Nematode Parasites of Birds (Including Poultry) From South Asia/M.L. Sood. Lucknow, International Book Distributing, 2006, xiv, 824 p., figs., $85. ISBN 81-8189-015-9.

    Contents: Preface. I. Introduction. II. Description of Species: 1. Superfamily Trichuroidae. 2. Family Trichuriade. 3. Subfamily: i. Capillariinae. ii. Dioctyophymatoidae. 4. Family Dioctyophymatidae. 5. Super Family Stronngyloidae. 6. Family Syngamidae. 7. Subfamily Syngaminae. 8. Family Deletrochphalidae. 9. Superfamily Trichostrongyloidea. 10. Family Trichostrongyllidae. 11. Subfamily Molineinae. 12. Family Amidostomatidae. 13. Superfamily Oxyuroidea. 14. Family Heteroxynematidae. 15. Subfamily Heteroxynematinae. 16. Superfamily Heterakoidea. 17. Family Heterakidae. 18. Subfamily Heterakinae. 19. Family Ascaridiidae. 20. Superfamily Subuluroidea. 21. Family Subuluridae. 22. Subfamily Subulurinae. 23. Subfamily Allodapinae. 24. Subfamily Leipoanematinae. 25. Superfamily Ascaridoidea. 26. Family Ascarididae. 27. Subfamily: i. Angusticaecinae. ii. Toxocarinae. 28. Family Anisakidae. 29. Subfamily Anisakinae. 30. Superfamily Habronematoidea. 31. Family Habronematidae. 32. Subfamily: i. Habronematinae. ii. Histiocehalinae. 33. Family Tetrameridae. 34. Subfamily: i. Tetramerinae. ii. Geopetitiinae. iii. Spiruroidea. 35. Family: i. Gongylonematidae. ii. Hartertiidae. iii. Spirocercidae. 36. Subfamily Spirocercinae. 37. Superfamily Thelazioidea. 38. Family Thelaziidae. 39. Subfamily: i. Oxyspirurinae. ii. Thelaziinae. 40. Super family Acuarioidea. 41. Family Acuariidea. 42. Subfamily: i. Acuariinae. ii. Seuratiinae. iii. Schistorophinae. 43. Superfamily Aproctoidea. 44. Family: i. Desmidocercidae. ii. Aproctidae. 45. Subfamily Aproctinae. 46. Superfamily Diplotrianoidea. 47. Family Diplotriaenidae. 48. Subfamily: i. Diplotriaeninae. ii. Dicheilonematinae. 49. Superfamily Filarioidea. 50. Family Onchocercidae. 51. Subfamily: i. Splendidofilariinae. ii. Dirofilariinae. iii. Lemdaninae. 52. Superfamily Physalopteroidea. 53. Family Physalopteridae. 54. Subfamily Physalopterinae. 55. Superfamily Dracunculoidae. 56. Family Dracunculidae. III. Systematic position. IV. Host-parasite list. V. Literature cited. VI. Author index. VII. Parasite index. VII. Host index: 1. Common names. 2. Scientific names.

    "The book consolidates the complete informations available to-date on the reported over 465 species (in addition to unclassified/unidentified and sp. inq.) described under about 75 genera, 25 families and 17 superfamilies, on the bird (including poultry) nematodes from South Asia (Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka).

    For each species, description, location, locality, material and relevant information are given. Majority of the species are also illustrated, with drawings taken from the original papers.

    In providing relevant data concerning all the hitherto described species of bird nematodes (which are otherwise scattered in many, often barely accessible journals, the book may be an indispensable source of information for subsequent revisions to taxonomy, as well as studies, on the biology, ecology/zoogeography of bird nematodes from this region, including control of poultry nematodes."

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