Chapter 268 Treatment of Canine Babesiosis Adam J. Birkenheuer, Raleigh, North Carolina Babesiosis typically is characterized by thrombocytopenia, hemolytic anemia, and splenomegaly. Canine babesiosis is an important disease worldwide and can…
Web Chapter 81 American Leishmaniasis Gregory C. Troy, Blacksburg, Virginia North American canine visceral leishmaniasis (CVL) is caused by the protozoan parasite Leishmania infantum, which is of the MON-1 zymodeme, the…
Chapter 261 Infectious Causes of Polyarthritis in Dogs Richard E. Goldstein, New York, New York Michael R. Lappin, Fort Collins, Colorado Dogs with lameness and pain usually have disease of the muscles,…
Chapter 265 Pet-Associated Illness Andrea Wang, Athens, Georgia Craig E. Greene, Athens, Georgia In the broadest terms, zoonoses are infectious or parasitic diseases that are common to both animals and humans. True…
Chapter 263 Systemic Antifungal Therapy Jane E. Sykes, Davis, California Amy M. Grooters, Baton Rouge, Louisiana Joseph Taboada, Baton Rouge, Louisiana Over the past three decades, immunocompromise associated with human immunodeficiency virus infection…
Chapter 274 Leptospirosis Katharine F. Lunn, Raleigh, North Carolina Leptospirosis is a zoonotic bacterial disease of worldwide importance in human and veterinary medicine. Disease is caused by serovars of the pathogenic…
Chapter 276 Canine and Feline Monocytotropic Ehrlichiosis Susan M. Eddlestone, Mandeville, Louisiana Canine Monocytic Ehrlichiosis Cause Canine monocytic ehrlichiosis (CME) is an important tick-borne disease of dogs caused by the rickettsial…
Chapter 271 Borreliosis Meryl P. Littman, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Lyme disease (Lyme borreliosis) in dogs is caused by a unicellular microaerophilic gram-negative motile spirochete, Borrelia burgdorferi, generally transmitted via Ixodes tick bites….
Chapter 132 Protein-Losing Enteropathies Debra L. Zoran, College Station, Texas Protein-losing enteropathies (PLE) are a complex group of enteropathies associated with increased loss of albumin and other proteins across the gastrointestinal…
Web Chapter 75 Diseases of the Eyelids and Periocular Skin Catherine A. Outerbridge, Davis, California Steven R. Hollingsworth, Davis, California The eyelids and periocular skin can be affected by a wide variety…
