Covering dogs, cat, s ruminants, horses, swine, birds, rabbits, laboratory animals and fish, this full-color resource features discussions of the most commonly encountered internal and external parasites, along with step-by-step guidelines for collecting samples and performing lab procedures.

The language of veterinary parasitology -- Parasites that infect and infest domestic animals -- Introduction to the nematodes -- Nematodes that infect domestic animals -- The phylum Platyhelminthes, class Cestoda -- Tapeworms that parasitize domestic animals and humans -- The phylum Platyhelminthes, class Trematoda -- Trematodes (flukes) of animals and humans -- The phylum Acanthocephala -- The protozoans -- Common protozoans that infect domestic animals -- Introduction to the arthropods -- Arthropods that infect and infest domestic animals -- Introduction to the phylum Arthropoda, subphylum Pentastomida -- The phylum Annelida -- Parasites of public health importance in veterinary parasitology -- Common laboratory procedures for diagnosing parasitism -- Reference to common parasite ova and forms seen in veterinary medicine -- Parasite reference list by species and parasite type.