Common Infectious Diseases of Insects in Culture Diagnostic and Prop
This handbook gives a comprehensive and copious illustrated description, with original art work, of the most common diseases in laboratory reared insect colonies, comprising Viruses (Baculoviridae, Reoviridae, Poxviridae, Iridoviridae); Bacteria (Bacillac
- PDF / 3,083,828 Bytes
- 63 Pages / 439.37 x 666.142 pts Page_size
- 17 Downloads / 200 Views
For further volumes: http://www.springer.com/series/10153
Vladimir V. Gouli Svetlana Gouli José A. P. Marcelino •
Common Infectious Diseases of Insects in Culture Diagnostic and Prophylactic Methods
123
Dr. Vladimir V. Gouli Entomology Research Laboratory Department of Plant and Soil Science University of Vermont 661 Spear Street, South Burlington VT 05405-0105, USA e-mail: [email protected]
Dr. José A. P. Marcelino Department of Biology University of the Azores Rua Mae de Deus 9500-321 Ponta Delgada Azores, Portugal e-mail: [email protected]
Dr. Svetlana Gouli Entomology Research Laboratory Department of Plant and Soil Science University of Vermont 661 Spear Street, South Burlington VT 05405-0105, USA e-mail: [email protected]
ISSN 2211-7504 ISBN 978-94-007-1889-0 DOI 10.1007/978-94-007-1890-6
e-ISSN 2211-7512 e-ISBN 978-94-007-1890-6
Springer Dordrecht Heidelberg London New York Ó Vladimir Gouli 2011 No part of this work may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, microfilming, recording or otherwise, without written permission from the Publisher, with the exception of any material supplied specifically for the purpose of being entered and executed on a computer system, for exclusive use by the purchaser of the work. Cover design: eStudio Calamar, Berlin/Figueres Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
Preface
This handbook gives a thorough, comprehensible and copious illustrated description of the most common diseases in laboratory reared insect colonies, comprising Viruses (Baculoviridae, Reoviridae, Poxviridae, and Iridoviridae); Bacteria (Bacillaciae, Pseudomonadaceae and Enterobacteriaceae); Rickettsia (Rickettsiaceae); Protozoa (Amebiases, Gregarine and Coccidian); Fungi (Entomophthorales and Muscardine) and Microsporidia. Major aspects in insect disease detection and control, as well as prophylactic measures, are covered. The morphology of the pathogen, its external signs and symptoms in infected hosts, the pathomorphism of disease and the most common insect host for each pathogen group (Chap. 1) and for infection diseases in insect cultures, in general (Chap. 2) were described and depicted. In addition, efficient and accessible methods for practical diagnostic of disease were described in detail (Chap. 3), in a step by step protocol format, for an easy orientation and accurate learning. Prophylactics and control of infectious disease in laboratory reared insect colonies were also covered in detail (Chap. 4). Descriptions of the different species or families of microorganism agents of disease varied according to the current scientific knowledge of the organisms being described, its pathogenic importance and management potential. The recommendations and protocols described here could be of critical importance for the establishment of axenic colonies of insects (from known or uncertain origins), not only for laboratories with mass rearing programs but for in
Data Loading...
