Ecology and Physiology of Parasites : : A Symposium / / ed. by A. Murray Fallis.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Archive 1933-1999
• MitwirkendeR: Downes, J. A.,; Duke, B. O. L.,; Hammond, Datus M.,; Kearn, G. C.,; Lainson, R.,; Lee, D. L.,; Read, Clark P.,; Reeves, William C.,; Shaw, J. J.,; Ulmer, Martin J.,; Vavra, Jiří,; Vickerman, Keith,; Wallace, H. R.,
• HerausgeberIn: Fallis, A. Murray,
• Place / Publishing House: Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2019]; ©1971
• Year of Publication: 2019
• Language: English
• Series: Heritage
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (268 p.)

Increasing wisdom and ingenuity are required if we are to master our environment and cope with the myriad of organisms that affect our existence. Not the least of these organisms are the parasites and pathogens which can be found in all animals. The ecological implications of parasitism are obvious,...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Contents
• Contributors
• Preface
• The development and ecology of coccidia and related intracellular parasites
• Epidemiological considerations of the leishmanias with particular reference to the New World
• Morphological and physiological considerations of extracellular blood protozoa
• Physiological, morphological, and ecological considerations of some microsporidia and gregarines
• Helminths as vectors of micro-organisms
• Site-finding behaviour in helminths in intermediate and definitive hosts
• The physiology and behaviour of the monogenean skin parasite Entobdella soleae in relation to its host (Solea solea)
• The microcosm of intestinal helminths
• The movement of nematodes in the external environment
• The ecology of onchocerciasis in man and animals
• Mosquito vector and vertebrate host interaction: The key to maintenance of certain arboviruses
• The ecology of blood-sucking Diptera: An evolutionary perspective