Parasites

▼ Parasites

► Arthropods

► Helminths

► Protozoa

  Antiparasitic Drugs

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  Parasitology Introduction

Parasitology

Division by Class:

• Arthropods
  • Insecta
    • Fleas (Siphonaptera)
    • Lice (Phthiraptera
    • Flies (Diptera)
      • Nuisance Flies
      • Biting Flies
      • Myiasis Producing Flies
  • Arachnida
    • Acarina
      • Ticks (Suborder: Metastigmata)
      • Mites (Suborder: Astigmata)

• Crustacea
• Protozoa
• Helminths

Antiparasitic Drugs

Parasite Flashcards

Useful Resources

Sea Lice - Copyright Joseph G. Kunkel at The Kunkel Fish & Aquatic Invert Site

Mites parasitising a harvestman - Wikimedia Commons

• http://www.rvc.ac.uk/review/Parasitology/Index/Index.htm

Information on the diagnostic tests, collecting of samples and identification of parasites

• Parasitology videos

• Veterinary Parasitology Images "Courtesy of Thomas Nolan, Laboratory of Parasitology, University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine"

WikiWords

A glossary of the important concepts and terms in parasitology

References

This section relies heavily on lecture notes and input from:

• Professor Dennis Jacobs

• Dr Mark T Fox BVetMed PhD HFEA DipEVPC MRCVS

Other sources

• Wall and Shearer: Veterinary Entomology

• Taylor, Coop and Wall: Veterinary Parasitology, third edition

• http://www.parasitology.com/

• http://www.bio.umass.edu/biology/kunkel/fish/

• http://micropics.org.uk/Muscidae/muscidae.htm

• http://www.veterinariavirtual.uab.es/parasito/diagnos003$/coproeq.htm

• http://www.vet.uga.edu/VPP/clerk/siegel/index.php

• http://cal.vet.upenn.edu/projects/dxendopar/diagnostages/felinelibrary/fellib.html