Although Toxoplasma was first discovered in 1908, knowledge of its life cycle was not
completed until 1970 when Dubey described its sexual phase in the small intestine of cats.
The 15 chapters in this book summarize and analyse present knowledge. Chapter 1 covers
structure, life cycle, transmission and epidemiology, pathogenesis, diagnosis, immunity,
treatment and control, and also culture, isolation and serological techniques. Subsequent
chapters deal with clinical and subclinical infections in man, sheep, goats, pigs, cattle, cats …

Found worldwide from Alaska to Australasia, Toxoplasma gondii knows no geographic
boundaries. The protozoan is the source of one of the most common parasitic infections in
humans, livestock, companion animals, and wildlife, and has gained notoriety with its
inclusion on the list of potential bioterrorism microbes. In the two decades since the publi