Description
Comprehensive and up-to-date coverage of clostridial diseases
The newly revised second edition of Clostridial Diseases of Animals is a timely update to the gold-standard resource for veterinary practitioners treating clostridial disease in animals. This is a comprehensive, detailed reference that emphasizes clinically relevant information on pathogenesis, pathology, microbiology, diagnostic techniques, clinical management, and treatment.
The Second Edition takes a new One Health perspective, offering brand-new chapters that cover enteric, histotoxic, and neurotoxic clostridial diseases in animals and humans. The book also explores the reclassification of C. perfringens, providing references throughout to explain the level of evidence supporting each conclusion.
Inside the book:
- A thorough treatment of clostridial diseases with accurate coverage of new information and technologies
- A reorganized gastrointestinal section reflecting the changes to the classification of C. perfringens
- Practical discussions of enteric, histotoxic, and neurotoxic clostridial diseases
- Fully cited references demonstrating the evidence base
Written for veterinary clinicians, diagnosticians, pathologists, and microbiologists, Clostridial Diseases of Animals will also benefit regulators working in government agencies with a stake in this issue, as well as veterinary students.
Table of Contents
Contributors
Preface
1 The Pathogenic clostridia
1 Taxonomic relationships among the clostridia
2 General physiologic and virulence properties of the pathogenic clostridia
3 Brief description of animal pathogenic clostridia
2 Toxins produced by the pathogenis clostridia
4 Toxins of histotoxic clostridia: Clostridium chauvoei, Clostridium septicum, Clostridium novyi and Paeniclostridium sordellii
5 Toxins of Clostridium perfringens
6 Toxins of Clostridioides difficile
7 Clostridium botulinum and Clostridium tetani neurotoxins
3 Clostridial infections of the gastrointestinal system
8 Diseases produced by Clostridium perfringens type A
9 Diseases produced by Clostridium perfringens type B
10 Diseases produced by Clostridium perfringens type C
11 Diseases produced by Clostridium perfringens type D
12 Diseases produced by Clostridium perfringens type E
13 Diseases produced by Clostridium perfringens type F
14 Diseases produced by Clostridium perfringens type G
15 Diseases produced by Clostridioides difficile
16 Disease caused by Clostridium colinum: Ulcerative enteritis of poultry and other avian species
17 Diseases produced by Clostridium spiroforme
18 Clostridial abomasitis of ruminants
4 Clostridial histotoxic infections
19 Blackleg
20 Gas gangrene
21 Gangrenous dermatitis of poultry
22 Bacillary hemoglobinuria
23 Infectious necrotic hepatitis
24 Tyzzer disease
5 Clostridial neurotoxic infections
25 Tetanus
26 Botulism
27 Diseases caused by other clostridia producing neurotoxins
6 Animal clostrifial diseases as zoonosis and animals as reservoir of human clostridial pathogens
28 Animal clostrifial diseases as zoonosis and animals as reservoir of human clostridial pathogens
