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| Preface | |
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| Acknowledgments | |
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| Contributors | |
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| Fecal Examination for the Diagnosis of Parasitism | |
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| Collection of Fecal Samples | |
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| Storage and Shipment of Fecal Samples | |
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| Fecal Exam Procedures | |
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| Fecal Flotation | |
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| Additional Procedures for Fecal Examination | |
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| Quality Control for Fecal Exam Procedures | |
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| Use of the Microscope | |
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| Microscope Calibration | |
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| Pseudoparasites and Spurious Parasites | |
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| Identification of Nematode Larvae Recovered with Fecal Flotation or Baermann Procedures | |
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| Techniques for Evaluation of Strongylid Nematodes in Grazing Animals | |
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| Fecal Culture | |
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| Identification of Ruminant and Camelid Third-Stage Larvae | |
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| Identification of Horse Third-Stage Larvae | |
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| Fecal Egg Count Reduction Test | |
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| Identification of Adult Worms | |
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| Hoyer's Solution | |
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| Lactophenol | |
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| Parasites of Domestic Animals | |
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| Dogs and Cats | |
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| Ruminants and Camelids | |
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| Horses | |
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| Swine | |
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| Birds | |
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| Rodents and Rabbits | |
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| Reptiles | |
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| Detection of Protozoan and Helminth Parasites in the Urinary, Reproductive, and Integumentary Systems and in the Eye | |
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| Techniques for Parasite Recovery | |
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| Parasites of the Urinary System | |
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| Parasites of the Reproductive Tract | |
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| Helminth Parasites of the Integumentary System | |
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| Urinary System Parasites | |
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| Reproductive System Parasites | |
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| Parasites of Other Systems (Excluding Arthropods) | |
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| Detection of Parasites in the Blood | |
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| Immunologic Detection of Blood Parasites | |
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| Microscopic Examination of Blood for Protozoan Parasites | |
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| Giemsa Stain | |
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| Microscopic Examination of Blood for Nematode Parasites | |
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| Tests for Canine Heartworm Microfilariae in Blood Samples | |
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| Blood Parasites of Dogs and Cats | |
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| Blood Parasites of Livestock and Horses | |
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| Blood Parasites of Birds | |
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| Immunodiagnostic and Molecular Diagnostic Tests in Veterinary Parasitology | |
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| Immunodiagnostic Methods | |
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| Molecular Diagnostic Methods | |
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| Diagnosis of Arthropod Parasites | |
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| Subclass Acari (Mites and Ticks) | |
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| Mite Identification | |
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| Tick Identification | |
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| Class Insecta | |
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| Lice (Orders Anoplura and Mallophaga) | |
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| Fleas (Order Siphonaptera) | |
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| Flies (Order Diptera) | |
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| Other Insects | |
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| Parasites of Fish | |
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| Techniques for Recovery of Ectoparasites | |
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| Skin Biopsy (Mucus Smear) | |
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| Fin Biopsy (Fin Snip) | |
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| Gill Biopsy (Gill Snip) | |
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| Recovery of Endoparasites | |
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| Parasites of Fish | |
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| Bibliography | |
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| Index | |