**Selected for 2026 Doody's Core Titles as an Essential Purchase in Veterinary Medicine**
Greene's Infectious Diseases of the Dog and Cat, 5th Edition provides a comprehensive, clinically useful reference on the management of infectious diseases caused by viruses, bacteria (including rickettsiae, chlamydiae, mycoplasmas, and spirochetes), fungi, algae, protozoa, parasites, and other atypical agents. Each section guides the reader through diagnostic testing for specific infectious diseases, from specimen collection to laboratory submission to interpretation of results to appropriate treatment measures. Full-color illustrations and hundreds of tables provide convenient access to diagnostic and therapeutic recommendations, along with the appropriate drug dosages for effective treatment and prevention. A fully searchable enhanced eBook version is included with print purchase, allowing access to all of the text and figures on a variety of digital devices.
1. Chapter 1: Introduction - p. iii 2. Section 1: Principles of Infectious Disease Diagnosis - p. iii 3. Chapter 2: Introduction - p. iii 4. Chapter 3: Isolation in Cell Culture - p. iii 5. Chapter 4: Immunoassays - p. g10 6. Chapter 5: Isolation and Identification of Aerobic and Anaerobic Bacteria - p. g17 7. Chapter 6: Laboratory Diagnosis of Fungal Infections - p. g30 8. Chapter 7: Diagnostic Techniques for Identification of Parasites - p. g40 9. Chapter 8: Molecular Diagnostic Methods for Pathogen Detection - p. g50 10. Chapter 9: Clinical Epidemiology in Infectious Diseases and Interpretation of Diagnostic Tests - p. g61 11. Section 2: Anti-infective Drugs - p. g70 12. Chapter 10: Introduction - p. g70 13. Chapter 11: Principles of Anti-infective Therapy - p. g70 14. Chapter 12: Antiviral Chemotherapy and Immunomodulatory Drugs - p. g81 15. Chapter 13: Antibacterial Drugs - p. g96 16. Chapter 14: Antifungal Drugs - p. g122 17. Chapter 15: Antiprotozoal Drugs - p. g137 18. Chapter 16: Antiparasitic Drugs - p. g147 19. Section 3: Principles of Infection Control - p. g158 20. Chapter 17: Introduction - p. g158 21. Chapter 18: Cleaning and Disinfection - p. g158 22. Chapter 19: Prevention of Infectious Diseases in Hospital Environments - p. g169 23. Chapter 20: Prevention and Management of Infectious Diseases in Multiple-Cat Environments - p. g184 24. Chapter 21: Prevention and Management of Infection in Canine Populations - p. g196 25. Chapter 22: Considerations and Management of Infectious Diseases of Community (Unowned, Free-Roaming) Cats - p. g203 26. Chapter 23: Companion Animal Zoonoses in Immunocompromised and Other High-Risk Human Populations - p. g214 27. Chapter 24: Immunization - p. g232 28. Part II: Specific Infectious Diseases and Their Etiologic Agents - p. g251 29. Chapter 25: Introduction - p. g251 30. Section 1: Viral Diseases - p. g251 31. Chapter 26: Introduction - p. g251 32. Chapter 27: Rabies - p. g251 33. Chapter 28: Canine Distemper Virus Infection - p. g269 34. Chapter 29: Infectious Canine Hepatitis and Feline Adenovirus Infection - p. g286 35. Chapter 30: Canine Herpesvirus Infection - p. g299 36. Chapter 31: Influenza Virus Infections - p. g308 37. Chapter 32: Canine Parainfluenza Virus Infection - p. g317 38. Chapter 33: Canine Respiratory Coronavirus Infection - p. g324 39. Chapter 34: Miscellaneous and Emerging Canine Respiratory