ABSTRACT
This is a concise and quick reference guide, clinically oriented, based on experience underpinned by published research data. The systems-based approach emphasizes the problem list process utilized by most practitioners when faced with a patient presenting with a single or variety of clinical symptoms. This allows generation of a complete list of infectious disease differentials, and the ability to include or exclude those indicated based on patient risk assessment. Pathogen specific information enables rational choice of diagnostics, therapy, and prognostication for a complete list of small animal infectious disease that includes bacterial, viral, parasitic/protozoal and fungal.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
section Chapter 1|48 pages
Respiratory Diseases
entry |2 pages
Aelurostrongylus abstrusus/cat lungworm, verminous pneumonia
entry |3 pages
Bacterial pneumonia
entry |5 pages
6Blastomyces dermatitidis/blastomycosis
entry |2 pages
Bordetella bronchiseptica
entry |1 pages
Canine adenovirus type 2
entry |2 pages
Canine infectious respiratory disease complex; kennel cough, infectious tracheobronchitis
entry |1 pages
Canine parainfluenza virus
entry |1 pages
Canine respiratory coronavirus
entry |1 pages
Chlamydiosis/chlamydia (formerly chlamydophila) felis
entry |2 pages
Crenosoma vulpis (fox lungworm)
entry |1 pages
Eucoleus aerophilus (capillaria aerophila) (lungworm)
entry |3 pages
Feline calicivirus
entry |4 pages
Feline herpesvirus 1 (feline viral rhinotracheitis)
entry |3 pages
Feline upper respiratory tract disease
entry |2 pages
Filarid lungworms: filaroides hirthi, oslerus (filaroides) osleri
entry |2 pages
Influenza virus
entry |2 pages
Mycoplasma spp.
entry |1 pages
Paragonimus kellicotti (lung fluke)
entry |1 pages
Pneumonyssoides caninum
entry |3 pages
Pyothorax
entry |2 pages
Streptococcus zooepidemicus
section Chapter 2|48 pages
Gastrointestinal Diseases
entry |1 pages
Baylisascaris procyonis
entry |2 pages
Campylobacter
entry |1 pages
Canine circovirus
entry |1 pages
Canine enteric coronavirus
entry |1 pages
Clostridium difficile
entry |2 pages
Clostridium perfringens
entry |2 pages
Cryptosporidium
entry |1 pages
Cystoisospora
entry |3 pages
Echinococcus multilocularis
entry |3 pages
Giardiosis
entry |1 pages
Granulomatous colitis
entry |2 pages
Helicobacter spp. (h. pylori and non-h. pylori helicobacter spp.)
entry |3 pages
Heterobilharzia americana (north american canine schistosomiasis)
entry |3 pages
Hookworms: ancylostoma and uncinaria spp.
entry |2 pages
Liver flukes: platynosomum fastosum, platynosomum concinnum
entry |2 pages
Parasitic gastritis: physaloptera spp. and ollulanus tricuspis
entry |4 pages
Parvoviruses: canine parvovirus and feline panleukopenia virus
entry |2 pages
Salmonella
entry |3 pages
Tapeworms: taenia spp. and dipylidium caninum
entry |2 pages
Toxocara and toxascaris spp. (ascarids or roundworms)
entry |2 pages
Trichuris vulpis (canine whipworms)
entry |2 pages
Tritrichomonas foetus colitis (trichomoniasis)
section Chapter 3|25 pages
Neurologic Diseases
entry |1 pages
Bacterial meningitis or meningoencephalitis
entry |4 pages
Canine distemper virus (distemper)
entry |2 pages
Clostridium botulinum/botulism
entry |3 pages
Clostridium tetani/tetanus
entry |2 pages
Cuterebra myiasis
entry |3 pages
Diskospondylitis
entry |2 pages
Neospora caninum
entry |1 pages
Pseudorabies
entry |3 pages
Rabies
entry |1 pages
Tick paralysis
entry |1 pages
West nile virus and eastern equine encephalitis virus
section Chapter 4|25 pages
Genitourinary Diseases
entry |4 pages
Bacterial cystitis
entry |2 pages
Brucellosis (brucella canis)
entry |3 pages
Canine transmissible venereal tumor
entry |2 pages
Dioctophyme renale (giant kidney worm)
entry |1 pages
Fungal urinary tract infection
entry |7 pages
Leptospirosis
entry |2 pages
Prostatitis
entry |1 pages
Pyelonephritis
entry |1 pages
Pyometra
section Chapter 5|43 pages
Skin and Soft Tissue Diseases
entry |2 pages
Cheyletiella spp. (cheyletiellosis)
entry |2 pages
Demodex canis
entry |4 pages
Dermatophytosis (ringworm)
entry |1 pages
Lagenidiosis
entry |2 pages
Lepromatous mycobacterial infections
entry |3 pages
Malassezia pachydermatis
entry |2 pages
Necrotizing fasciitis
entry |3 pages
Non-tuberculous mycobacteria
entry |4 pages
Otitis externa
entry |2 pages
Otodectes cynotis (ear mites)
entry |2 pages
Papillomavirus
entry |4 pages
Pyoderma
entry |2 pages
Pythium insidiosum (pythiosis)
entry |2 pages
Sarcoptes scabiei and notoedres cati
entry |3 pages
Sporotrichosis
entry |1 pages
Zygomycosis
section Chapter 6|108 pages
Multisystem Diseases
entry |3 pages
Actinomyces and nocardia spp.
entry |2 pages
Anaerobic bacterial infections
entry |3 pages
Angiostrongylus vasorum (french heartworm)
entry |3 pages
Babesia spp. (babesiosis)
entry |3 pages
Bartonella spp. (bartonellosis)
entry |4 pages
Coccidioides immitis and c. posadasii (coccidioidomycosis, valley fever)
entry |1 pages
Coxiella burnetii (q fever)
entry |7 pages
Cryptococcosis
entry |2 pages
Cytauxzoon felis (cytauxzoonosis)
entry |3 pages
Dirofilaria immitis (heartworm)
entry |4 pages
Ehrlichiosis and anaplasmosis
entry |15 pages
Environmental and opportunistic fungal pathogens
entry |2 pages
Feline immunodeficiency virus
entry |4 pages
Feline infectious peritonitis
entry |4 pages
Feline leukemia virus
entry |3 pages
Hemotropic mycoplasmas
entry |3 pages
Hepatozoon americanum (american canine hepatozoonosis)
entry |3 pages
Histoplasmosis
entry |5 pages
Leishmania spp. (leishmaniosis)
entry |1 pages
Listeriosis
entry |4 pages
Lyme disease (borreliosis)
entry |2 pages
Neorickettsia helminthoeca (salmon poisoning)
entry |1 pages
Plague/yersinia pestis
entry |2 pages
Prototheca spp. (protothecosis)
entry |4 pages
Rocky mountain spotted fever/rickettsia rickettsia
entry |2 pages
Surgical site infections
entry |4 pages
Toxoplasma gondii (toxoplamosis)
entry |4 pages
Trypanosomiasis
entry |2 pages
Tularemia (francisella tularensis)