• In this issue of Veterinary Clinics: Small Animal Practice, guest editor Dr. Linda Kidd brings her considerable expertise to the topic of Vector-Borne Diseases. To protect companion animal and human health, it is important for veterinary practitioners to have an accurate and current understanding of the geographic distribution, pathophysiology, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of vector-borne disease, and many recent studies document important changes in all of these factors. In this issue, experts in the field summarize this information in a succinct, clinically relevant way to help practitioners recognize and prevent these important diseases.


    Key Features

    • Contains 11 practice-oriented topics including the changing prevalence of ticks and tick-borne disease in the United States; prevention of flea and tick infestations and the diseases they transmit; Bartonellosis in dogs and cats; emerging spotted fever rickettsioses in the United States; and more.

    • Provides in-depth clinical reviews on vector-borne diseases, offering actionable insights for clinical practice.

    • Presents the latest information on this timely, focused topic under the leadership of experienced editors in the field. Authors synthesize and distill the latest research and practice guidelines to create clinically significant, topic-based reviews.

    • Cover image

    • Title page

    • Table of Contents

    • Copyright

    • Contributors

    • Forthcoming Issues

    • Preface

    • How Changing Tick-Borne Disease Prevalence in Dogs Affects Diagnostic Testing

    • Key points

    • Introduction

    • Changes in tick and tick-borne disease prevalence in the United States

    • The importance of coinfections

    • Implications for diagnostic testing

    • Summary

    • Clinics care points

    • Bartonellosis in Dogs and Cats, an Update

    • Key points

    • Introduction

    • Bacteriology and pathogenesis

    • Transmission

    • Clinical manifestations

    • Diagnostic testing

    • Treatment and prevention

    • Summary

    • Clinics care points

    • Babesia in North America: An Update

    • Key points

    • Introduction

    • Babesia basics

    • Transmission

    • Diagnosis, treatment, and prevention

    • Species-specific information

    • Summary

    • Clinics care points

    • Cytauxzoonosis

    • Key points

    • Introduction

    • Parasite and life cycle

    • Clinical presentation and disease course

    • Diagnosis

    • Treatment

    • Prevention

    • Summary

    • Clinics care points

    • Ehrlichiosis and Anaplasmosis: An Update

    • Key points

    • Canine ehrlichiosis

    • Canine anaplasmosis

    • Feline ehrlichiosis and anaplasmosis

    • Diagnosis of ehrlichiosis and anaplasmosis

    • Treatment and prevention of ehrlichiosis and anaplasmosis

    • Zoonotic implications

    • Prevention strategies

    • Summary

    • Clinics care points

    • Veterinary Chagas Disease (American Trypanosomiasis) in the United States

    • Key points

    • Introduction

    • Transmission and life cycle

    • Canine Chagas disease in the United States–epidemiology

    • Canine Chagas disease—clinical aspects

    • Beyond the dog: Trypanosoma cruzi infections in other veterinary species

    • Discussion

    • Summary

    • Clinics care points

    • Schistosomiasis in the United States

    • Key points

    • Introduction

    • Summary

    • Clinics care points

    • Emerging Spotted Fever Rickettsioses in the United States

    • Key points

    • Introduction

    • Canine Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever

    • Emerging Spotted Fever Group Rickettsioses in the United States

    • Spotted Fever Rickettsioses in Cats

    • Rickettsia akari and Rickettsia felis Infections in Dogs and Cats

    • Summary

    • Clinics care points

    • Hemotropic Mycoplasma

    • Key points

    • Introduction

    • Hemoplasma classification

    • Hemoplasma species infecting cats and dogs

    • Prevalence of hemoplasmas in cats and dogs

    • What risk factors exist for hemoplasma infection?

    • Pathogenesis of hemoplasma infection

    • How are hemoplasma species transmitted?

    • Clinical signs and physical examination

    • Differential diagnosis

    • Diagnosis

    • Treatment

    • Prognosis

    • Prevention

    • Public health aspects

    • Summary

    • Clinics care points

    • Hepatozoonosis of Dogs and Cats

    • Key points

    • Introduction

    • Summary

    • Clinics care points

    • Case description

    • Treatment

    • Summary

    • Leishmaniasis

    • Key points

    • Introduction

    • Canine leishmaniasis

    • Clinics care points

  • Linda Kidd

    Affiliations and expertise

    Professor, Small Animal Internal Medicine, Western University of Health Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine

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