Chapter 7 Diseases of the Glomerulus Introduction A. Glomerular diseases affect primarily the glomeruli. However, destruction of the glomerulus renders the remainder of the nephron nonfunctional and progressive destruction of…
Chapter 6 Familial Renal Diseases of Dogs and Cats Introduction and Pathophysiology A. Most familial renal diseases result in chronic renal failure (CRF) at a young age (<5 years) but…
Chapter 65 Aspergillosis Jane E. Sykes Overview of Aspergillosis First Described: Invasive aspergillosis was first described in 1815 in a jackdaw bird (Mayer)1 Cause: Aspergillus spp. (an ascomycete, teleomorphs Neosartorya,…
Chapter 77 Canine and Feline Hepatozoonosis Nancy Vincent-Johnson Overview of Canine Hepatozoonosis First Described: Hepatozoon canis, India, 1905 (James)1; Hepatozoon americanum, USA, 1978 (Craig and others)2 Cause: Hepatozoon canis, Hepatozoon…
Chapter 44 Mycobacterial Infections Jane E. Sykes and Danièlle A. Gunn-Moore Overview of Mycobacterial Infections in Dogs and Cats First Described: Evidence of tuberculosis in humans dates back to 2400…
Chapter 85 Osteomyelitis, Discospondylitis, and Infectious Arthritis Jane E. Sykes and Amy S. Kapatkin Overview of Musculoskeletal System Infections Causes: The most common cause of osteomyelitis and infectious monoarthritis in…
Chapter 84 Pyoderma, Otitis Externa, and Otitis Media Jane E. Sykes, Terry M. Nagle and Stephen D. White Overview of Pyoderma Cause: Staphylococcus pseudintermedius; less commonly Staphylococcus schleiferi and Staphylococcus…
Chapter 58 Dermatophytosis Jane E. Sykes and Catherine A. Outerbridge Overview of Dermatophytosis First Described: Dermatophytosis was described independently by several scientists in the 1830s and 1840s,1 but probable descriptions…
Chapter 20 Feline Coronavirus Infection Jane E. Sykes Overview of Feline Coronavirus Infections First Described: 19631; a viral etiology was not identified until the 1970s. Cause: Feline coronavirus (Family Coronaviridae,…
Chapter 50 Leptospirosis Jane E. Sykes Overview of Leptospirosis First Described: Heidelberg, Germany, 1886 (Adolf Weil)1 Cause: Leptospira spp. (a spirochete) Affected Hosts: Dogs, rarely cats, more than 150 other…
