Coxiellosis and Q Fever
Chapter 32 Coxiellosis and Q Fever Jane E. Sykes and Jacqueline M. Norris Overview of Coxiellosis and Q Fever First Described: mid 1930s, Queensland, Australia, in slaughterhouse workers (Derrick)1 Cause:…
Pseudorabies
Chapter 25 Pseudorabies Jane E. Sykes and Sarah D. Cramer Overview of Pseudorabies First Described: 1902 (Hungary, Aujeszky)1 Cause: Suid herpesvirus-1 (Family Herpesviridae, subfamily Alphaherpesvirinae, genus Varicellovirus) Affected Hosts: Domestic…
Immunization
Chapter 12 Immunization Jane E. Sykes Key Points • Active immunization can partially or completely protect dogs and cats from severe consequences of infection with a variety of different pathogens, and…
Feline Poxvirus Infections
Chapter 24 Feline Poxvirus Infections Malcolm Bennett Overview of Feline Poxvirus Infections First Described: Feline poxvirus infection was first described in 19781 Causes: Poxviruses (family Poxviridae). Cowpox virus infection is…
Canine Viral Respiratory Infections
Chapter 17 Canine Viral Respiratory Infections Jane E. Sykes Overview of the Canine Viral Respiratory Infections First Described: Respiratory disease in dogs (due to canine adenovirus-2) was first described in…
Infectious Canine Hepatitis
Chapter 18 Infectious Canine Hepatitis Jane E. Sykes Overview of Infectious Canine Hepatitis First Described: First described as infectious canine hepatitis (ICH) in 1947 in Sweden by Rubarth1; CAV-1 was…
Isolation and Identification of Fungi
Chapter 4 Isolation and Identification of Fungi Jane E. Sykes and Shelley C. Rankin Key Points • Fungi often grow more slowly than bacteria and can have specific culture media requirements….
Isolation and Identification of Aerobic and Anaerobic Bacteria
Chapter 3 Isolation and Identification of Aerobic and Anaerobic Bacteria Jane E. Sykes and Shelley C. Rankin Key Points • Because of the increasing prevalence of antimicrobial drug resistance among bacteria…
Nucleic Acid Detection Assays
Chapter 5 Nucleic Acid Detection Assays Jane E. Sykes and Shelley C. Rankin Key Points • Assays for detection of nucleic acid such as polymerase chain reaction assays are increasingly available…
