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.

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)