Veterinary Microbiology
Veterinary Microbiology by Dwight C. Hirsh is a comprehensive text published by Wiley on August 23, 2004, spanning 536 pages. This second edition covers significant bacterial, fungal, and viral pathogenic agents that contribute to animal diseases. The book emphasizes pathogenic mechanisms, diagnostic methods, and principles of resistance, prevention, and therapy, providing a structured approach to understanding infectious diseases in veterinary contexts.
Readers will find the content organized into four sections, beginning with the host-parasite relationship and laboratory diagnosis. Subsequent sections focus on bacteria, fungi, and viruses, categorizing infectious agents by morphology and taxonomic classification. A new enhancement in this edition discusses infectious agents in relation to specific organ systems, offering insights into microbial habitats and the agents affecting each system. This resource is designed for veterinary students and serves as a reference for veterinarians and veterinary scientists engaged in various fields beyond microbiology.
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The most recent revision of this comprehensive text covers the bacterial, fungal, and viral pathogenic agents that are significant causes of animal disease. The focus includes pathogenic mechanisms and processes in infectious diseases; methods of diagnosis; and principles of resistance, prevention, and therapy.
Veterinary Microbiology, Second Edition is now organized in four sections according to the most appropriate methods of instruction. Section 1 deals with the general characteristics of the host– parasite relationship, laboratory diagnosis of conditions involving an infectious etiology, antimicrobial treatment, and prevention of infectious disease.
Sections 2 (bacteria and fungi) and 3 (viruses) present the infectious agents that affect the veterinary species. The chapters dealing with the bacterial agents are grouped mainly by morphology, and their gram-staining characteristics. The fungal agents are grouped mainly by morphologic characteristics (yeast, mold). The viruses are grouped along taxonomic grounds.
Section 4, an enhancement new to this edition, deals with the infectious agents in the context of the host. This section is organized by organ system. Each organ system is discussed first as a microbial habitat, followed by discussion of those infectious agents that mainly affect that particular system.
In addition to serving as a resource for veterinary students, Veterinary Microbiology, Second Edition also serves as a convenient reference for veterinarians and veterinary scientists whose main line of activity and expertise is outside the areas of microbiology.
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