Practical Exercises in Parasitology

Cambridge University Press
Edition: First Edition, 3/22/2001
EAN 9780521791045, ISBN10: 0521791049

Hardcover, 480 pages, 25.4 x 19.8 x 2.8 cm
Language: English

Parasitology is an immensely important aspect of biological science. This manual presents fifty easy-to-follow laboratory exercises for student practical (lab) classes. All the exercises are tried and tested by the authors and are used in a wide variety of university undergraduate teaching departments. They range from relatively simple observational exercises, using local materials and requiring little in the way of equipment, to more technically demanding experiments in physiology and molecular parasitology. Each exercise includes a list of necessary equipment, consumables and sources of parasite material, instructions for staff and students, including aspects of safety, expected results and some analysis provided by questions; there are ideas for further exploration and information on similar exercises, and lists of selected further reading. This book should be an essential purchase for all teachers of parasitology at the university undergraduate level and for students taking laboratory practical classes in the subject.

Part I. Observational Exercises on Parasites
Part II. Ecology
Part III. Physiology and Biochemistry
Part IV. Pathology and Immunology
Part V. Chemotherapy
Part VI. Molecular Parasitology
Part VII. Behaviour.

'The book is an excellent stimulation for lecturers to include such parasitological exercises into their courses.' Zoologischer Anzeiger