Arthropod-borne Infectious Diseases of the Dog and Cat

In recent years there has been growing international focus on theimportance of emerging and re-emerging arthropod-borne diseases inboth human and veterinary medicine. Increasingly these diseases arebeing diagnosed and treated in veterinary practice. In this book the authors first discuss the overall significanceof this group of diseases, plus arthropod biology and immunology,and current laboratory diagnostic methods, followed by individualchapters on each disease entity, grouped by causative organism(protozoan, bacterial, viral). Each chapter covers backgroundetiology and epidemiology, including the role of wildlife speciesand zoonotic effects, pathogenesis, clinical signs, diagnosis andtreatment. The book is illustrated throughout in color and containsphotographs of clinical cases, hematology, cytology and grossmicroscopic pathology.The book aims to provide, in a single reference source, anaccessible guide to arthropod-borne infectious disease forveterinarians in practice and training.