Common Infectious Diseases of Insects in Culture

1. Front Matter

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2. Introduction

   • Vladimir Gouli, Svetlana Gouli, Jose Marcelino

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3. Principal Group of Infectious Insect Diseases

   • Vladimir Gouli, Svetlana Gouli, Jose Marcelino

   Pages 7-42

4. Manifestation of Infectious Diseases in Insect Cultures

   • Vladimir Gouli, Svetlana Gouli, Jose Marcelino

   Pages 43-44

5. Methods of Practical Diagnostic

   • Vladimir Gouli, Svetlana Gouli, Jose Marcelino

   Pages 45-50

6. Prophylactic of Infectious Diseases in Insect Cultures

   • Vladimir Gouli, Svetlana Gouli, Jose Marcelino

   Pages 51-54

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 (Bacillaceae, Pseudomonadaceae, Enterobacteriaceae); Rickettsia; Fungi and Microsporidia and Protozoa. Gregarine and Coccidian parasitoids are also depicted. Manuals for the diagnostic of insect diseases have been published in the 90’s, however, these were intended for professional insect pathologists or for proficient training in invertebrate pathology, hence requiring some scientific background in insect pathology. Currently, most guides are web based, not comprehensive and solely addressing the most common diseases in a particular insect, or group of insects, reared in laboratory facilities. A comprehensive and proficient practical handbook for students and technicians working with insect reared colonies is lacking in the current literature.

• Insect diseases
• Laboratory colonies
• Prophylactic guidelines
• Entomology

• , Plant and Soil Science, Entomology Resea, University of Vermont, Burlington, USA

  Vladimir Gouli, Svetlana Gouli

• , Biology, University of the Azores, Ponta Delgada, Portugal

  Jose Marcelino

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