Parasitic diseases in animals constitute a considerable economic burden in many countries. Parasitic infestations due to subclinical parasitism assume greater importance in terms of production losses to livestock industry. Prevention and control of parastic diseases is therefore one of the key issues to be addressed for sustaining production and productivity of our animals. In older days the diagnosis was mainly done by conventional methods but now in the present era this is shifting towards molecular techniques. Realizing the paradigm shift in the field of diagnostic methods the editor Dr. Sanweer Khatoon, release a book entitled "PARASITOLOGY: CAMERA LUCIDA TO OMICS". This book will be equally beneficial for researchers, Post Graduate students, professionals in the field of Parasitology. The chapters are contributes by the renowned faculty of the discipline and mainly focused on significant contemporary issues. The chapters are arranged in such a way that it starts with the old conventional techniques used in this discipline and then moving towards host - parasite interactions, impact of nutritional status for parastic diseases outbreaks then its zoonotic potentials finally redirecting towards the molecular approaches that can be explored for the proper diagnosis and control of these diseases

Dr. Sanweer Khatoon the editior of the book was born on September 30, 1986 in Guwahati, Assam to Shri Ali Haider and Tairun Tara. She is the twin child of her family next to Dr. Afroz Jahan. She has her AISSE with distinction from Kendriya Vidhyalay, C.R.P.F. School, Guwahati, in the year 2003. Dr. Khatoon completed her B.V.Sc degree in 2009 from college of Veterinary Science, Khanapara, Guwahati with a consistent academic performance. Later in the year 2009 she got admitted to the Department of Veterinary Parasitology, Nagpur for her P.G. Programme through ICAR and awarded gold medal for her outstanding academic performance. The author has published number of research abstracts and presented posters in National Conferences beside number of research papers which are published and are under publications in Journals of National & International repute.She has been wawarded with varioous awards like Young Scientist award, Best oral paper presentation awards in various National & International Conference.