TY - BOOK ID - 35191857 TI - Veterinary entomology : arthropod ectoparasites of veterinary importance AU - Wall, Richard L. AU - Shearer, David PY - 1997 SN - 041261510X 9780412615108 9401158525 PB - London : Chapman & Hall, DB - UniCat KW - Arthropod pests. KW - Ectoparasitic infestations. KW - Veterinary entomology. KW - Veterinary parasitology. KW - Plant and Crop Sciences. Agricultural Entomology and Acarology -- Medical Entomology KW - ALLW. KW - Animals, Domestic KW - Ectoparasitic Infestations KW - parasitology. KW - veterinary. KW - Animal systematics. KW - Animal taxonomy. KW - Animal anatomy. KW - Animal Systematics/Taxonomy/Biogeography. KW - Animal Anatomy / Morphology / Histology. KW - Animal anatomy KW - Animals KW - Biology KW - Physiology KW - Animal classification KW - Animal systematics KW - Animal taxonomy KW - Classification KW - Systematic zoology KW - Systematics (Zoology) KW - Taxonomy, Animal KW - Zoological classification KW - Zoological systematics KW - Zoological taxonomy KW - Zoology KW - Anatomy KW - Veterinary epidemiology KW - Arthropod pests KW - Data processing. KW - Control. KW - Arthropoda KW - Invertebrate pests KW - Epidemics in animals KW - Epizootiology, Veterinary KW - Veterinary epizootiology KW - Epidemiology KW - Communicable diseases in animals KW - Animals, domestic KW - parasitology KW - Plant and Crop Sciences. Agricultural Entomology and Acarology -- Medical Entomology. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:35191857 AB - Although usually treated as unified subject, in many respects the two components of what is broadly described as 'medical and veterinary is usual, the term entomology is entomology' are clearly distinct. As used loosely here to refer to both insects and arachnids. In medical entomology blood-feeding Diptera are of paramount importance, primarily as vectors of pathogenic disease. Most existing textbooks reflect this bias. However, in veterinary entomology ectoparasites such as the mites, fleas or dipteran agents of myiasis assume far greater prominence and the most important effects of their parasitic activity may be mechanical damage, pruritus, blood loss, myiasis, hypersensitivity and dermatitis, in addition to vector-borne pathogenic disease. Ectoparasite infestation of domestic and companion animals, therefore, has clinical consequences necessitating a distinct approach to diagnosis and control. The aim of this book is to introduce the behaviour, ecology, pathology and control of arthropod ectoparasites of domestic animals to students and practitioners of veterinary medicine, animal husbandry and applied biology. Since the book is directed primarily at the non-entomologist, some simplification of a number of the more involved entomological issues has been deemed necessary to improve the book's logical structure and comprehensibility, and keep its length within limits. A reading list is presented at the end of each chapter to act as a stepping-stone into the specialist literature. ER -