Companion Animal Zoonoses

J. Scott Weese, DVM, DVSc, DipACVIM, is a zoonotic disease microbiologist at the Ontario Veterinary College and Chief of Infection Control at the Ontario Veterinary College Teaching Hospital. Martha Fulford, MD, FRCPC, is an infectious diseases physician at McMaster University Medical Centre, Hamilton Health Sciences, and medical coordinator for the Waterloo Wellington Infection Control Network.

• Preface viiContributors ix1 Parasitic Diseases 3J. Scott Weese, Andrew S. Peregrine, Maureen E.C. Anderson, and Martha B. Fulford2 Bacterial Diseases 109J. Scott Weese and Martha B. Fulford3 Viral Diseases 241J. Scott Weese and Martha B. Fulford4 Fungal Diseases 275J. Scott Weese and Martha B. Fulford5 Pets and Immunocompromised Individuals 299Jason Stull6 Pet Bites 311Martha B. FulfordIndex 317

"This book will be helpful to individuals working in public health as well as veterinarians working with companion animals and physicians working with pet owners ... The discussions are somewhat brief, but the excellent f references will be useful for veterinarians, physicians, and public health personnel needing more detailed information about a specific disease." (Doody's, 23 December 2011) "J. Scott Weese & Martha B. Fulford's Companion Animal Zoonoses provides a fine resource on diseases transmissible between animals and humans and surveys the latest research on disease incidence, risk, and management." (The Midwest Book Review, 1 November 2011)