Veterian Key

TULAREMIA Tularemia is a bacterial infection, commonly known as rabbit fever or deer tick fever. The disease is endemic to certain areas of the United States and is highly infectious….

ROUNDWORMS Roundworms belong to the phylum Nematoda, which contains worms that are round and unsegmented. Members of this phylum are called nematodes. There are thousands of genera of nematodes, but…

ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPOTTED FEVER Rocky Mountain spotted fever (RMSF) is the most severe and most commonly reported tick-borne rickettsial disease in the United States. RMSF has been reported in every…

WESTERN EQUINE ENCEPHALITIS Western equine encephalitis is a viral disease of horses and humans. It is seen mostly west of the Mississippi River in the United States and in corresponding…

WEST NILE VIRUS INFECTION West Nile virus (WNV) infection is more widespread throughout North America than any of the other equine encephalitides. WNV was originally identified in Europe, Africa (Uganda),…

TOXOPLASMOSIS Cats have gotten a bad rap about how they transmit toxoplasmosis to humans and how they cause spontaneous abortion in women and blindness and mental retardation in newborns and…

SALMONELLOSIS Salmonellosis is a bacterial infection of the gastrointestinal tract that is usually associated with eating feces-contaminated food. MORBIDITY: ++ MORTALITY: + ETIOLOGY: BACTERIAL Salmonellosis is caused by many serotypes…

VIBRIOSIS Eating raw, undercooked, or improperly refrigerated shellfish can lead to vibriosis, a bacterial disease most commonly seen in areas near the sea. Vibriosis can also occur as a result…

TRICHINOSIS Trichinosis, also known as trichinellosis, is a food-borne disease caused by a small parasite living in muscle tissue and eaten in raw or undercooked meat. The disease has traditionally…

ST. LOUIS ENCEPHALITIS St. Louis encephalitis is a mosquito-borne viral disease with the potential of infecting the central nervous system of people. It is the most commonly reported variety of…