Blackwell'S Five-Minute Veterinary Consult Clinical Companion: Canine And Feline Infectious Diseases And Parasitology

In this quick reference for clinicians and students of veterinary medicine, Barr and Bowman (veterinary medicine and parasitology, Cornell U.) present a text that addresses both canine and feline infectious diseases and parasite-related disorders common in North America, in bullet format and alphabetical order from amebiasis to whipworms. They explain recognizing these diseases, diagnostic tests, etiology, pathophysiology, signalment and history, clinical features, differential diagnosis, drug therapeutics, precautions, and interactions. Appendices (some revised and updated) include core vaccination schedules, antiparasitic products, parasiticides, canine heartworm preventives, canine products for arthropods, and a drug formulary with several new drugs. Basic knowledge of infectious and parasitic diseases is assumed. Many chapters were adapted from Blackwell's Five-Minute Veterinary Consult: Canine and Feline and Blackwell's Five-Minute Veterinary Consult Clinical Companion: Small Animal Dermatology, Second Edition. Most of the parasitology chapters are new. This edition incorporates new chapters on canine influenza, sarcoptic mange, and staphylococcal pyoderma. Diseases like West Nile virus are excluded. Annotation c2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Stephen C. Barr, BVSc, MVS, PhD, DipACVIM (SA), is Professor of Medicine, Department of Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY.

Dwight D. Bowman, MS, PhD, is Professor of Parasitology, Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY.