Chapter 6 Canine Infectious Respiratory Disease Richard B. Ford Etiology Canine infectious respiratory disease (CIRD), also known by the common names including canine infectious tracheobronchitis, “kennel cough,” “canine cough,” “canine…
Chapter 22 Enterovirus Infections Craig E. Greene Picornaviridae, the family of the smallest RNA viruses, contains the genus Enterovirus. Species in this genus commonly infect humans and have classically been…
Chapter 5 Canine Herpesvirus Infection Craig E. Greene Etiology Canine herpesvirus (CHV) has a worldwide distribution, with biologic and pathogenic properties similar to those of α-herpesviruses affecting other species. α-Herpesviruses…
Chapter 2 Antiviral and Immunomodulatory Chemotherapy Katrin Hartmann Antivirals Clinical use of antiviral drugs is uncommon in veterinary medicine, and the number of controlled studies about the usefulness of these…
Chapter 17 Poxvirus Infections Craig E. Greene Etiology and Epidemiology The largest viruses are poxviruses with a linear double-stranded DNA that encodes for hundreds of polypeptides. There are eight genera…
Chapter 15 Feline Foamy (Syncytium-Forming) Virus Infection Craig E. Greene and Martin Löchelt Etiology Feline foamy virus (FFV), previously known as “feline syncytium-forming virus,” is a retrovirus in the family…
Chapter 4 Infectious Canine Hepatitis and Canine Acidophil Cell Hepatitis Craig E. Greene Infectious Canine Hepatitis Etiology Infectious canine hepatitis (ICH), caused by canine adenovirus (CAV)-1, has worldwide serologic homogeneity,…
Chapter 13 Feline Adenovirus Infection Frances A. Kennedy Clinically apparent disease caused by primary adenoviral infection is most common in immunologically compromised animals.1,2 In studies of cats in Hungary, Scotland,…
Chapter 16 Feline Paramyxovirus Infections Craig E. Greene and Hans Lutz Viruses of the family Paramyxoviridae (genera Paramyxovirus, Morbillivirus, and Henipavirus [containing Nipah and Hendra virus]) have been shown to…
Chapter 7 Nonrespiratory Paramyxovirus Infections of Dogs Craig E. Greene Parainfluenza Virus-5 Infection Etiology Canine parainfluenza virus (CPIV) is a member of the family Paramyxoviridae, which includes canine distemper virus,…
