Geoffrey Lapage

Parasitic Animals

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Originally published in 1951, this book discusses the life cycles of various parasitic animals, as distinct from parasitic bacteria and plants.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 386
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. November 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 198mm x 129mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 410g
• ISBN-13: 9781107496613
• ISBN-10: 1107496616
• Artikelnr.: 41886601

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Acknowledgments
Illustrations
1. What is a parasitic animal?
2. How the parasitic animal makes contact with the host and moves about inside it
3. Representative life histories, I
4. Representative life histories, II
5. Some effects of parasitic life upon the parasitic animal, I
6. Some effects of parasitic life upon the parasitic animal, II
7. Some effects of parasitic animals upon the hosts, tissue reactions and resistance (immunity) of the host
8. Some other effects of parasitic animals upon their hosts
9. Other important aspects of the host-parasite relationship
10. Avoidance of the parasitic animal by the host
11. Conclusion
Index.