This book chapter describes the pathology (prehepatic stages, hepatic stages, other host species), clinical aspects, effects on blood components, pathophysiology and metabolic aspects, effects on metabolism, and pathogenesis of Fasciola infection.

This chapter focuses on haemonchosis and nematodirosis in sheep in temperate regions. Subject headings are: parasite biology, pathology and pathophysiology; coinfections among abomasal nematodes; clinical observations; host responses; nutritional influences; periparturient period; larval ecology;...

This chapter describes the risk factors, aetiology, clinical signs, pathology, treatment, prevention and control of bacterial, viral, fungal, protozoal and parasitic diseases of pheasants and partridges raised as game birds in the UK.

This book chapter describes various aspects of microsporidiosis caused by Loma salmonae: diagnosis, life cycle, influence of water temperature, host range, geographic range, pathobiology and physiopathology, clinical pathology, control and prevention, and recommendations for future studies.

This chapter describes the different pathways of disease transmission, risk factors, prepatent period, pathogenesis and clinical signs of infectious diseases in domestic animals.

Health and disease are important components in the broader concept of welfare. Understanding the relationship between health and welfare requires inferences about subjective feelings such as pain and distress. Similar types of disease occur in animals and humans, and our assessment of how animals...

This book chapter discusses the prevalence, geographical distribution, host range, disease transmission, diagnosis, clinical aspects, animal pathology, pathological lesions, pathophysiology, disease prevention, and control programmes against Neoparamoeba perurans in fishes.

This book chapter discusses the life cycle, animal pathology, host range, diagnosis, pathological lesions, pathophysiology, disease prevention and control programmes against Amyloodinium ocellatum in fishes.

This chapter gives an overview of the biology (life cycle, parasite stages, transmission and geographical distribution) and diagnosis of Ichthyophthirius multifiliis, host physiopathology and immunity as well as treatment and prevention of infection.

This book chapter discusses the prevalence, geographical distribution, host range, disease transmission, animal pathology, clinical aspects, diagnosis, pathological lesions, pathophysiology, disease prevention and control programmes against Loma salmonae in fishes.