
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.
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