Hemoparasites of the Reptilia

Color Atlas and Text

Sam R. Telford, Jr.

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CRC Press Inc
07 October 2008

Agriculture & related industries; Parasitology (non-medical); Botany & plant sciences; Animal physiology; Reptiles

Every researcher or diagnostician working with reptiles has faced the challenge of identifying reptile hemoparasites and then determining whether they are of importance or merely incidental. Another challenge is how to easily find the information required to make the proper identification. A distillation of knowledge from world-renowned expert Sam R. Telford, Jr, Hemoparasites of the Reptilia: Color Atlas and Text provides a comprehensive compilation of information on how to differentiate between the myriad species of reptile hemoparasites.

The atlas provides diagnoses for 262 species of plasmodiids, hemogregarines, hemococcidians, trypansosomes, and leishmanias, including descriptions of eight new species or new taxonomic designations. It also discusses lesser known groups, such as piroplasms, rickettsiae, chlamydia, and erythrocytic viruses. Each genus and many species are represented among the 166 taxa illustrated in color. The species accounts contain host and geographic distribution, with precise localities when possible, prevalence, life cycles and vectors when known, effects upon the host, and ecology of the host-parasite relationship, morphological variation, and an exhaustive bibliography. The book also includes an illustrated key showing diagnostic characters.

Telford draws on his 45 years of experience and his personal collection, considered the world's most complete, to provide information on the morphology of the unicellular parasites of reptilian blood. He includes information from hard-to-find original papers and articles from sources throughout the world. The illustrated key and photomicrographs from Telford's collection make identifying species quicker and easier.

By: Sam R. Telford Jr.
Imprint: CRC Press Inc
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 280mm, Width: 216mm, Spine: 20mm
Weight: 1.315kg
ISBN: 9781420080407
ISBN 10: 1420080407
Pages: 392
Publication Date: 07 October 2008
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate , Further / Higher Education
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

The Plasmodiid Parasites. The Hemogregarines. The Hemococcidia of Lizards. Kinetoplastida, Trypanosomidae. Piroplasmorida. Prokaryotic Parasites of Reptilian Blood Cells. Viral Infections of Circulating Blood Cells. References. Appendices.

World Health Organization (retired)

Reviews for Hemoparasites of the Reptilia: Color Atlas and Text

Reptile blood parasites and Sam Telford are synonymous. After more than 45 years dedicated research in numerous countries on three continents the author has collated all his knowledge and expertise from over 10,000 positive blood smears in producing a reference book in this specialised area which will be the standard source of taxonomic data for decades... Overall the volume describes more than 260 taxons (including descriptions of 8 new species) of which almost 170 are illustrated... Sam Telford has produced a reference volume that will be the standard for decades to come and is unlikely to be surpassed. Every veterinarian, biologist, parasitologist and institution involved with reptile conservation, health and disease should have a copy available. This is an investment that no reference book-shelf can afford to be without. --Michael A Peirce, MP International Consultancy, East Sussex, UK