Medical and veterinary entomology [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Gary Mullen, Lance Durden

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910458830803321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Amsterdam ; ; Boston, : Academic Press, c2002
• ISBN: 1-281-75504-4; 9786611755041; 0-08-053607-7
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (615 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): MullenGary R (Gary Richard); DurdenLance A
• Disciplina: 614.4/32
• Soggetti: Insects as carriers of disease; Veterinary entomology; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: Front Cover; Medical and Veterinary Entomology; Copyright Page; CONTENTS; Contributors; Preface; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1. Introduction; General Entomology; Medical-Veterinary Entomology Literature; History of Medical-Veterinary Entomology; Identification and Systematics of Arthropods of Medical-Veterinary Importance; Types of Problems Caused by Arthropods; Arthropod-Borne Diseases; Food Contaminants; Fear of Arthropods; Delusory Parasitosis; Toxins and Venoms; Host Defenses; Forensic Entomology; Minor Arthropod Problems of Medical-Veterinary Interest; References and Further Reading; Chapter 2. Epidemiology of Vector-Borne DiseasesComponents of Transmission Cycles; Modes of Transmission; Transmission Cycles; Interseasonal Maintenance; Vector Incrimination; Surveillance; References and Further Reading; Chapter 3. Cockroaches (Blattaria); Taxonomy; Morphology; Life History; Behavior and Ecology; Common Cockroach Species; Public Health Importance; Veterinary Importance; Prevention and Control; References and Further Reading; Chapter 4. Lice (Phthiraptera); Taxonomy; Morphology; Life History; Behavior and ; Ecology; Lice of Medical Interest; Lice of Veterinary Interest; Public Health ImportanceVeterinary Importance; Prevention and Control; References and Further Reading; Chapter 5. True Bugs (Hemiptera); Kissing Bugs (Reduviidae); Taxonomy; Morphology; Life History; Behavior and Ecology; Public Health Importance; Veterinary Importance; Prevention and Control; Bed Bugs (Cimicidae); Taxonomy; Morphology; Life History; Behavior and Ecology; Public Health Importance; Veterinary Importance; Prevention and Control; References and Further Reading; Chapter 6. Beetles (Coleoptera); Taxonomy; Morphology; Life History; Behavior and Ecology; Public Health Importance; Veterinary ImportancePrevention and Control; References and Further Reading; Chapter 7. Fleas (Siphonaptera); Taxonomy; Morphology; Life History; Behavior and Ecology; Fleas of Medical-Veterinary Importance; Public Health Importance; Veterinary Importance; Prevention and Control; References and Further Reading; Chapter 8. Flies (Diptera); Taxonomy; Morphology; Life History; Behavior and Ecology; Families of Minor Medical or Veterinary Interest; Public Health Importance; Veterinary Importance; Prevention and Control; References and Further Reading; Chapter 9. Moth Flies and Sand Flies (Psychodidae)Taxonomy; Morphology; Life History; Behavior and Ecology; Public Health Importance; Veterinary Importance; Prevention and Control; References and Further Reading; Chapter 10. Biting Midges (Ceratopogonidae); Taxonomy; Morphology; Life History; Behavior and Ecology; Public Health Importance; Veterinary Importance; Prevention and Control; References and Further Reading; Chapter 11. Black Flies (Simuliidae); Taxonomy; Morphology; Life History; Behavior and Ecology; Public Health Importance; Veterinary Importance; Prevention and Control; References and Further Reading
• Sommario/riassunto: Medical and Veterinary Entomology is a comprehensive text and is primarily intended for graduate students and upper level undergraduates studying the medical and veterinary significance of insects and related arthropods. The book will also appeal to a larger audience, specialists and non-specialists alike, including entomologists, parasitologists, biologists, epidemiologists, physicians, public health personnel, veterinarians, wildlife specialists and others looking for a readable, authoritative book on this topic. The first two chapters provide overviews of medical-veterinary entomolog