Equine Infectious Diseases

Description

Ideal for both practitioners and students, this comprehensive resource covers the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of infectious disease in horses. Organized by infectious agent — virus, bacterial and rickettsial, protazoal, and fungal — it includes complete coverage of the individual diseases caused by each type of agent. A section on clinical problems examines conditions such as ocular infections, CNS infections, and skin infections. It also addresses the importance of preventing and controlling infectious disease outbreaks with coverage of epidemiology, biosecurity, antimicrobial therapy, and recognizing foreign equine diseases.

New to this edition

• NEW! The most up-to-date coverage of equine piroplasmosis reflects what experts have learned as more outbreaks of this tick-borne disease have occurred in the US.
• NEW! Content on EHV-1 keeps you current on the diagnosis and treatment of this potentially serious disease in horses.
• NEW! Information on how global climate changes are creating more diseases in horses keeps you alert to the possibilities of new and emerging diseases worldwide.
• NEW! Expanded coverage of biosecurity on farms and in veterinary practices helps you develop an effective biosecurity program and emphasizes how to isolate or eliminate the source of infectious agents.
• NEW! Additional clinical algorithms offer detailed prevention strategies in addition to diagnostic and therapeutic guidelines.
• NEW! New appendix of product and diagnostic test kit manufacturers on the companion website, gives you access to the most current products and advances available in equine medicine.

Table of contents

Section I: Clinical Problems

• 1. Respiratory Tract Infections
• 2. Cardiovascular Infections
• 3. Gastrointestinal and Peritoneal Infections
• 4. Central Nervous System Infections
• 5. Infections of Muscle, Joint and Bone
• 6. Neonatal Septicemia
• 7. Infections of Skin
• 8. Reproductive Tract Infections and Abortion
• 9. Urinary Tract Infections
• 10. Ocular Infections
• 11. Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome

Section II: Viral Diseases

• 12. Laboratory Diagnosis of Viral Infections
• 13. Equine Influenza
• 14. Equine Herpesviruses
• 15. Equine Viral Arteritis
• 16. African Horse Sickness
• 17. Miscellaneous Viral Respiratory Diseases
• 18. Viral Diarrhea
• 19. Rabies
• 20. Alphavirus Encephalitides
• 21. Flavivirus Encephalitides
• 22. Borna Disease
• 23. Equine Infectious Anemia
• 24. Vesicular Stomatitis
• 25. Papillomavirus Infections
• 26. Miscellaneous Viral Diseases

Section III: Bacterial and Rickettsial Diseases

• 27. Laboratory Diagnosis of Bacterial Infections
• 28. Streptococcal infections
• 29. Staphylococcal Infections
• 30. Dermatophilosis
• 31. Rhodococcus Equi Infection
• 32. Leptospirosis
• 33. Lyme Borreliosis
• 34. Lawsonia Intracellularis
• 35. Salmonellosis
• 36. Glanders and Farcy
• 37. Brucellosis
• 38. Contagious Equine Metritis
• 39. Anaplasma Phagocytophila Infection
• 40. Neorickettsia Risticii Infection
• 41. Enteric Clostridial Infections
• 42. Systemic Clostridial Infections
• 43. Botulism
• 44. Tetanus
• 45. Miscellaneous Bacterial Infections

Section IV: Fungal Diseases

• 46. Laboratory Diagnosis of Fungal Diseases
• 47. Coccidiomycosis
• 48. Sporotricosis
• 49. Candidiasis
• 50. Dermatophytosis
• 51. Pythiosis and Zygomycosis
• 52. Aspergillosis
• 53. Miscellaneous Fungal Infections

Section V: Parasitic Diseases

• 54. Laboratory Diagnosis of Parasitic Diseases
• 55. Protozoal Myeloencephalitis
• 56. Piroplasmosis
• 57. Nematode Infections
• 58. Cestode Infections
• 59. Ectoparasites
• 60. Miscellaneous Parasitic Infections

Section VI: Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases

• 61. Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases
• 62. Biosecurity and Control of Infectious Disease Outbreaks
• 63. Infectious Diseases and International Movement of Horses
• 64. Immunoprophylaxis
• 65. Antimicrobial Therapy
• 66. Immunotherapy

Appendices

Infectious Disease Rule-outs for Medical Problems
Laboratory Testing for Infectious Diseases
Manufacturers of Diagnostic Test Kits and Products
Antimicrobial Drug Formulary