Cheng Current Topics in Comparative Pathobiology

Volume 2
1. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-1-4832-1739-0
Verlag: Elsevier Science & Techn.
Format: PDF
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E-Book, Englisch, 350 Seiten, Web PDF

Current Topics in Comparative Pathobiology, Volume 2 covers several areas of pathobiology. The book discusses the biology of trematodes of the genus Paragonimus that occur in the Americas; the milky disease of beetles; and the biochemical exploration in insect pathology. The text describes the application of invertebrate tissue culture to the in vitro study of animal parasites; and the use of hydra-hydramoeba as a model system for the study of epizootic processes. The aspects of the biology of nudibranchs are reviewed, with emphasis on nudibranchs as members of associations, including functional morphology, physiology, utilization of host pigments and nematocysts, life history, behavior, defensive mechanisms, and ecology. Chemists, bacteriologists, parasitologists, invertebrate pathologists, immunologists, and protozoologists will find the book invaluable.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Cheng, Thomas C.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Front Cover;1
2;Current Topics in Comparative Pathobiology;4
3;Copyright Page;5
4;Table of Contets;6
5;List of Contributors;10
6;Preface;12
7;Contents of Volume 1;16
8;Chapter 1. American Paragonimiasis;18
8.1;I. Introduction;18
8.2;II. Biology of Paragonimus from America;19
8.3;References;66
9;Chapter 2. Milky Disease;74
9.1;I. Introduction;74
9.2;II. History;75
9.3;III. The Japanese Beetle;78
9.4;IV. The Bacterial Pathogens;78
9.5;V. Pathology;89
9.6;VI. Biochemistry;96
9.7;VII. Concluding Remarks;100
9.8;References;101
10;Chapter 3. Biochemical Exploration in Insect Pathology;106
10.1;I. Introduction;106
10.2;II. Methods;107
10.3;III. Results and Discussion;111
10.4;IV. Summary;121
10.5;References;122
11;Chapter 4. The Application of Invertebrate Tissue Culture to the in Vitro Study of Animal Parasites;124
11.1;I. Introduction;124
11.2;II. Terminology;125
11.3;III. General Problems of in Vitro Culture;126
11.4;IV. General References;127
11.5;V. Present Status of Invertebrate Tissue Culture;129
11.6;VI. Animal Tissue Culture for Growing Parasites;132
11.7;VII. Discussion;147
11.8;VIII. Summary;150
11.9;References;151
12;Chapter 5. Hydra-Hydramoeba: A Model System for the Study of Epizootic Processes;162
12.1;I. Review of Epizootiological Developments and Concepts;163
12.2;II. Biology of the Hydra-Hydramoeba System;173
12.3;III. Epizootiology of the Hydra-Hydramoeba System;185
12.4;IV. Conclusions;222
12.5;References;224
13;Chapter 6. Nudibranch Associations;230
13.1;I. Introduction;232
13.2;II. Functional Morphology;235
13.3;III. General Physiology;244
13.4;IV. Utilization of Nematocysts;251
13.5;V. Pigment Utilization;254
13.6;VI. Life History;264
13.7;VII. Behavior;275
13.8;VIII. Defensive Mechanisms;292
13.9;IX. Ecology;308
13.10;X. Concluding Discussion;323
13.11;References;325
14;AUTHOR INDEX;334
15;SUBJECT INDEX;344