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Plant Molluscicides
The role that molluscicides can play in the control of schistosomiasis has been well established. Economic constraints and the rising cost of synthetic chemicals in endemic countries make plants an attractive alternative source of molluscicides. For the first time the present and potential roles of plant molluscicides, screening methods, problems of evaluation, needs in the field of toxicology, and methods of breeding, selection and cultivation of plants are review. Guidelines for research in plant molluscicides are reported.
Parasitic Diseases
Based on papers presented at the XI International Congress for Tropical Medicine and Malaria, this publication provides an authoritative evaluation of treatment and control of helminth parasite infections. A section on leprosy and a brief review of malaria vaccination are included. A comprehensive review of the history of schistosomiasis control programs presents information unavailable elsewhere. This book is of special interest to professionals concerned with health problems of less developed countries and in particular to public health officials, epidemiologists and clinicians dealing with patients in or returning from the tropics.
The Toxicology of Molluscicides
The past decades have seen the implementation of numerous programmes for the eradication of molluscs, due mainly to their involvement as vectors of human parasitic diseases. These programmes have involved the use of vast quantities of molluscicides and have resulted in many unwanted side effects. This volume of the International Encyclopedia of Pharmacology and Therapeutics brings together reviews on the major molluscicides in current use. Each review outlines all the physicochemical, toxicological and pharmacological properties, as well as detailing the effects on all the other major organisms that they are likely to come into contact with. In bringing together all this information in one volume, this book will enable the use of molluscicides to be better controlled and far more effective, whilst preventing the serious ecological damage often associated with such programmes.
Molluscs as Crop Pests
Mollusc species currently constitute a major threat to sustainable agriculture. This threat is associated with cultivation of new crops, intensification of agricultural production systems and the spread through human trade and travel of species adapted to these modified environments. In some crops their significance is only now becoming apparent with the decline in the importance of other pest groups which can be effectively controlled. The book focuses on: toxicology of chemicals; deployment of molluscicides in baits; specific crop situations worldwide; current pest status of mollusc species and progress towards development of solutions.
Metaldehyde
Metaldehyde is a molluscicide used to control snails and slugs on a wide variety of sites in agriculture and home gardens, including fruit and vegetable crops, ornamentals, lawns and turf. Canada's Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA) conducted a re-evaluation of metaldehyde under its re-evaluation program. The PMRA's pesticide re-evaluation program considers the potential risks as well as value of pesticide products to ensure they meet the modern standards established to protect human health and the environment. This document describes this stage of the PMRA's regulatory process for the re-evaluation of metaldehyde and summarizes the PMRA's decision as well as the reasons for it. Appendix I summarizes the comments received during the consultation process and provides the PMRA's response to these comments.--Includes text from document.
The Pesticide Encyclopedia
In today's world, food security is an important issue. Food shortages push prices up, impacting upon the health and well-being of hundreds of millions of rural poor across the globe. One way to increase food security is to decrease the amount of yield lost to pests. The Pesticide Encyclopedia provides a comprehensive overview of the fight against pests, covering chemical pesticides, biocontrol agents and biopesticides. It also covers interrelated topics such as pesticide toxicity, legislation and regulation, handling, storage and safety aspects, IPM techniques, resistance management, interaction of pesticides with soil and the environment. An important reference for policy makers, advisers and students and researchers of crop science, this book also includes useful notes on commonly known plant diseases and pests.
Advances in Trematode Biology
Trematodology - the study of a class of medically important parasitic, flat-bodied worms - has made significant advances over the past ten years. The tremendous amount of information accumulated from research discoveries and technical developments related to trematode biology makes this book a timely and necessary part of the literature. Advances in Trematode Biology presents a thorough treatment of modern trematodology, including principles and practices. With coverage of background material as well as modern methods, Advances in Trematode Biology updates researchers, practitioners, and students with new information in immunology, biochemistry, physiology, and molecular biology. Advances in Trematode Biology includes practical information on parasitological techniques, emphasizing species of medical and veterinary importance - a key reference for parasitologists, biologists, medical, and veterinary personnel. The excellent presentation of material, including well-organized tables and chapters, make Advances in Trematode Biology easy to use both as a textbook and as a reference.
Tropical Diseases in China
This book introduces the changing patterns of schistosomiasis transmission in China at different stages. Arduous efforts have been made in the last 7 decades to control and eliminate schistosomiasis in China using various control strategies, such as snail control to reduce the intensity of the disease transmission, morbidity control to reduce disease prevalence, and integrated control strategies to block the disease transmission, supported by governments at different levels. This book also presents the scientific progresses which technically support the control and surveillance of schistosomiasis in the field. It summarizes the working mechanism and control strategies of multi-sectoral collaboration to promote the national control programme leading to schistosomiasis elimination eventually.
