Description
A clinician and a pathologist collaborate to create a comprehensive yet practical book about established infectious diseases of horses, categorised according to the different pathogens. This ebook evaluates the latest diagnostic aids, including rapid developments in molecular biology, while emphasising that they are no substitute for clinical observation and skills. The majority of equine infectious diseases caused by microbes and parasites are covered – bacterial, viral, protozoan, fungal, ectoparasitic and helminthic. Appendices contain a list of differential diagnoses based on clinical signs to support clinical decision-making, a list of zoonoses and reportable diseases, and an elaborate illustrated appendix on clinical pathology and haematology.Thoroughly updated, Infectious Diseases of the Horse: Diagnosis, Pathology, Management, and Public Health, 2nd edition continues to be concise and easy to understand and remains an important resource for uncommon conditions. It adds new sections on pythiosis, equine encephalosis/Peruvian horse sickness virus, Acinetobacter baumanii, enteric coronavirus-induced disease, and viral hepatitis, as well as updated nomenclature according to the latest reference databases. The most dynamic changes in veterinary medicine concern the development of new molecular diagnostic techniques and therapies, and these have been updated with most recent references throughout this second edition. The full-colour clinical and microscopic images are showcased. 370 p.
- J.H. van der Kolk. DVM, PhD, dipl ECEIM. Vetsuisse Faculty, Department of Clinical Veterinary Medicine, Swiss Institute for Equine Medicine (ISME), University of Bern, Bern (Switzerland).
- E.J.B. Veldhuis Kroeze. DVM, PhD, dipl ECVP. Department of Viroscience, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam (The Netherlands).
- Publication date (digital version): 2022-12 – CRC Press (imprint of Taylor & Francis Group); Copyright © 2023 by JH van der Kolk and EJB Veldhuis Kroeze.
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