A clinician and a pathologist have collaborated to produce this thorough and balanced account of infectious diseases affecting horses. The book 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. A section on differential diagnosis is then provided to support clinical decision-making, followed by a review of current thinking on the zoonotic aspects of equine infectious diseases, and a guide to clinical pathology to underline its diagnostic importance.

Infectious Diseases of the Horse is illustrated throughout by a wealth of clinical and microscopic images, and is of value to all veterinary practitioners, scientists, students, technicians and nurses working with horses.

Bacterial diseases:

Anaplasma phagocytophilum, Neorickettsia risticii, Bartonella henselae, Brucella sp., Burkholderia mallei, Burkholderia pseudomallei, Bordetella bronchiseptica, Taylorella equigenitalis, Francisella tularensis, Legionella pneumophila, Coxiella burnetti, Moraxella spp., Escherichia coli, Salmonella sp., Pasteurella, Yersinia enterocolitica, Actinobacillus lignieresii, Actinobacillus equuli, Lawsonia intracellularis, Campylobacter sp., Helicobacter equorum, Clostridium botulinum, Clostridium difficile, Clostridium perfringens, Clostridium piliforme, Clostridium tetani, Mycoplasma sp., Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae, Bacillus anthracis, Listeria monocytogenes, Meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, Streptococcus equi subsp. equi, Streptococcus equi subsp. zooepidemicus, Actinomyces spp., Dermatophilus congolensis, Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis, Tuberculosis, Nocardia spp., Rhodococcus equi, Chlamydophila sp., Borrelia burgdorferi, Leptospira interrogans, Bacteroidaceae & Fusobacteriaceae, Botryomycosis.

Viral diseases:

Equine Adenovirus, Equine herpesvirus (EHV), Suid herpesvirus 1, Bovine and Equine Papillomavirus (BPV versus EcPV), Horse pox, Equine Arteritis Virus (EAV), West Nile Virus (WNV): WNV and Kunjin virus, Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV)/Murray Valley encephalitis virus (MVE), Equine influenza virus, Borna disease (BDV), Hendra virus (HeV), Equine rhinitis virus, African Horse Sickness (AHS), Equine Infectious Anemia Virus (EIAV), Rotavirus, Rabies, Vesicular stomatitis New Jersey virus (VSNJV) and Vesicular stomatitis Indiana virus (VSIV), Eastern Equine Encephalomyelitis virus (EEEV), Western Equine Encephalitis virus, Venezuelan Equine Encephalitis, Getah Virus and Ross River virus (RRV): Ross River virus and Sagiyama virus.

Protozoa:

Klossiella equi, Equine protozoal myeloencephalitis (EPM), Cryptosporidiosis, Eimeria leuckarti, Babesiosis/Piroplasmosis, Giardia duodenalis, Trypanosomosis

Fungal diseases:

Invasive mycoses, Equine histoplasmosis

Ectoparasites:

Gasterophilus sp., Mites, Lice

Helminths:

Fasciola hepatica, Anoplocephala sp., Echinococcus sp., Strongyloides westeri, Halicephalobus gingivalis, Strongylus sp., Cyathostomum sp., Dictyocaulus arnfieldi, Parelaphostrongylus tenuis, Parascaris equorum, Oxyuris equi, Probstmayria vivipara, Thelazia lacrymalis, Setaria equine

Appendices: Differential diagnoses, (Potential) Zoonoses, Clinical pathology

Index

J.H. Van der Kolk, DVM PhD, dipl ECEIM, Department of Equine Sciences-Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Utrecht University