Parasitic Worms Of Fish

Parasitic Worms Of Fish
Author: Hartford Williams
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 618
Release: 1994-01-14
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9780203489888

Fish are a unique group which harbour some 30,000 species of helminths that do not occur in other vertebrates. This book deals specifically with parasitic worms of fish. It covers every aspect of their biology including identification, life-cycles, hostparasite relationships and ecology. It discusses approaches to studying parasitic worm infections, preference of species for particular host species, preference for dwelling in certain organs and tissues, biogeography, seasonality of infections and how parasites have evolved in parallel with their hosts. The book concludes with discussions of fish worms causing diseases in nature and in fish-farms.

Keys to the Trematoda

Keys to the Trematoda
Author: David Ian Gibson
Publisher: CABI
Total Pages: 535
Release: 2002
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 0851995470

This work, in three volumes, presents a detailed revision of the systematics and taxonomy of the platyhelminth class Trematoda, subclasses Aspidogastrea and Digenea, with keys for the identification of these parasites at the superfamily, family, subfamily, and generic levels. The trematodes are parasitic worms infecting all vertebrate groups and include families of significance to human and animal health. The first volume covers the subclass Aspidogastrea and order Strigeida, while the second and third volumes will cover the orders Echinostomida and Plagiorchiida

CRC Handbook of the Zoology of Amphistomes

CRC Handbook of the Zoology of Amphistomes
Author: Otto Sey
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 488
Release: 2019-01-15
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1351366238

Handbook of the Zoology of Amphistomes provides a comprehensive survey on the morphology, ecology, systematics, and zoogeography of amphistomes, which are a group of digenetic trematodes parasitic in vertebrates. The handbook features the special morphological characteristics of amphistomes, including the structure and types of muscular organs; a short diagnosis for each species (when possible), as well as a line drawing of each adult fluke; a zoogeographical analysis, including the host-parasite coevolution, distributional patterns, and characterization of faunas within the zoogeographical realm; and a possible evolutionary scenario based on holomorphological characteristics. Parasitologists, helminthologists, zoologists, and biologists working with ecological associations will find this book an essential reference source for their work with amphistomes.

Parasites of North American Freshwater Fishes

Parasites of North American Freshwater Fishes
Author: Glenn L. Hoffman
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Total Pages: 496
Release: 2023-11-10
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0520320255

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1967.