(Publisher-supplied data) Understanding Zoonotic Diseases is written for both animal and human healthcare professionals and students that will help them understand specific zoonotic diseases. Designed as a stand-alone book, it introduces the reader to microbes including bacteria, fungi, parasites, viruses, and prions, and describes specific diseases that can be transmitted from animals to humans. Extensive use of images, photographs, tables, and clinically relevant comments helps the reader understand the role of animals in causing diseases in humans. Review questions at the end of each chapter and online critical thinking questions help the learner gain a deeper understanding of the material and aid in retention.

1. Zoonotic disease history -- The history of zoonoses -- Origins of zoonoses -- Transmission of zoonoses -- Classification of diseases -- Epidemiology and zoonoses -- Zoonoses and job safety -- 2. principles of immunity and diagnostic techniques -- Innate defense mechanisms -- Acquired defense mechanisms -- Immunodiagnostics -- Diagnostic techniques involving genetic material -- 3. Bacterial zoonoses -- The taxonomic scheme -- Prokaryotic versus eukaryotic microbes -- Introduction to bacteria -- Anthrax -- Bite wounds -- Brucellosis -- Campylobacteriosis -- Cat-scratch disease -- Clostridial infections -- Erysipeloid -- E. Coli infection -- Glanders -- Leprosy -- Leptospirosis -- Listeriosis -- Melioidosis -- Ornithosis -- Pasteurellosis -- Plague and yersiniosis -- Rat-bite fever -- Salmonellosis -- Shigellosis -- Staphylococcal infection -- Streptococcal infections -- Tuberculosis -- Vibriosis and cholera -- 4. Tick-borne bacterial zoonoses -- Ticks -- Lyme disease -- Relapsing fever -- Tularemia -- Rickettsial infections -- Ehrlichiosis/anaplasmosis -- Q fever -- Rocky Mountain spotted fever -- 5. Fungal zoonoses -- Types of fungi -- What do fungi look like to the naked eye? -- What do fungi look like under the microscope? -- How do fungi reproduce? -- How do fungi obtain nutrients? -- How do fungi cause infection? -- Dermatophytoses -- Sporotrichosis. 6. Parasitic zoonoses -- Protozoan zoonoses -- Cestode zoonoses -- Nematode zoonoses -- Trematode zoonoses -- Arthropod disease -- 7. Viral zoonoses -- Types of viruses -- How do viruses replicate? -- How do viruses cause disease? -- How are viral diseases diagnosed? -- Arboviruses -- Arenaviruses -- Bunyaviruses -- Coronaviruses -- Filoviruses -- Flaviviruses -- Herpesviruses -- Orthomyxoviruses -- Paramyxoviruses -- Picornaviruses -- Poxviruses -- Reoviruses -- Rhabdoviruses -- Togaviruses -- 8. Prion zoonoses -- Epizootiology and public health significance -- Transmission -- Pathogenesis -- Management and control in animals -- Management and control in humans -- Appendices -- Foodborne zoonoses -- Zoonoses by animal -- Biologic safety levels -- Nationally notifiable zoonotic infectious diseases of the United States.