"Book is intended for veterinary students, to accompany and supplement their first courses in pathogenic bacteriology-mycology and virology. The focus includes pathogenic mechanisms and processes in infectious diseases; methods of diagnosis; and principles of resistance, prevention, and therapy. A working knowledge of general microbiology is assumed.

Includes index.

PART I INTRODUCTION -- Parasitism and Pathogenicity / Ernst L. Biberstein -- Immune Responses to Infectious Agents / Laurel J. Gershwin -- Laboratory Diagnosis / Dwight C. Hirsh, Yuan Chung Zee, and Anthony E. Castro -- Antimicrobial Chemotherapy / John F. Prescott -- Antimicrobial Drugs: A Strategy for Rational Use and the Ramifications of Misuse / Dwight C. Hirsh -- Vaccines N. / James MacLachlan and Dwight C. Hirsh -- PART II BACTERIA AND FUNGI -- Family Enterobacteriaceae / Dwight C. Hirsh -- Enterobacteriaceae: Escherichia / Dwight C. Hirsh -- Enterobacteriaceae: Salmonella / Dwight C. Hirsh -- Enterobacteriaceae: Yersinia / Dwight C. Hirsh -- Enterobacteriaceae: Shigella / Dwight C. Hirsh -- Pasteurellaceae: Pasteurella, Mannheimia / Dwight C. Hirsh and Ernst L. Biberstein -- Pasteurellaceae: Actinobacillus / Dwight C. Hirsh and Ernst L. Biberstein -- Pasteurellaceae: Haemophilus and Histophilus / Dwight C. Hirsh and Ernst L. Biberstein -- Bordetella / Dwight C. Hirsh and Ernst L. Biberstein -- Brucella / Richard L. Walker -- Burkholderia mallei and Burkholderia pseudomallei / Dwight C. Hirsh and Ernst L. Biberstein -- Francisella tularensis / Dwight C. Hirsh and Ernst L. Biberstein -- Moraxella / Dwight C. Hirsh and Ernst L. Biberstein -- Pseudomonas / Dwight C. Hirsh -- Taylorella equigenitalis / Ernst L. Biberstein and Dwight C. Hirsh -- Spiral-Curved Organisms I: Borrelia / Rance B. LeFebvre -- Spiral-Curved Organisms II: Brachyspira (Serpulina) / Dwight C. Hirsh -- Spiral-Curved Organisms III: Campylobacter, Arcobacter, Lawsonia / Dwight C. Hirsh -- Spiral-Curved Organisms IV: Helicobacter- The Spiral Shaped Microorganisms of the Gastrointestinal Tract and Liver / James G. Fox -- Spiral-Curved Organisms V: Leptospirae / Rance B. LeFebvre -- Staphylococcus / Dwight C. Hirsh and Ernst L. Biberstein -- Streptococcus and Enterococcus / Dwight C. Hirsh and Ernst L. Biberstein -- Arcanobacterium / Dwight C. Hirsh and Ernst L. Biberstein -- Bacillus / Dwight C. Hirsh and Ernst L. Biberstein -- Corynebacterium / Dwight C. Hirsh and Ernst L. Biberstein -- Erysipelothrix / Richard L. Walker -- Listeria / Richard L. Walker -- Rhodococcus / Dwight C. Hirsh and Ernst L. Biberstein -- Non-Spore-Forming Obligate Anaerobes / Dwight C. Hirsh -- Clostridium / Dwight C. Hirsh and Ernst L. Biberstein -- Filamentous Bacteria: Actinomyces, Nocardia, Dermatophilus, and Streptobacillus / Ernst L. Biberstein and Dwight C. Hirsh -- Mycobacterium / Dwight C. Hirsh and Ernst L. Biberstein -- Chlamydiaceae / Dwight C. Hirsh and Ernst L. Biberstein -- Mollicutes / Richard L. Walker -- Rickettsiae: Rickettsia, Coxiella, and Orientia / Janet E. Foley, Ernst L. Biberstein, and Dwight C. Hirsh -- Ehrlichiae: Ehrlichia and Neorickettsia / Janet E. Foley, Ernst L. Biberstein, and Dwight C. Hirsh -- Anaplasmataceae / Janet E. Foley and Ernst L. Biberstein -- Bartonellaceae / Bruno B. Chomel and Rickie W. Kasten -- Yeasts- Cryptococcus, Malassezia, and Candida / Dwight C. Hirsh and Ernst L. Biberstein -- Dermatophytes / Ernst L. Biberstein and Dwight C. Hirsh -- Agents of Subcutaneous Mycoses / Dwight C. Hirsh and Ernst L. Biberstein -- Agents of Systemic Mycoses / Dwight C. Hirsh and Ernst L. Biberstein. PART III VIRUSES -- Pathogenesis of Viral Diseases / Yuan Chung Zee and N. James MacLachlan -- Parvoviridae and Circoviridae / Yuan Chung Zee and N. James MacLachlan -- Asfarviridae and Iridoviridae / N. James MacLachlan and Jeffrey L. Stott -- Papillomaviridae and Polyomaviridae / Yuan Chung Zee and N. James MacLachlan -- Adenoviridae / Yuan Chung Zee and N. James MacLachlan -- Herpesviridae / Alex A. Ardans -- Poxviridae / N. James MacLachlan and Jeffrey L. Stott -- Picornaviridae / N. James MacLachlan, Yuan Chung Zee, and Jeffrey L. Stott -- Caliciviridae / Yuan Chung Zee and N. James MacLachlan -- Togaviridae and Flaviviridae / N. James MacLachlan and Jeffrey L. Stott -- Orthomyxoviridae and Bunyaviridae / Alex A. Ardans and N. James MacLachlan -- Paramyxoviridae, Filoviridae, and Bornaviridae / Yuan Chung Zee and N. James MacLachlan -- Rhabdoviridae / Yuan Chung Zee and N. James MacLachlan -- Coronaviridae and Arteriviridae / Udeni B.R. Balasuriya and Jeffrey L. Stott -- Reoviridae / N. James MacLachlan and Jeffrey L. Stott -- Birnaviridae / N. James MacLachlan and Jeffrey L. Stott -- Retroviridae / Richard M. Donovan and Frederick J. Fuller -- Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies / Bradd C. Barr and Yuan Chung Zee -- PART IV CLINICAL APPLICATIONS -- Circulatory System and Lymphoid Tissues / Richard L. Walker -- Digestive System and Associated Organs / Richard L. Walker -- Integumentary System / Richard L. Walker -- Musculoskeletal System / Richard L. Walker -- Nervous System / Richard L. Walker -- Ocular Infections / Richard L. Walker -- Respiratory System / Richard L. Walker -- Urogenital System / Richard L. Walker.