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regional dermatitis 415 Siphonaptera (fleas) 194
scurfy skin 415 Tabanidae 194
secondary urticaria 415 International Air Transport Association (IATA) 40
specific lesions 415 iodine flocculation tests (for liver function) 346–7
heart/blood vessels worms (Dirofilaria immitis) 148–9 IT see information technology
helminths 113–15
approximate size/location of common parasites ketosis 350
126 kidney worms (Stephanurus dentatus) (pigs) 148
collection/preservation of faecal samples 115–16
culture, recovery, identification of larvae large mouthed worm (Chabertia sp.) 145
larval extraction for lungworm 121–3 large roundworms (ascarids) 145, 145–7
modified nematode larval culture 123–4 diagnosis 147
post-mortem (necropsy) 124 disease process/clinical signs 147
total worm count 124–9 treatment 147
interpretation of parasitology results 130 legislation/regulation 4
life cycle 130 local environmental/public health 7–8
methods to detect life stages 116–17 national/local authorities 17
differential centrifugal flotation 119 lice 192
direct smear 117 biting lice (mallophaga) 193
modified McMaster counting (flotation) 118, life cycle 195
119–20 sucking lice (anoplura) 193
modified Stoll counting (sedimentation) 120–1 liver fluke see trematodes (flukes)
qualitative techniques 117–18 long necked worm (Nematodirus spp.) 144
quantitative techniques 118–21 lungworm 119, 121, 133, 135, 147, 148
simple flotation 117–18 Aelurostrongylus abstrusus (cats) 148
simple sedimentation 118 larvae 121–3
nemathelminthes (nematodes [roundworms]) 113 Oslerus osleri, Crenosoma vulpis (dogs) 148
platyhelminthes (cestodes [tapeworms]) 113 lymphatic system worm (Brugia phangi) 149
platyhelminthes (trematodes [flat worms]) 113
processing 116 mange 190–1
preparation of standard suspension 116 skin scrapings/tissue digestion
HI test see haemagglutination-inhibition alkali digestion procedure 192
histopathology 380–1, 516 direct examination procedure 192
histochemical staining 516 meningeal worm (Parelaphostrongylus tenuis) 149
packaging formalin-fixed tissue for shipping 517 metabolic diseases 350
sampling technique/preservation 516–17 Metastrongyloidea 133
hookworms (Ancylostoma sp., Bunostomum sp.) 133, micro-organisms 534
137, 144 eyes
horse flies 178 gastrointestinal tract
hypomagnesaemia (low blood magnesium) 350 genito-urinary tract
respiratory tract
IATA see International Air Transport Association skin flora/causes of infection (abscesses etc)
incidence 391 microbiology
infectious disease agents/toxins 446–7 anatomy of bacterial cell 200
infectious material handling 15–16 antimicrobial sensitivity testing/use 225–7
information technology (IT) 42 bacterial mechanisms to enhance survival in
insecticides 356, 357–8 host 231
insects 196–7 choice of drug for disc test 228
Calliphoridae 194 control cultures 229
Ceratopogonidae 194 culture medium 228–9
Culicidae 194 disc diffusion antibiotic sensitivity 227–8
Glossinidae 194 example of suitable ’first-time’ test antibiotics
Hippoboscidae 194 228
Muscidae 194 inoculation of primary cultures direct from
Oestridae 194 specimen 229
Phthiraptera (lice) 194 mode action of commonly used antibacterial
Psychodidae 194 drugs 232

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