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Giardia

The Cosmopolitan Parasite

By: Barbara Olson (Editor), Peter Wallis (Editor), Merle Olson (Editor)

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Hardcover | 1 August 2002

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This book covers all aspects of research into Giardia as an organism and giardiasis the disease. It includes chapters on biochemistry, biology, detection and diagnosis, host-parasite relationships, immunoprophylaxis and immunotherapy, legislation and policy, therapeutics and new drug targets,
water treatment and zoonotic transmission and epidemiology. It deals with Giardia in companion animals, in farm animals, and as a public health problem. Based on papers presented at the 2000 Giardia in the Rockies conference, held in Alberta, Canada, it contains contributions from leading
international experts.

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List of Delegates	p. ix
Foreword	p. xix
Acknowledgements	p. xxi
Biology of Giardia	p. 1
Investigation into the Life Cycle of Giardia Using Videomicroscopy and Field Emission SEM	p. 3
Giardia Cyst Wall Filaments and N-Acetylgalactosamine Synthesis During Encystment	p. 15
Oxygen Homeodynamics in Giardia	p. 31
Prevalence and Infection Pattern of Naturally Acquired Giardiasis in Beef Calves and Their Dams from Birth to Weaning	p. 47
Giardiasis is a Zoonosis	p. 53
Towards a Better Understanding of Host Specificity and the Transmission of Giardia: the Impact of Molecular Epidemiology	p. 55
A Preliminary Estimate of the Prevalence of Giardia sp. in Beavers in Gatineau Park, Quebec, using Flow Cytometry	p. 71
A Survey of Prevalence of Giardia in Dogs Presented to Canadian Veterinary Practices	p. 81
Prevalence of Giardia in Companion Animal Populations in the USA	p. 87
Prevalence of Giardia spp. in Dogs in Germany	p. 91
Giardia in Farm Animals	p. 97
Transmission and Pathogenesis of Giardiasis	p. 107
Giardiasis: Pathophysiology and Pathogenesis	p. 109
The Role of Public Health Agencies in Preventing Giardia Outbreaks	p. 127
Epidemiologic Risk Analysis Study of Giardia sp. in Domestic and Wild Animals	p. 135
Giardia Immunoprophylaxis and Immunotherapy	p. 139
Treating Giardiasis: Pharmacology	p. 157
Therapeutics and New Drug Targets for Giardiasis	p. 159
Efficacy of Pyrantel Embonate, Febantel and Praziquantel against Giardia spp. in Naturally Infected Dogs	p. 177
Evaluation of the Therapeutic Efficacy of Pyrantel Embonate, Febantel and Praziquantel against Giardia spp. in Naturally Infected Adult Dogs	p. 181
Allium sativum (Garlic) and some of its Components are Effective Antigiardials in vitro	p. 187
Efficacy of Febantel and Pyrantel Embonate (Drontal Puppy) on Giardia--Infections of Dogs and Mice: a Therapeutic and Cytologic Study	p. 201
Effects of Febantel and Pyrantel Embonate (Drontal Puppy) on in vitro Cultivated Giardia Trophozoites	p. 209
Drinking Water Treatment and Legal Implications	p. 215
Update on the Control of Giardia in Water Supplies	p. 217
Rethinking Disinfection of Giardia Cysts with Ultraviolet Light: Old Light through a New Window	p. 239
Effect of Ultraviolet Light on Giardia muris Cysts in Drinking Water Determined by Loss of Infectivity in Mice	p. 249
Occurrence of Giardia Cysts and Cryptosporidium Oocysts in Surface and Treated Waste Waters of the Moscow Region, Russia	p. 261
Legislation and Policy: Giardia and Cryptosporidium as Litogens	p. 269
Taxonomy of Giardia	p. 281
An Overview of Giardia Taxonomy: a Historical Perspective	p. 283
Characterization of a Novel Genotype of Giardia from a Quenda (Isoodon obesulus) from Western Australia	p. 287
Phylogenetic Relationships between Human and Calf Isolates of Giardia intestinalis	p. 293
Additional Abstracts of Papers Presented at the Giardia in the Rockies Conference	p. 299
Index	p. 321
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