Teaching of Veterinary Parasitology to University students in Trinidad, West Indies; are our local wildlife species neglected?

Abstract Parasites of veterinary importance have been heavily focused on domesticated livestock that was introduced into the neo-tropics. The text used in teaching parasitology to students Trinidad has only investigated parasites species. In reviewed no mention made affect wild neo-tropical animals. Information animals had be sourced from texts management life Neotropics. were this document spanned mid-1950s 2020. information presented review reveals exhaustive work done species but also revealed little with potential for domestication. conclusion, gap is missing students. future these can revised include chapters At present graduate course which are their ‘backyards’.