1st Edition

Parasitic Worms Of Fish

By Hartford Williams Copyright 1994
610 Pages
by CRC Press

593 Pages
by CRC Press

Fish are a unique group which harbour some 30,000 species of helminths that do not occur in other vertebrates. This book deals specifically with parasitic worms of fish. It covers every aspect of their biology including identification, life-cycles, hostparasite relationships and ecology. It discusses approaches to studying parasitic worm infections, preference of species for particular host... Read more
Foreword, Acknowledgements, introduction, Chapter 1 The variety of fish worms, Chapter 2 Life-cycles, Chapter 3 Ecology, Chapter 4 Host-parasite relationships, Chapter 5 Hose-parasite interactions, Chapter 6 fish worms and man, References, Index

Biography

Hartford Williams