Description
Ideal for both practitioners and students, Equine Infectious Diseases, 2nd Edition covers the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of infectious disease in horses. Organized by infectious agent – viral, bacterial and rickettsial, protozoal, and fungal – it includes complete coverage of the individual diseases caused by each type of agent. A section on clinical problems offers effective treatment for conditions such as ocular infections, CNS infections, and skin infections. Preventing and controlling infectious disease outbreaks is addressed with information on epidemiology, biosecurity, antimicrobial therapy, and recognizing foreign equine diseases. Key features include: – High quality color photos and illustrations provide clear, accurate representations of the clinical appearance of infectious diseases; – features the most recent information on the global threat of newly emergent diseases such as African Horse Sickness; – More than 60 expert contributors share their knowledge and expertise in equine infectious disease; – additional clinical algorithms offer detailed prevention strategies in addition to diagnostic and therapeutic guidelines. 928 p.
- Debra C. Sellon, Editor. DVM, PhD, DACVIM, Professor, Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, Associate Dean, Graduate School. Washington State University, Pullman, WA (USA), College of Veterinary Medicine.
- Maureen T. Long, Editor. DVM, PhD, DACVIM, Associate Professor, Large Animal Medicine. University of Florida, Gainesville, FL (USA), College of Veterinary Medicine.
- Publication date (digital version): 2015-11.
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