Salmonellosis
Chapter 45 Salmonellosis Jane E. Sykes and Stanley L. Marks Overview of Salmonellosis First Described: Washington, DC, United States, 1885 (Theobald Smith and Daniel Salmon)1 Cause: Salmonella spp. (gram-negative rods…
Mycoplasma Infections
Chapter 40 Mycoplasma Infections Jane E. Sykes Overview of Mycoplasma and Ureaplasma Infections First Described: Dogs, Japan 1934 (Shoetensack).1 Reports of human Mycoplasma infections also occurred around this time.2 Causes:…
Bacterial Meningitis
Chapter 90 Bacterial Meningitis Craig E. Greene Overview of Canine and Feline Bacterial Meningitis Cause: Bacterial meningitis is caused by a variety of pyogenic bacteria that enter the subdural space….
Canine Parvovirus Infections and Other Viral Enteritides
Chapter 14 Canine Parvovirus Infections and Other Viral Enteritides Jane E. Sykes Overview of Canine Parvoviral Enteritis First Described: 1978, worldwide, Appel and others1 Cause: Canine parvovirus-2 variants (Family Parvoviridae,…
Canine Brucellosis
Chapter 53 Canine Brucellosis Autumn P. Davidson and Jane E. Sykes Overview of Brucellosis in Dogs First Described: B. canis was first isolated from dogs by Leland Carmichael in 1966…
Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever
Chapter 30 Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever Linda Kidd and Edward B. Breitschwerdt Overview of Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever First Described: R. rickettsii was first described in Montana, United States, 19091…
Feline Respiratory Viral Infections
Chapter 23 Feline Respiratory Viral Infections Jane E. Sykes Overview of Feline Viral Respiratory Disease First Described in Cats: Feline herpesvirus-1 (FHV-1), 1958 (United States)1; feline calicivirus (FCV), 1957 (New…
Miscellaneous Protozoal Diseases
Chapter 83 Miscellaneous Protozoal Diseases Jane E. Sykes Miscellaneous Systemic Protozoal Infections Besides the systemic protozoal infections described in Chapters 72 to 78, other systemic protozoal infections of dogs and…
Enteric Clostridial Infections
Chapter 48 Enteric Clostridial Infections Jane E. Sykes and Stanley L. Marks Overview of Clostridial Diarrhea First Described: 1978 (C. difficile, causative role in pseudomembranous colitis in humans)1; 1892 (C….
Ehrlichiosis
Chapter 28 Ehrlichiosis Jane E. Sykes Overview of Ehrlichiosis First Described: Ehrlichia canis was first described in 1935 (Algeria).1 Ehrlichia ewingii was described in 1992 (United States).2 Ehrlichia chaffeensis was…
