The Biology and Identification of the Coccidia (Apicomplexa) of Carnivores of the World

The first and only taxonomic guide to apicomplexan parasites of carnivores that allows easy parasite identification with a summation of virtually everything known about the biology of each known parasite species

Donald W. Duszynski (Author), Jana Kvi?erová (Author), R. Scott Seville (Author)

9780128113493, Elsevier Science

Paperback, published 26 June 2018

315 pages
23.4 x 19 x 2.1 cm, 1.81 kg

The fundamental concept of The Biology and Identification of the Coccidia (Apicomplexa) of Carnivores of the World is to provide an up-to-date reference guide to the identification, taxonomy, and known biology of apicomplexan intestinal and tissue parasites of carnivores including, but not limited to, geographic distribution, prevalence, sporulation, prepatent and patent periods, site(s) of infection in the definitive and (if known) intermediate hosts, endogenous development, cross-transmission, pathology, phylogeny, and (if known) their treatments. These data will allow easy parasite recognition with a summation of virtually everything now known about the biology of each parasite species covered. The last (very modest) and only treatise published on this subject was in 1981 so this book fills a fundamental gap in our knowledge of what is now known, and what is not, about the coccidian parasites that infect and sometimes kill carnivores and/or their prey that can harbor intermediate stages, including many domestic and game animals.

1. Introduction2. Review Carnivore Evolution3. Eimeriidae in the Caniformia Family Ailuridae4. Eimeriidae in the Caniformia Family Canidae5. Eimeriidae in the Caniformia Family Mephitidae6. Eimeriidae in the Caniformia Family Mustelidae7. Eimeriidae in the Caniformia Family Phocidae8. Eimeriidae in the Caniformia Family Procyonidae9. Eimeriidae in the Caniformia Family Ursidae10. Eimeriidae in the Feliformia Family Felidae11. Eimeriidae in the Feliformia Family Herpestidae12. Eimeriidae in the Feliformia Family Hyaenidae13. Eimeriidae in the Feliformia Family Viverridae14. Adeleidae in the Carnivora15. Sarcocystidae: Sarcocystinae in the Carnivora16. Sarcocystidae: Toxoplasmatinae in the Carnivora17. Cryptosporidiidae in the Carnivora18. Treatment and Drug Therapies in Coccidiosis of Carnivora19. Carnivores without Coccidia and Species Inquirendae 20. Discussion, Summary, and Conclusions

Subject Areas: Veterinary bacteriology, virology, parasitology [MZMP], Medical parasitology [MMFP]