1. Evolution and Biogeography of Haemonchus contortus: Linking Faunal Dynamics in Space and Time Eric P. Hoberg and Dante S. Zarlenga 2. Genetic Diversity and Population Structure of Haemonchus contortus John Gilleard and Elizabeth Redman 3. The Biochemistry of Haemonchus contortus and Other Parasitic Nematodes Achim Harder 4. The Pathophysiology, Ecology and Epidemiology of Haemonchus contortus Infection in Small Ruminants R. Brown Besier, Lewis P. Kahn, Neil D. Sargison and Jan A.Van Wyk 5. The Identification of Haemonchus species and Diagnosis of Haemonchosis Dante S. Zarlenga, Eric P. Hoberg and Wenbin Tuo 6. Diagnosis, Treatment and Management of Haemonchus contortus in Small Ruminants R. Brown Besier, Lewis P. Kahn, Neil D. Sargison and Jan A. Van Wyk 7. Interactions Between Nutrition and Infections with Haemonchus contortus and Related Gastro-intestinal Nematodes in Small Ruminants Herve Hoste, Juan F.J. Torres-Acosta, Jessica Quijada, Israel Chan-Perez, Mohammed M. Dakheel, Dill S. Kommuru,Irene Mueller Harvey and Thomas H. Terrill 8. Immunity to Haemonchus contortus and Vaccine Development Alasdair J. Nisbet, Els N. Meeusen, Jorge F. Gonzalez and David M. Piedrafita 9. Anthelmintic Resistance in Haemonchus contortus: History, Mechanisms and Diagnosis Andrew C. Kotze and Roger K. Prichard 10. Haemonchus contortus: Applications in Drug Discovery Timothy G. Geary 11. Gaining Insights into the Pharmacology of Anthelmintics Using Haemonchus contortus as a Model Nematode Carlos E. Lanusse, Luis I. Alvarez and Adrian L. Lifschitz 12. Understanding Haemonchus contortus Better Through Genomics and Transcriptomics Robin B. Gasser, Erich M. Schwarz, Pasi K. Korhonen and Neil D. Young 13. Haemonchus contortus: Genome Structure, Organization and Comparative Genomics Roz Laing,Axel Martinelli, Alan Tracey, Nancy Holroyd, John Gilleard and James A. Cotton 14. Functional Genomics Tools for Haemonchus contortus and Lessons from Other Helminths Collette Britton,Brett Roberts and Neil D. Marks