Emphasizing practical applications, this new edition provides the most up-to-date information on all facets of the microbial pathogens of animals of veterinary interest. Directed to undergraduate veterinary students in their second year of study, this text provides the more important facts of the pathogenesis of bacterial and fungal infections of animals. It includes an introduction to the basic characteristics of bacteria and fungi; their implications for antimicrobial therapy; and detailed descriptions of the major genera of pathogenic bacteria and fungi. Included in the text as supplemental material are abbreviated case reports and descriptions of outbreaks of infectious disease, as well as a number of references listed at the end of each chapter and a glossary of terms not explained in the text. This book provides readers with the basic tools to: identify the characteristics of important bacterial and fungal agents of animal disease; describe animal diseases as they pertain to human health; discuss the importance of bacterial and fungal factors in the development of immunity; and evaluate approaches to prevention, diagnosis, antimicrobial susceptibility and treatment.
- ISBN10 0813810213
- ISBN13 9780813810218
- Publish Date 17 March 2009
- Publish Status Cancelled
- Out of Print 22 September 2004
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Imprint Blackwell Publishing Ltd
- Edition 6th edition
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 352
- Language English