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Infectious Diseases OF THE DOG AND CAT

3rd ed.
Craig E. Greene, DVM, MS, DACVIM
Professor Emeritus and Josiah Meigs Distinguished Teaching Professor, Department of Infectious Diseases
and Department of Small Animal Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, The University of Georgia,
Athens, Georgia
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Front Matter
Section I Viral, Rickettsial, Chlamydial, and Mycoplasmal Diseases
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CHAPTER 1 Laboratory Diagnosis of Viral and Rickettsial Infections and

Epidemiology of Infectious Disease

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CHAPTER 2 Antiviral and Immunomodulatory Chemotherapy

CHAPTER 3 Canine Distemper

CHAPTER 4 Infectious Canine Hepatitis and Canine Acidophil Cell Hepatitis

CHAPTER 5 Canine Herpesvirus Infection

CHAPTER 6 Canine Infectious Tracheobronchitis

CHAPTER 7 Nonrespiratory Parainfluenza Virus Infection of Dogs

CHAPTER 8 Canine Viral Enteritis

CHAPTER 9 Canine Viral Papillomatosis

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CHAPTER 10 Feline Parvovirus Infections

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CHAPTER 11 Feline Coronavirus Infections

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CHAPTER 12 Feline Enteric Viral Infections

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CHAPTER 13 Feline Leukemia Virus Infection

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CHAPTER 14 Feline Immunodeficiency Virus Infection

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CHAPTER 15 Feline Adenovirus Infection

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CHAPTER 16 Feline Respiratory Disease

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CHAPTER 17 Feline Foamy (Syncytium-Forming) Virus Infection

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CHAPTER 18 Feline Paramyxovirus Infections

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CHAPTER 19 Poxvirus Infection

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CHAPTER 20 Feline Viral Papillomatosis

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CHAPTER 21 Miscellaneous Viral Infections

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CHAPTER 22 Rabies and Other Lyssavirus Infections

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CHAPTER 23 Pseudorabies

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CHAPTER 24 Enterovirus Infections

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CHAPTER 25 Mumps and Influenza Virus Infections

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CHAPTER 26 Arthropod-Borne Viral Infections

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CHAPTER 27 Salmon Poisoning Disease

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CHAPTER 28 Ehrlichiosis, Neorickettsiosis, Anaplasmosis, and Wolbachia Infection

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CHAPTER 29 Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever, Murine Typhuslike Disease,

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CHAPTER 30 Chlamydial Infections

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CHAPTER 31 Hemotrophic Mycoplasmosis (Hemobartonellosis)

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CHAPTER 32 Mycoplasmal, Ureaplasmal, and L-Form Infections

Section II Bacterial Diseases

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CHAPTER 33 Laboratory Diagnosis of Bacterial Infections

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CHAPTER 34 Antibacterial Chemotherapy

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CHAPTER 35 Streptococcal and Other Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections

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CHAPTER 36 Staphylococcal Infections

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CHAPTER 37 Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections

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CHAPTER 38 Endotoxemia

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CHAPTER 39 Enteric Bacterial Infections

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CHAPTER 40 Canine Brucellosis

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CHAPTER 41 Anaerobic Infections

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CHAPTER 42 Botulism

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CHAPTER 43 Tetanus

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CHAPTER 44 Leptospirosis

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CHAPTER 45 Borreliosis

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CHAPTER 46 Miscellaneous Bacterial Infections

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CHAPTER 47 Plague

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CHAPTER 48 Tularemia

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CHAPTER 49 Actinomycosis and Nocardiosis

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CHAPTER 50 Mycobacterial Infections

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CHAPTER 51 Dermatophilosis

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CHAPTER 52 Abscesses and Pyogranulomatous Inflammation Caused by Bacteria

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CHAPTER 53 Bite Wound Infections

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CHAPTER 54 Bartonellosis

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CHAPTER 55 Surgical and Traumatic Wound Infections

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Section III Fungal Diseases
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CHAPTER 56 Laboratory Diagnosis of Fungal and Algal Infections

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CHAPTER 57 Antifungal Chemotherapy

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CHAPTER 58 Cutaneous Fungal Infections

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CHAPTER 59 Blastomycosis

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CHAPTER 60 Histoplasmosis

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CHAPTER 61 Cryptococcosis

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CHAPTER 62 Coccidioidomycosis and Paracoccidioidomycosis

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CHAPTER 63 Sporotrichosis

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CHAPTER 64 Aspergillosis and Penicilliosis

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CHAPTER 65 Candidiasis and Rhodotorulosis

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CHAPTER 66 Trichosporonosis

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CHAPTER 67 Miscellaneous Fungal Infections

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CHAPTER 68 Pneumocystosis

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CHAPTER 69 Protothecosis
Section IV Protozoal Diseases

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CHAPTER 70 Laboratory Diagnosis of Protozoal Infections

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CHAPTER 71 Antiprotozoal Chemotherapy

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CHAPTER 72 Trypanosomiasis

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CHAPTER 73 Leishmaniases

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CHAPTER 74 Hepatozoonosis

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CHAPTER 75 Microsporidiosis

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CHAPTER 76 Cytauxzoonosis

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CHAPTER 77 Babesiosis

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CHAPTER 78 Enteric Protozoal Infections

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CHAPTER 79 Nonenteric Amebiasis: Acanthamebiasis, Hartmannelliasis, and

Balamuthiasis

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CHAPTER 80 Toxoplasmosis and Neosporosis

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CHAPTER 81 Enteric Coccidiosis

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CHAPTER 82 Cryptosporidiosis and Cyclosporiasis

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CHAPTER 83 Rhinosporidiosis

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CHAPTER 84 Neurologic Diseases of Suspected Infectious Origin and Prion

Disease
Section V Clinical Problems

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CHAPTER 85 Integumentary Infections

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CHAPTER 86 Musculoskeletal Infections

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CHAPTER 87 Cardiovascular Infections

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CHAPTER 88 Bacterial Respiratory Infections

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CHAPTER 89 Gastrointestinal and Intraabdominal Infections

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CHAPTER 90 Hepatobiliary Infections

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CHAPTER 91 Genitourinary Infections

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CHAPTER 92 Bacterial Infections of the Central Nervous System

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CHAPTER 93 Ocular Infections

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CHAPTER 94 Environmental Factors in Infectious Disease

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CHAPTER 95 Immunodeficiencies and Infectious Diseases

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CHAPTER 96 Fever

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CHAPTER 97 Prevention and Management of Infectious Diseases in Multiple-Cat

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CHAPTER 98 Prevention and Management of Infection in Kennels

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CHAPTER 99 Immunocompromised People and Shared Human and Animal

Infections: Zoonoses, Sapronoses, and Anthroponoses

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APPENDIX 1 Recommendations for Core and Noncore Vaccinations of Dogs

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APPENDIX 2 Recommendations for Core and Noncore Vaccinations of Cats

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APPENDIX 3 Canine and Feline Biologics Manufacturers and Products Available

Worldwide
APPENDIX 4 Compendium of Animal Rabies Prevention and Control, 2006

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APPENDIX 5 Laboratory Testing for Infectious Diseases of Dogs and Cats

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APPENDIX 6 Manufacturers of Diagnostic Test Kits and Their Products

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APPENDIX 7 Disease Rule-Outs for Medical Problems

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APPENDIX 8 Antimicrobial Drug Formulary

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CHAPTER 100 Immunoprophylaxis

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APPENDIX 9 Concentrations and Dosages of Locally Used Ocular Antibacterial

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Abbreviations Frequently Used Throughout the Text

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