Current Topics in Comparative Pathobiology

List of Contributors

Preface

Contents of Volume 1

American Paragonimiasis

I. Introduction

II. Biology of Paragonimus from America

References

Milky Disease

I. Introduction

II. History

III. The Japanese Beetle

IV. The Bacterial Pathogens

V. Pathology

VI. Biochemistry

VII. Concluding Remarks

References

Biochemical Exploration in Insect Pathology

I. Introduction

II. Methods

III. Results and Discussion

IV. Summary

References

The Application of Invertebrate Tissue Culture to the in Vitro Study of Animal Parasites

I. Introduction

II. Terminology

III. General Problems of in Vitro Culture

IV. General References

V. Present Status of Invertebrate Tissue Culture

VI. Animal Tissue Culture for Growing Parasites

VII. Discussion

VIII. Summary

References

Hydra-Hydramoeba: A Model System for the Study of Epizootic Processes

I. Review of Epizootiological Developments and Concepts

II. Biology of the Hydra-Hydramoeba System

III. Epizootiology of the Hydra-Hydramoeba System

IV. Conclusions

References

Nudibranch Associations

I. Introduction

II. Functional Morphology

III. General Physiology

IV. Utilization of Nematocysts

V. Pigment Utilization

VI. Life History

VII. Behavior

III. Defensive Mechanisms

IX. Ecology

Χ. Concluding Discussion

References

Author Index

Subject Index