Chapter 15 Canine Distemper Virus Infection Jane E. Sykes Overview of Canine Distemper First Described: 1905, Henri Carré, France1 Cause: Canine distemper virus (family Paramyxoviridae, subfamily Paramyxovirinae, genus Morbillivirus) Affected…
Chapter 42 Actinomycosis Jane E. Sykes Overview of Actinomycosis First Described: Actinomycosis was first described in 1877 (in cattle) (Otto Bollinger, Germany)1 Causes: Actinomyces spp. and Arcanobacterium spp. (order Actinomycetales,…
Chapter 71 Pneumocystosis Remo Lobetti Overview of Pneumocystosis First Described: Pneumocystis was first discovered in Brazil in 1909 (Chagas), when it was initially mistaken for a trypanosome.1 It was first…
Chapter 57 Bite and Scratch Wound Infections Jane E. Sykes Overview of Bacterial Bite Wound Infections Causes: A variety of aerobic and anaerobic bacteria that include mycoplasmas and mycobacterial species….
Chapter 37 Anaerobic Bacterial Infections Jane E. Sykes Overview of Anaerobic Bacterial Infections First Described: 1860s (Louis Pasteur)1 Causes: Bacteroides, Prevotella, Porphyromonas, Peptostreptococcus, Fusobacterium, Clostridium, Propionibacterium, other species Geographic Distribution:…
Chapter 81 Cryptosporidiosis Michael R. Lappin Overview of Cryptosporidiosis First Described: Cryptosporidium was first described in mice in 1907 (Tyzzer).1 Although Cryptosporidium spp. oocysts were reported in feces of cats…
Chapter 55 Yersinia pestis (Plague) and Other Yersinioses Jane E. Sykes and Bruno B. Chomel Overview of Plague First Described: Descriptions of plague date back to around 1300 bc. The…
Chapter 34 Streptococcal and Enterococcal Infections Jane E. Sykes Overview of Streptococcal and Enterococcal Infections First Described: Streptococci were first described in Germany in 1868 by Billroth.1 Enterococci were separated…
Chapter 73 Neosporosis Jane E. Sykes Overview of Neosporosis First Described: 1984, in boxer dogs in Norway (Bjerkas and others)1 Cause: Neospora caninum, a coccidial protozoan parasite (phylum Apicomplexa) Affected…
Chapter 41 Hemoplasma Infections Jane E. Sykes and Séverine Tasker Overview of Hemoplasma Infections First Described: Feline hemoplasmas, South Africa, 1942 (Clark)1; canine hemoplasmas, Germany, 1928 (Kikuth)2 Cause: Mycoplasma haemofelis,…
