Practical Exercises in Parasitology

An excellent practical guide to hands-on teaching of parasitology in the laboratory.

D. W. Halton (Edited by), J. M. Behnke (Edited by), I. Marshall (Edited by)

9780521022149, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 3 November 2005

480 pages, 89 b/w illus. 4 tables
24.8 x 19.1 x 2.7 cm, 0.842 kg

'… very useful for undergraduate students to illustrate many of the basic principles of parasitology.' Linda Basson, African Zoology

Parasitology is an immensely important aspect of biological science. This manual presents fifty easy-to-follow laboratory exercises for student practical (lab) classes. All the exercises are tried and tested by the authors and are used in a wide variety of university undergraduate teaching departments. They range from relatively simple observational exercises, using local materials and requiring little in the way of equipment, to more technically demanding experiments in physiology and molecular parasitology. Each exercise includes a list of necessary equipment, consumables and sources of parasite material, instructions for staff and students, including aspects of safety, expected results and some analysis provided by questions; there are ideas for further exploration and information on similar exercises, and lists of selected further reading. This book should be an essential purchase for all teachers of parasitology at the university undergraduate level and for students taking laboratory practical classes in the subject.

Part I. Observational Exercises on Parasites
Part II. Ecology
Part III. Physiology and Biochemistry
Part IV. Pathology and Immunology
Part V. Chemotherapy
Part VI. Molecular Parasitology
Part VII. Behaviour.

Subject Areas: Parasitology [non-medical PSGH], Microbiology [non-medical PSG], Molecular biology [PSD], Developmental biology [PSC]