Infectious Diseases of the Horse: Diagnosis, pathology, management, and public health 2nd Edition

A Comprehensive Guide to Equine Infectious Diseases

This book provides a comprehensive yet practical guide to established infectious diseases of horses, categorized according to different pathogens. A collaboration between a clinician and a pathologist, this book evaluates the latest diagnostic aids while emphasizing that they are no substitute for clinical observation and skills. The exceptional, full-color clinical and microscopic images are showcased in a larger format.

Key Features

• Updated Content: Thoroughly updated a decade after the release of the original text, the book remains concise and easy to understand. It includes new sections on topics like pythiosis, enteric coronavirus-induced disease, and viral hepatitis.
• Latest Diagnostics: It evaluates the latest diagnostic aids, including rapid developments in molecular biology. The most dynamic changes in veterinary medicine concern the development of new molecular diagnostic techniques and therapies, and these have been updated with the most recent references.
• Practical Appendices: Practical appendices contain a list of differential diagnoses based on clinical signs, a list of zoonoses and reportable diseases, and an elaborate illustrated appendix on clinical pathology and haematology.
• Broad Coverage: The majority of equine infectious diseases caused by microbes and parasites are covered, including bacterial, viral, protozoan, fungal, ectoparasitic, and helminthic diseases.
• Target Audience: A valuable resource for all veterinary practitioners, scientists, pathologists, students, technicians, and nurses working with horses.