Clostridial Diseases of Animals

Clostridial Diseases of Animals is the first book to focus on clostridial diseases in domestic and wild animals, offering a comprehensive reference on these common diseases. Provides a single resource for all aspects of clostridial diseases Presents current, comprehensive information with a focus on clinical relevance Covers each disease in depth, including etiology, epidemiology, clinics, gross pathology, histopathology, diagnostics, diagnostic criteria, prophylaxis, control, and treatment Written by the world–leading experts in the field of clostridial diseases in animals Offers photographs and summary tables to support the concepts discussed in the text and aid in recognition INDICE: List of Contributors Xi .Preface xvii .Section 1: The pathogenic clostridia .1 Taxonomic Relationships among the Clostridia 3 John F. Prescott, Janet I. MacInnes, and Anson K. K. Wu .2 General Physiological and Virulence Properties of the Pathogenic Clostridia 7 Julian I. Rood .3 Brief Description of Animal Pathogenic Clostridia 13 John F. Prescott .Section 2: Toxins Produced by the Pathogenic Clostridia .4 Toxins of Histotoxic Clostridia: Clostridium chauvoei, Clostridium septicum, Clostridium novyi, and Clostridium sordellii 23 Michel R. Popoff .5 Toxins of Clostridium perfringens 45 James R. Theoret and Bruce A. McClane .6 Toxins of Clostridium difficile 61 J. Glenn Songer, Ashley E. Harmon, and M. Kevin Keel .7 Clostridium botulinum and Clostridium tetani Neurotoxins 71 Michel R. Popoff .Section 3: Clostridial Infections of the Gastrointestinal System .8 Diseases Produced by Clostridium perfringens Type A in Mammalian Species 109 Francisco A. Uzal .9 NetF Associated Necrotizing Enteritis of Foals and Canine Hemorrhagic Gastroenteritis 117 Iman Mehdizadeh Gohari, Valeria R. Parreira, and John F. Prescott .10 Necrotic Enteritis of Poultry 123 Kerry K. Cooper and J. Glenn Songer .11 Infections by Clostridium perfringens Type B 139 Francisco A. Uzal and J. Glenn Songer .12 Diseases Produced by Clostridium perfringens Type C 143 Santiago S. Diab .13 Diseases Produced by Clostridium perfringens Type D 157 Francisco A. Uzal, Federico Giannitti, John W. Finnie, and Jorge P. García .14 Infections by Clostridium perfringens Type E, 173 J. Glenn Songer .15 Diseases Produced by Clostridium difficile 177 Santiago S. Diab, Francisco A. Uzal, and J. Glenn Songer .16 Disease Caused by Clostridium colinum: Ulcerative Enteritis of Poultry and Other Avian Species 197 John F. Prescott .17 Clostridial Abomasitis 205 John F. Prescott, Paula I. Menzies, and Russell S. Fraser .18 Diseases Produced by Clostridium spiroforme 221 J. Glenn Songer and Francisco A. Uzal .Section 4: Clostridial Histotoxic Infections .19 Blackleg 231 Camila C. Abreu and Francisco A. Uzal .20 Gas Gangrene (Malignant Edema) 243 Rodrigo O. S. Silva, Francisco A. Uzal, Carlos A. Oliveira Jr, and Francisco C. F. Lobato .21 Gangrenous Dermatitis in Poultry 255 H. L. Shivaprasad .22 Bacillary Hemoglobinuria 265 Mauricio Navarro, Fernando Dutra Quintela, and Francisco A. Uzal .23 Infectious Necrotic Hepatitis 275 Mauricio Navarro and Francisco A. Uzal .24 Tyzzer s Disease 281 Karina C. Fresneda and Francisco R. Carvallo Chaigneau .Section 5: Clostridial Neurotoxic Infections .25 Tetanus 295 Michel R. Popoff .26 Botulism 303 Caroline Le Maréchal, Cédric Woudstra, and Patrick Fach .27 Diseases Caused by Other Clostridia Producing Neurotoxins 331 John F. Prescott .Index 000

• ISBN: 978-1-118-72840-6
• Editorial: Wiley–Blackwell
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 360
• Fecha Publicación: 24/05/2016
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés