This textbook focuses on the most important parasites affecting dogs, cats, ruminants, horses, pigs, rabbits, rodents, birds, fishes, reptiles and bees. For eac

Unsurpassed, profusely illustrated text details lives, structures of numerous representative parasites of wild and domestic animals of North America. Exercises.

Explains parasite biology as a branch of ecology - essential reading for zoology and ecology students.

Synthesizes the latest developments in the ecology and evolution of animal parasites for a new generation of parasitologists.

Prepared under the auspices of the American College of Laboratory Animal Medicine, this second edition has been thoroughly updated and revised to improve utilit