The biology and identification of the Coccidia (Apicomplexa) of turtles of the world /
The Biology and Identification of the Coccidia (Apicomplexa) of Turtles of the World is an invaluable resource for researchers in protozoology, coccidia, and parasitology, veterinary sciences, animal sciences, zoology, and biology. This first-of-its-kind work offers a taxonomic guide to apicomplexan...
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Elsevier,
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Publisher Address: | London, England : |
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2014. ©2014 |
Literature type: | eBook |
Language: | English |
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http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9780128013670 |
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The Biology and Identification of the Coccidia (Apicomplexa) of Turtles of the World is an invaluable resource for researchers in protozoology, coccidia, and parasitology, veterinary sciences, animal sciences, zoology, and biology. This first-of-its-kind work offers a taxonomic guide to apicomplexan parasites of turtles that enables easy parasite identification, with a summary of virtually everything known about the biology of each known parasite species. It is an important documentation of this specific area, useful to a broad base of readers, including researchers in biology, paras. |
Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (223 pages) : illustrations |
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9780128014554 0128014555 |
Index Number: | SF997 |
CLC: | S852.7 |
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Front Cover; The Biology and Identification of the Coccidia (Apicomplexa) of Turtles of the World; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Preface and Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction; Turtles Are Food, Pets, Lab Animals, and Majestic Creatures; Coccidia in Turtles: Perpetrators, Symptoms, and Disease; 2 Suborder Cryptodira, Hidden-Necked Turtles; Family Chelydridae, Snapping Turtles, 2 Genera, 4 Species; Genus Chelydra Schweigger, 1812 (3 Species); Eimeria chelydrae Ernst, Stewart, Sampson, & Fincher, 1969; Eimeria filamentifera Wacha & Christiansen, 1979a. Eimeria serpentina McAllister, Upton, & Trauth, 1990bIsospora chelydrae McAllister, Upton, & Trauth, 1990b; Genus Macrochelys Gray, 1856 (Monospecific); Eimeria harlani Upton, McAllister, & Trauth, 1992; Superfamily Testudinoidea; Family Emydidae, Pond, Box, Water Turtles, 11 Genera, 50 Species; Genus Chrysemys Gray, 1844 (Monospecific); Eimeria chrysemydis Deeds & Jahn, 1939; Eimeria marginata (Deeds & Jahn, 1939) Pelle rdy, 1974; Eimeria tetradacrutata Wacha & Christiansen, 1976; Genus Clemmys Ritgen, 1828 (Monospecific); Genus Deirochelys Latreille, 1801 (Monospecific). Genus Emydoidea Holbrook, 1838 (Monospecific)Genus Emys Dume ril,1805 (3 Species); Eimeria delagei (Labbe , 1893) Reichenow, 1921; Eimeria emydis Segade, Crespo, Ayres, Cordero, Arias, Garci a-Este vez, Iglesias, & Blanco, 2006; Eimeria gallaeciaensis Segade, Crespo, Ayres, Cordero, Arias, Garci a-Este vez, Iglesias, & Blanco, 2006; Genus Glyptemys Agassiz, 1857 (2 Species); Eimeria lecontei Upton, McAllister, & Garrett, 1995; Eimeria megalostiedae Wacha & Christiansen, 1974; Genus Graptemys Agassiz, 1857 (13 Species); Eimeria graptemydos Wacha & Christiansen, 1976. Eimeria juniataensis Pluto & Rothenbacher, 1976Eimeria pseudogeographica Wacha & Christiansen, 1976; Genus Malaclemys Gray, 1844 (Monospecific); Genus Pseudemys Gray, 1856 (8 Species); Eimeria cooteri McAllister & Upton, 1989; Eimeria somervellensis McAllister & Upton, 1992; Eimeria texana McAllister & Upton, 1989b; Genus Terrapene Merrem, 1820 (4 Species); Eimeria carri Ernst & Forrester, 1973; Eimeria ornata McAllister & Upton, 1989a; Genus Trachemys Agassiz, 1857 (15 Species); Eimeria pseudemydis Lainson, 1968; Eimeria scriptae Sampson & Ernst, 1969. Eimeria stylosa McAllister & Upton, 1989bEimeria trachemydis McAllister & Upton, 1988; Family Testudinidae, Tortoises, 15 Genera, 57 Species; Genus Aldabrachelys Loveridge and Williams, 1957 (3 Species); Genus Astrochelys Gray, 1873 (2 Species); Genus Chelonoidis Fitzgerald, 1835 (13 Species); Eimeria amazonensis Lainson, Da Silva, Franco, & De Souza, 2008; Eimeria carajasensis Lainson, Da Silva, Franco, & De Souza, 2008; Eimeria carbonaria Lainson, Da Silva, Franco, & De Souza, 2008; Eimeria geochelona Couch, Stone, Duszynski, Snell, & Snell, 1996. |