
Covers the field of parasitology in a concise, clear, authoritative, up-to-date manner
Provides readers with the essential accuracy needed for communicating scientific information

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Dictionary of Toxicology, 3rd Edition

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Dictionary of Toxicology, 3rd Edition

Dictionary of Toxicology, 3rd Edition presents a compendium of definitions of all current toxicological terminology. This authoritative reference illustrates and describes words, concepts, acronyms and symbols for both the toxicological theory and applied risk assessment, as well as providing guidance on the correct selection of problematic, similar and frequently-misused terms.

Written by one of the world’s foremost experts in toxicology, and with each entry peer reviewed, Dictionary of Toxicology, 3rd Edition is an essential reference for all scientific, medical and legal professionals who work with or encounter the toxicological effects of contaminants on biological systems.

New to this edition: an update on every entry and the inclusion of all terminology and concepts relating to molecular toxicology, nanotoxicology and computational toxicology.

Readership:
Scientists new to the area of toxicology, professors and students of toxicology, pathologists, regulatory toxicologists, and legal, public health and legislative professionals

Presents peer-reviewed definitions on the most up-to-date toxicological terms and concepts.
Includes access to a frequently-updated website to ensure that readers can always access the most appropriate and up-to-date toxicological term.
New edition includes definitions within the fields of molecular toxicology, nanotoxicology, computational toxicology and risk assessment.
Companion website offers further definitions and ability to submit new terms and definitions.

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Dictionary of Virology 4th Edition

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Dictionary of Virology 4th Edition

By Brian Mahy

Dictionary of Virology 4th Edition PDF is Completely revised and updated to take into account the new taxonomy and grouping changes made by the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses in their 8th Report, this book provides an authoritative and concise list of all viruses affecting vertebrate species, from humans to fish.

Includes the new viruses of medical or veterinary importance that have emerged since 2001, such as the new human coronaviruses, SARS and NL63 and a new subtype of influenza (H1N2 Includes new terms in virology *Extensive cross-referencing and illustrative tables further enhance the use of this book

Readership: Undergraduate and postgraduate students and researchers in Virology, Microbiology, Immunology and Medicine, dealing with Infectious Diseases.

Table of Contents

Preface to the Fourth Edition

The Dictionary of Virology

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Abbreviations

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Dietary Nutrients, Additives and Fish Health

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Dietary Nutrients, Additives and Fish Health

By Cheng-Sheng Lee

Dietary Nutrients, Additives and Fish Health PDF. Fish nutrition can be the deciding factor between a robust and healthy farmed fish population and low aquaculture production. In an age where chemicals and antibiotics are under greater scrutiny than ever, a strong understanding of the role of nutrients and feed additives is essential in the aquaculture industry.

Dietary Nutrients, Additives and Fish Health is a comprehensive review of dietary nutrients, antinutritional factors and toxins, and non-nutrient dietary additives, and their effects on fish performance and immune system function, as well as overall health.

The book opens with an overview of fish immune systems and health. Subsequent chapters delve into proteins and amino acids, lipids and fatty acids, carbohydrates, beta glucans, vitamins, minerals, antinutrients, mycotoxins, nucleotides, prebiotics, probiotics, organic acids and their salts, and plant extracts and their impacts on fish health, growth, and development. The text then concludes with a chapter on feeding practices.

Table of Contents

List of Contributors

Preface

Acknowledgements

1 Overview of Fish Immune System and Infectious Diseases

2 Protein, Amino Acids, and Ingredients

3 Lipids and Fatty Acids

4 Carbohydrates

5 β-Glucans

6 Vitamins (Excluding C and E)

7 The Effect of Vitamin C on Fish Health

8 Vitamin E

9 Minerals

10 Antinutrients

11 Mycotoxin Contamination of Fish Feeds

12 Nucleotides

13 Prebiotics

14 Gastrointestinal Microorganisms of Fish and Probiotics

15 Organic Acids and Their Salts

16 Plant Extracts

17 Feeding Practices and Fish Health

Index

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Dilemmas in Animal Welfare

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Dilemmas in Animal Welfare

By Michael C. Appleby, Daniel M. Weary and Peter Sandøe

Dilemmas in Animal Welfare Book PDF. There are many ongoing debates within and about the subject of animal welfare. This book distils some of the major themes of current debate into one volume, edited by internationally known names in the field of animal welfare. Each chapter is written by one or more leading experts who discuss, in an even-handed way, a provocative topic that will be of interest to anyone concerned with animal welfare. Issues covered include tail docking, farm animal production, neutering of feral cats and the need to conserve habitats of native wild animals in the face of threats from non-native species. Chapters address the different values and priorities involved in dealing with these issues, including scientific and more explicit ethical approaches. Each chapter ends with questions for discussion that may help readers to engage with these dilemmas.

Table of Contents

Introduction : values, dilemmas, and solutions

Tales about tails : is the mutilation of animals justifiable in their best interests or ours?

