Clostridial Diseases of Animals, 2nd Edition (PDF)

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By Francisco A. Uzal, Bruce A. McClane, Iman Mehdizadeh Gohari, Mauricio A. Navarro, Michel R. Popoff

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.

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Table of Contents

List of Contributors
Preface
Part I – The Pathogenic Clostridia
Chapter 1 – Taxonomic Relationships Among the Clostridia
Chapter 2 – General Physiological and Virulence Properties of the Pathogenic Clostridia
Chapter 3 – Brief Description of Animal Pathogenic Clostridia
Part II – Toxins Produced by the Pathogenic Clostridia
Chapter 4 – Toxins of Histotoxic Clostridia
Chapter 5 – Toxins of Clostridium perfringens
Chapter 6 – Toxins of Clostridioides difficile
Chapter 7 – Clostridium botulinum and Clostridium tetani Neurotoxins
Part III – Clostridial Infections of the Gastrointestinal System
Chapter 8 – Clostridium perfringens Type A Diseases
Chapter 9 – Clostridium perfringens Type B Infections
Chapter 10 – Clostridium perfringens Type C Diseases
Chapter 11 – Clostridium perfringens Type D Diseases
Chapter 12 – Clostridium perfringens Type E Diseases
Chapter 13 – Clostridium perfringens Type F Infections
Chapter 14 – Clostridium perfringens Type G Diseases
Chapter 15 – Clostridioides difficile Infections
Chapter 16 – Clostridium colinum (Ulcerative Enteritis)
Chapter 17 – Thomasclavelia spiroformis Diseases
Chapter 18 – Clostridial Abomasitis
Part IV – Clostridial Histotoxic Infections
Chapter 19 – Blackleg
Chapter 20 – Gas Gangrene
Chapter 21 – Gangrenous Dermatitis in Poultry
Chapter 22 – Bacillary Hemoglobinuria
Chapter 23 – Infectious Necrotic Hepatitis
Chapter 24 – Tyzzer Disease
Part V – Clostridial Neurotoxic Infections
Chapter 25 – Tetanus
Chapter 26 – Botulism
Chapter 27 – Other Neurotoxic Clostridial Diseases
Part VI – Zoonotic Aspects and Reservoirs
Chapter 28 – Clostridial Infections and One Health
References
Index