Clostridial Diseases of Animals

Name: Clostridial Diseases of Animals
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ISBN: 9781394210145

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

2nd Edition

Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

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Print ISBN	9781394210145
eText ISBN	9781394210152
Publisher	Wiley-Blackwell
Publishing Year	2026
Edition	2nd Edition
Language	English
Pages	512

Clostridial Diseases of Animals, 2nd Edition is a reference volume focused on anaerobic bacterial pathogens in veterinary medicine. This revised edition provides updated clinical information on pathogenesis, pathology, microbiology, diagnostic techniques, clinical management, and therapeutic protocols for infections affecting livestock and domestic animal species. The text establishes a clear structural framework for understanding how clostridial organisms cause disease across diverse host populations.

The thematic scope encompasses major categories of anaerobic conditions, including enteric, histotoxic, and neurotoxic clostridial diseases. Individual sections explore disease progression, tissue changes, exotoxin activity, and laboratory identification methods. Readers analyze pathophysiological mechanisms to assist with clinical evaluations, diagnostic procedures, and differential diagnoses.

This volume offers structured support for evaluating clinical cases and planning diagnostic workflows in practical environments. By organizing material systematically around specific disease manifestations, the reference assists with ongoing management strategies and regulatory disease control programs across professional settings.

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
Chapter 4: Toxins of histotoxic clostridia: Clostridium chauvoei, Clostridium septicum, Clostridium novyi, Paraclostridium sordellii, Clostridium histolyticum
Chapter 5: Toxins of Clostridium perfringens
Chapter 6: Toxins of Clostridioides difficile
Chapter 7: Clostridium botulinum and Clostridium tetani neurotoxins
Chapter 8: Diseases produced by Clostridium perfringens type A in animals
Chapter 9: Infections by Clostridium perfringens type B
Chapter 10: Diseases produced by clostridium perfringens type c
Chapter 11: diseases produced by Clostridium perfringens type d
Chapter 12: Diseases produced by Clostridium perfringens type E
Chapter 13: Clostridium perfringens type F infections of animals
Chapter 14: Diseases produced by Clostridium perfringens type G
Chapter 15: Diseases produced by Clostridioides difficile
Chapter 16: Disease caused by Clostridium colinum: ulcerative enteritis of poultry and other avian species
Chapter 17: Diseases produced by Thomasclavelia spiroformis
Chapter 18: Clostridial abomasitis
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
Chapter 25: Tetanus
Chapter 26: Botulism
Chapter 27: Diseases caused by other clostridia producing neurotoxins
Chapter 28: Clostridial infections and one health