Fat companions : understanding the welfare effects of obesity in cats and dogs

Welfare and quantity of life

Improving farm animal welfare : is evolution or revolution needed in production systems?

Whom should we eat? why veal can be better for welfare than chicken

Public health and animal welfare

Balancing the need for conservation and the welfare of individual animals

Value conflicts in feral cat management : trap-neuter-return or trap-euthanize?

Alone or together : a risk assessment approach to group housing

What is suffering in animals?

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Diseases of Mites and Ticks

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Diseases of Mites and Ticks

By Jan Bruin and Leo P. S. Geest

Diseases of Mites and Ticks PDF. The current collection of twenty-four papers is a mixture of primary research articles and literature reviews, presenting a broad overview of the developments in about all possible aspects of acarine diseases, stretching from basic pathology to microbial pest control. The pathogens include fungi, bacteria, and protozoa (as well as an occasional virus and unidentified organism), the hosts are mites and ticks from a great variety of taxa (e.g., Eriophyidae, Ixodidae, Oribatida, Phytoseiidae, Psoroptida, Tarsonemidae, Tetranychidae, Varroidae). These taxa include many infamous mites and ticks, which cause tremendous economical losses throughout the world, for example in greenhouse and field-grown agricultural crops, life stock (cattle, sheep), apiculture, and man. The taxa also include commercially available biocontrol agents, whose mass rearings need to be protected against pathogens.

First comprehensive book on the subject of pathogens and pathology of diseases of acari (mites and ticks)
Use of pathogens to control veterinary ticks and agricultural mite pests is a hot issue, so this broad overview is timely
The mix of literature reviews and primary data contributions cover almost all possible aspects of the subject

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Table of Contents

Diseases of mites and ticks: farewell to Leo van der Geest

Diseases of mites and ticks: from basic pathology to microbial control—an introduction

Using RNA interference to determine the role of varisin in the innate immune system of the hard tick Dermacentor variabilis (Acari: Ixodidae)

Silencing expression of the defensin, varisin, in male Dermacentor variabilis by RNA interference results in reduced Anaplasma marginale infections

Potential effects of mixed infections in ticks on transmission dynamics of pathogens: comparative analysis of published records

An association between the Antarctic mite Alaskozetes antarcticus and an entomophthoralean fungus of the genus Neozygites

Diversity of acaropathogenic fungi in Poland and other European countries

Entomopathogenic fungi against South American tick species

Pathogenicity and thermotolerance of entomopathogenic fungi for the control of the scab mite, Psoroptes ovis

Impact of two treatments of a formulation of Beauveria bassiana (Deuteromycota: Hyphomycetes) conidia on Varroa mites (Acari: Varroidae) and on honeybee (Hymenoptera: Apidae) colony health

Topically applied myco-acaricides for the control of cattle ticks: overcoming the challenges

Protection of Metarhizium anisopliae conidia from ultra-violet radiation and their pathogenicity to Rhipicephalus evertsi evertsi ticks

Evaluation of Metarhizium anisopliae (Deuteromycota: Hyphomycetes) for control of broad mite Polyphagotarsonemus latus (Acari: Tarsonemidae) in mulberry

Enabling mycelial application of Hirsutella thompsonii for managing the coconut mite

A tale of three acaropathogenic fungi in Israel: Hirsutella, Meira and Acaromyces

Lessons from interactions within the cassava green mite fungal pathogen Neozygites tanajoae system and prospects for microbial control using Entomophthorales

Failure of the mite-pathogenic fungus Neozygites tanajoae and the predatory mite Neoseiulus idaeus to control a population of the cassava green mite, Mononychellus tanajoa

The effects of Pseudomonas putida biotype B on Tetranychus urticae (Acari: Tetranychidae)

Overwintering and prevalence of Neozygites floridana (Zygomycetes: Neozygitaceae) in hibernating females of Tetranychus urticae (Acari: Tetranychidae) under cold climatic conditions in strawberries

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Domestic Dog Cognition and Behavior

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By Alexandra Horowitz

Domestic Dog Cognition and Behavior: The Scientific Study of Canis Familiaris PDF highlights the state of the field in the new, provocative line of research into the cognition and behavior of the domestic dog. Eleven chapters from leading researchers describe innovative methods from comparative psychology, ethology and behavioral biology, which are combined to create a more comprehensive picture of the behavior of Canis familiaris than ever before. Each of the book’s three parts highlights one of the perspectives relevant to providing a full understanding of the dog. Part I covers the perceptual abilities of dogs and the effect of interbreeding. Part II includes observational and experimental results from studies of social cognition – such as learning and social referencing – and physical cognition in canids, while Part III summarizes the work in the field to date, reviewing various conceptual and methodological approaches and testing anthropomorphisms with regard to dogs. The final chapter discusses the practical application of behavioral and cognitive results to promote animal welfare. This volume reflects a modern shift in science toward considering and studying domestic dogs for their own sake, not only insofar as they reflect back on human beings.

