Large Animal Parasitology Procedures for Veterinary Technicians 1st Edition

Large Animal Parasitology Procedures for Veterinary Technicians

This book is a comprehensive, illustrated reference that provides the most sensitive diagnostic procedures for internal parasites of domestic animals, focusing on the Modified Wisconsin Sugar Flotation Method. It offers detailed, step-by-step instructions and bullet-point guidance, making it an essential resource for veterinary technicians and students.

Key Features

• Comprehensive Coverage: The book covers parasitic nematodes, cestodes, coccidian oocysts, and trematode egg recoveries, identification, and enumeration, along with treatment strategies for five separate categories of animal patients.
• Species Inclusion: Parasites of equine, large and small ruminants (including alpaca), swine, poultry, and hoofed wildlife patients are included, with full-color images for quick identification.
• Diagnostic Techniques: It provides a detailed guide to fecal examination procedures, comparing the Modified Wisconsin Sugar Flotation method with gross examination, smear, sedimentation, and other techniques. It also includes methods for fluke egg recovery and the Baermann technique for lungworm larvae recovery.
• Clinical Relevance: The text covers potential sources for infection, the seasonality of the infection, possible environmental recontamination, and control strategies with suggestions to prevent reoccurrences.
• Visual Learning: Each species section is heavily illustrated with comparative images to aid the technician in quickly identifying the parasite and life cycle stage, along with an assessment of the life cycle stage and discussion of zoonotic potential.
• Foundational Knowledge: Information includes the definition and economic importance of parasitisms, details on the epidemiology of parasitic enteritis, and the basics of protozoology, helminthology, and applied veterinary parasitology.