Beware ye! Textbook pirates roam veterinary realm

When a textbook co-authored by the English veterinarian Dr. Richard Wall about parasitic insects was published almost three decades ago, bloodsucking lice were classified under the taxonomic order Phthiraptera.

Pity the student still studying from Veterinary Entomology: Arthropod Ectoparasites of Veterinary Importance, the content of which has since been updated. That now-outdated edition is available for free on a website that offers pirated copies of veterinary textbooks. The risk of digesting inaccurate information is one of many perils of textbook piracy.

This story was published on May 26, 2026.