Chapter 24 Arthropod-Borne Viral Infections All arthropod-borne viruses (arboviruses) known to infect dogs and cats belong to the families Togaviridae, Flaviviridae, Bunyaviridae, or Reoviridae (Table 24-1). These RNA viruses are…
Chapter 52 Bartonellosis Etiology Bartonella is a fastidious genus comprising at least 22 species and subspecies of small, curved, gram-negative hemotropic α-proteobacteria. Each has become highly adapted to preferential mammalian…
Chapter 18 Papillomavirus Infections Claude Favrot Etiology Members of the genus Papillomavirus (PV) are small (30 to 60 nm) nonenveloped viruses with icosahedral symmetry and double-stranded circular DNA genome. They are…
Chapter 39 Anaerobic Infections Craig E. Greene and Spencer S. Jang Etiology Obligate anaerobes can be gram-positive or gram-negative rods or cocci (Table 39-1). They cannot grow in the presence…
Chapter 87 Bacterial Respiratory Infections Tekla Lee-Fowler and Carol Reinero The respiratory system is divided into the upper and lower tracts and the pleural cavity. The upper respiratory tract consists…
Chapter 70 Laboratory Diagnosis of Protozoal Infections Susan E Little and David S. Lindsay Protozoa are responsible for some of the easiest, and also some of the most difficult, infections…
Chapter 27 Rocky Mountain and Mediterranean Spotted Fevers, Cat-Flea Typhuslike Illness, Rickettsialpox, and Typhus Craig E. Greene, Linda Kidd and Edward B. Breitschwerdt Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever Etiology and Epidemiology…
Chapter 90 Genitourinary Infections Jeanne A. Barsanti Bacterial infections of the urogenital system are among the most frequently encountered infections in small animal practice. Urinary tract and genital infections can…
Chapter 25 Neorickettsia and Wolbachia Infections Neorickettsia and Wolbachia are genera of α-proteobacteria in the family Anaplasmataceae in the order Rickettsiales. Several organisms within this genera are clinically important for…
