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The common liver fluke : Fasciola hepatica L. /
The Common Liver Fluke: Fasciola hepatica L. emphasizes the biological, physiological, pathological, and ecology and control of the common liver fluke. The book provides a thorough review of the life of the animal, from its bodily structure to where it thrives. Since this animal can also cause disea...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford, New York,
Pergamon Press
[1965]
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| Edición: | [1st ed.]. |
| Colección: | International series of monographs on pure and applied biology. Division, Zoology ;
v. 21. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front Cover ; The Common Liver Fluke: Fasciola Hepatica L.; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; PART I:BIOLOGY OF THE LIVER FLUKE; CHAPTER 1. LIFE CYCLE AND S Y STEMATICS; Outline of the Life Cycle (Fig. 1); The Discovery of the Life Cycle; Systematic^; Species of FASCIOLA; CHAPTER 2. HOSTS OF THE LIVER FLUKE; Mammalian Hosts; Snail Host; CHAPTER 3; . E N V I R O N M E N T A L I N F L U E N C E S ONT H E L I F E CYCLE; Development of Egg and Hatching of the Miracidium; Development in the Snail; Development of the Metacercarium
- CHAPTER 4. D I S C H A R G E OF E G G S F R O M T H EM A M M A L I A N H O S TPART II:STRUCTURE AND PHYSIOLOGY; CHAPTER 5. MORPHOLOGY AND PHYSIOLOGY OFLARVAL STAGES; Embryo; Miracidium; Sporocyst; Redia; Host Reaction to the Larvae; Cercarium; Cyst and Development to the Adult Stage; CHAPTER 6. TEGUMENT AND MUSCLE LAYERS; Cuticular Epithelium; Muscle; Myoblasts, Gland Cells or Epithelial Cells?; CHAPTER 7. F E E D I N G AND GUT; Food of the Parasite; The Gut Epithelium; CHAPTER 8. EXCRETOR Y SYSTEM; CHAPTER 9. CELL TYPES IN THE PARENCHYMA. NERVOUS SYSTEM; Nervous System
- CHAPTER 10. REPRODUCTIVE SYS T EMCHAPTER 11. M E T A B O L I C S T U D I E S; Carbohydrate Metabolism; Other Metabolites; Excretory Products; Respiratory Pigment; Iron and Copper Metabolism; Metabolic Role of the Tegument; Effects of Host Hormones; Enzymes of Whole Tissue Extracts; PART III:PATHOLOGY, CHEMOTHERAPYAND IMMUNOLOGY; CHAPTER 12. THE INVASION OF THE MAMMALIANHOST; The Route to the Liver; Histopathological Changes; Toxic Effects; Other Symptoms; CHAPTER 13. FASCIOLIASIS AND BACTERIALINFECTIONS; CHAPTER 14. MAINTENANCE IN VITRO ANDPHARMACOLOGICAL TESTS; Maintenance in Vitro
- Pharmacological TestsCHAPTER 15. ANTHELMINTHICS USED AGAINSTTHE LIVER FLUKE; Carbon Tetrachloride; Hexachlorethane; Other Anthelminthics and Preparations; CHAPTER 16. IMMUNOLOGICAL RESPONSE OFTHE HOST; Demonstration of Antibodies; Ineffectiveness of Antibodies; Attenuated Larvae as Antigen Carriers; Conclusion; CHAPTER 17. D I A G N O S T I C T E S T S *; Precipitin Reaction; Complement Fixation Test; Diagnostic Tests Based on Hypersensitivity -Skin Tests; Fractionation of Antigens; CHAPTER 18. H U M A N F A S C I O L I A S I S; Diagnostic Tests; PART IV: ECOLOGY AND CONTROL
- CHAPTER 19. BIOLOGY OF THE SNAIL HOSTHabitat; Life Cycle; Predators of the Snail; The Maintenance of Snail Colonies in the Laboratory; CHAPTER 20. MOLLUSCICIDES; CHAPTER 21. THE CONTROL OF FASCIOLIASIS; Weather and Snail Numbers
- Forecasting; Control Measures; Snail Control; Grazing Management; CONCLUSION; APPENDIX I:THE HANDLING OF LIVER FLUKEMATERIAL; 1. Eggs, Embryonation and Hatching of Miracidia; 2. Egg Counting in Faeces; 3. Maintenance of a Snail Culture
- Cysts; 4. Hatching of Cysts (Wikerhauser, 1960); 5. Examination of Adult Liver Flukes; 6. In Vitro Maintenance of Liver Flukes
- APPENDIX II:P R E P A R A T I O N A N D F R A C T I O N A T I O NOF L I V E R
- F L U K E A N T I G E N S