Overview
- A highly readable resource on canine parasitoses and their zoonotic potential
- Provides clear advice on symptom recognition and parasitic disease control
- Describes pet dog diseases and rural wildlife transmission circles
- Complements existing literature in infection research and pet medicine
- Reference work for parasitologists as well as veterinary and human physicians
Part of the book series: Parasitology Research Monographs (Parasitology Res. Monogr., volume 13)
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Table of contents (14 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
This book presents the latest information on canine parasites with zoonotic potential, to help avoid human infections. Compiled by international specialists, it covers protozoa, ectoparasites and helminth species of clinical importance in dogs, as well as the state of the art in diagnosis, preventive measures and potentially necessary treatment schemes.
Dogs are commonly kept in families around the world and can predispose their human companions to disease. Updating and deepening insights from other specialist literature, the book is intended for practitioners and scientists alike. It also offers practical guidance for veterinary and human physicians and highlights unexplored research areas, making it a valuable resource for students and educated non-experts with an interest in parasitology, infectiology and zoonotic pet diseases.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Prof. Christina Strube is a full professor of veterinary parasitology at the University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover (Germany), where she teaches parasitology courses and supervises PhD students. She has authored more than 130 peer-reviewed publications and received three awards in the field of veterinary medicine for her outstanding research work. Her main research interests include the One Health topics “zoonotic parasites” and “tick-borne diseases,” as well as the epidemiology of parasitic infections in pets, livestock and wildlife.
Prof. Heinz Mehlhorn studied at the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms University of Bonn (Germany). He was chairman of the parasitological institutes in Düsseldorf and Bochum. As a former president of the World Society of Protozoology and long-standing member of the steering committee of the World Society of Parasitologists he runs ongoing lectures in parasitology in several countries,and still teaches courses for medical students in Düsseldorf. He has published 42 books on parasitological problems in German, French, English and Spanish. He holds the patents on 12 antiparasitic drugs, which are the basis of products sold by the university spin-off company Alpha-Biocare GmbH (Neuss, Germany), which produces medications, repellents and wound care products for humans and animals.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Dog Parasites Endangering Human Health
Editors: Christina Strube, Heinz Mehlhorn
Series Title: Parasitology Research Monographs
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-53230-7
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-53229-1Published: 20 October 2020
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-53232-1Published: 21 October 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-53230-7Published: 19 October 2020
Series ISSN: 2192-3671
Series E-ISSN: 2192-368X
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: IX, 291
Number of Illustrations: 3 b/w illustrations, 80 illustrations in colour
Topics: Parasitology, Veterinary Microbiology, Parasitology and Infectious Diseases, Animal Systematics/Taxonomy/Biogeography, Invertebrates