Chapter 44 Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis Infection Sharon J. Spier Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis is a gram-positive, pleomorphic, intracellular, facultative anaerobic rod with worldwide distribution. The bacterium causes ulcerative lymphangitis, external subcutaneous abscesses, and…
Chapter 47 Vaccination Programs Elizabeth Davis The primary goal of vaccination is protection from infectious disease that presents a significant threat to host health. The decision tree analysis used to…
Chapter 43 Screening Herds for Lawsonia Allen E. Page As a clinical entity, equine proliferative enteropathy (EPE) caused by Lawsonia intracellularis infection in horses has been recognized for more than…
Chapter 19 Cardiovascular Disease in Poor Performance Sophy A. Jesty Although musculoskeletal and respiratory problems are the most common causes of poor performance in horses, cardiac abnormalities can be documented…
Chapter 38 Equine Rhinitis Virus Infection Andrés Diaz-Méndez, Laurent Viel Respiratory viral infections play an important role in commonly diagnosed equine respiratory diseases. These infections are recognized worldwide and affect…
Chapter 31 Managing an Outbreak of Infectious Disease Rick W. Henninger The threat of an infectious disease outbreak is ever present in all groups of horses, regardless of age, sex,…
Chapter 22 Managing Back Pain Kevin K. Haussler As the field of equine sports medicine has continued to grow, optimal function of the axial portion of the skeleton has become…
Chapter 36 γ-Herpesviruses in Horses and Donkeys Lutz S. Goehring Herpesviruses are grouped as α-, β-, and γ-herpesviruses. Although several α- and γ- herpesviruses have been found in equids, there…
Chapter 35 West Nile Virus Rodney L. Belgrave West Nile virus (WNV) is a continually emerging neurotropic mosquito-borne flavivirus that was first detected in the western hemisphere in 1999. Since…