Behavior Problems Of The Dog And Cat 4Th Edition

Table of Contents

Orientation: Perceptual and Breed Effects on Behavior and Early Ethological Research

Canine Olfaction: Scent, Sign, and Situation

Dog Breeds and Their Behavior

The Significance of Ethological Studies: Playing and Peeing

Behavior and Cognition: Observational and Experimental Results

Dog Imitation and Its Possible Origins

Social Looking in the Domestic Dog

Visual Attention in Dogs and the Evolution of Non-Verbal Communication

Cognitive Development in Gray Wolves: Development of Object Permanence and Sensorimotor Intelligence with Respect to Domestic Dogs

The Future of Dog Research: Critical Reassessment of Methods and Practice, and Practical Applications

Measuring the Behaviour of Dogs: An Ethological Approach

Looking at Dogs: Moving from Anthropocentrism to Canid Umwelt

A Dog’s-Eye View of Canine Cognition

Canine Welfare Science: An Antidote to Sentiment and Myth

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Dynamics in Animal Nutrition

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Dynamics in Animal Nutrition

By Jannes Doppenberg and Piet van der Aar

Dynamics in Animal Nutrition PDF. Animal nutrition is a fast changing field of expertise. Newly developed scientific knowledge is quickly adapted to better understand the integral balance between different organs and the digestive system. Society demands that the feed industry responds to consumer issues such as food safety, sustainability of animal production, animal health and welfare, carbon foot printing etc. via altering feeding programs. The practising nutritionist needs to implement this vast knowledge into practical feed formulations in a cost effective way in order to produce feeds and animal products efficiently.

This book addresses current topics of interest to researchers and nutritionists in animal research, the feed and allied industry. This includes: immunomodulation, gut barrier functions in gut health, oxidative stress in weaned piglets, glutamine as an functional amino acid, energy evaluation of feedstuffs for layers, reduction of the risk of Salmonella infections, glucogenic nutrients as a predictor of milk production, reduction of methanogenesis in ruminants, glucose metabolism and insulin resistance in sows and much more. This reference book will be of vital interest to all involved in animal nutrition and the animal production industry.

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Animal Welfare and Meat Science

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By Neville G. Gregory, T. Grandin

Progressive animal production methods must deliver high quality meat to the consumer, while at the same time promote the welfare of farmed animals. The literature on animal welfare has expanded immensely over recent years, but until now no book has related this area to that of meat science. This book aims to fill that gap. Animal Welfare and Meat Science provides a general review of current knowledge of the welfare of farmed animals, including fish, as this impacts upon meat quality. It represents a textbook for graduate level courses in animal welfare or meat science, but will also be of interest to a wide range of readers in animal, veterinary and food sciences, and in applied ethology.

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Table of Contents

Table of Contents:

Animal Welfare and the Meat Market
Livestock Presentation and Welfare before Slaughter
Solving Livestock Handling Problems in Slaughter Plants
Physiology of Stress, Distress, Stunning and Slaughter
Muscle Structure, Exercise and Metabolism
Post-mortem Muscle Metabolism and Meat Quality
Cattle
Sheep
Pigs
Poultry
Fish
Processed Meats
Stunning and Slaughter
Stunning and Meat Quality
Caring for Animals and for Quality
References
Student Assignments
Index

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Sensory Systems of Animals Biology and Behavior

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By Mark Hollins

Sensory Systems of Animals Biology and Behavior PDF provide a knowledge base and unifying perspective on the field that will enable beginning researchers to chart their own course within it. The author describes, in a systematic but engaging way, the sensory systems of humans and other vertebrates, as well as arthropods and molluscs.

Why is it important to understand the senses of animals? One reason is that human activities are changing the perceptual world of animals in ways that expose them to danger. From bright outdoor lighting disorienting migrating birds to human sonar driving whales to beach themselves; it is becoming increasingly important to find ways to reduce such dangers. This will require big changes in human behavior, and greater understanding of how animals react, physiologically and behaviorally, to anthropogenic changes in their environment.

The emphasis throughout is on research, in both the behavioral/ethological and neuroscientific traditions, that has led to important discoveries. The functional anatomy of each system, from receptor cells to brain areas, is succinctly described, explaining how it underlies the animal’s sensory abilities and behavior. Overall descriptions of a sense for a class of animals (for example, hearing in arachnids) are interspersed with expanded coverage of that sense in a particular animal, such as the ogre-faced web-casting spider that does a backflip to capture an insect buzzing overhead. Evolutionary themes are found throughout the book, for example in describing the development of the vertebrate ear, and in the convergent evolution of the eyes of vertebrates and cephalopods.

Table of Contents

Introduction
Vision in Vertebrates
Vision in Invertebrates
Color Vision
Visual Space Perception
Touch
Hearing
Taste
Smell
Senses We Don’t Have
Final Thoughts

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