Viral Infections - p. g330 40. Chapter 35: Canine Parvovirus Infections and Other Viral Enteritides - p. g339 41. Chapter 36: Feline Panleukopenia Virus Infection and Other Feline Viral Enteritides - p. g350 42. Chapter 37: Feline Coronavirus Infections - p. g358 43. Chapter 38: Feline Leukemia Virus Infection - p. g377 44. Chapter 39: Feline Immunodeficiency Virus Infection - p. g404 45. Chapter 40: Feline Herpesvirus Infections - p. g425 46. Chapter 41: Feline Calicivirus Infections - p. g439 47. Chapter 42: Feline Foamy (Syncytium-Forming) Virus Infection - p. g451 48. Chapter 43: Paramyxovirus Infections - p. g457 49. Chapter 44: Feline Poxvirus Infections - p. g463 50. Chapter 45: Pseudorabies - p. g469 51. Chapter 46: Papillomavirus Infections - p. g475 52. Chapter 47: Arthropod-Borne Viral Infections - p. g486 53. Chapter 48: Bornavirus Infection - p. g498 54. Chapter 49: Emerging and Miscellaneous Viral Infections - p. g505 55. Section 2: Bacterial Diseases - p. g517 56. Chapter 50: Introduction - p. g517 57. Chapter 51: Ehrlichiosis - p. g517 58. Chapter 52: Anaplasmosis - p. g537 59. Chapter 53: Spotted Fever Rickettsioses, Flea-Borne Rickettsioses, and Typhus - p. g551 60. Chapter 54: Neorickettsiosis - p. g566 61. Chapter 55: Coxiellosis and Q Fever - p. g578 62. Chapter 56: Chlamydial Infections - p. g587 63. Chapter 57: Streptococcal and Enterococcal Infections - p. g596 64. Chapter 58: Staphylococcal Infections - p. g608 65. Chapter 59: Miscellaneous Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections - p. g622 66. Chapter 60: Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections - p. g640 67. Chapter 61: Anaerobic Bacterial Infections - p. g652 68. Chapter 62: Bordetellosis - p. g666 69. Chapter 63: L-Form Infections - p. g675 70. Chapter 64: Mycoplasma Infections - p. g681 71. Chapter 65: Hemotropic Mycoplasma Infections - p. g687 72. Chapter 66: Actinomycosis - p. g700 73. Chapter 67: Nocardiosis - p. g710 74. Chapter 68: Mycobacterial Infections - p. g721 75. Chapter 69: Salmonellosis - p. g744 76. Chapter 70: Enteric Escherichia coli Infections - p. g756 77. Chapter 71: Enteric Clostridial Infections - p. g765 78. Chapter 72: Campylobacteriosis - p. g771 79. Chapter 73: Helicobacter Infections - p. g781 80. Chapter 74: Miscellaneous Enteric Bacterial Infections - p. g794 81. Chapter 75: Leptospirosis - p. g800 82. Chapter 76: Borreliosis - p. g819 83. Chapter 77: Bartonellosis - p. g844 84. Chapter 78: Canine Brucellosis - p. g870 85. Chapter 79: Tetanus and Botulism - p. g891 86. Chapter 80: Yersinia pestis (Plague) and Other Yersinioses - p. g903 87. Chapter 81: Tularemia - p. g914 88. Chapter 82: Bite and Scratch Wound Infections - p. g923 89. Chapter 83: Surgical and Traumatic Wound Infections - p. g935 90. Chapter 84: Miscellaneous Bacterial Infections - p. g946 91. Section 3: Fungal Diseases - p. g957 92. Chapter 85: Introduction - p. g957 93. Chapter 86: Dermatophytosis - p. g957 94. Chapter 87: Malassezia Dermatitis - p. g975 95. Chapter 88: Blastomycosis - p. g984 96. Chapter 89: Histoplasmosis - p. g1000 97. Chapter 90: Cryptococcosis - p. g1011 98. Chapter 91: Coccidioidomycosis and Paracoccidioidomycosis - p. g1025 99. Chapter 92: Sporotrichosis - p. g1040 100. Chapter 93: Candidiasis and Rhodotorulosis - p. g1056 101. Chapter 94: Aspergillosis and Penicilliosis - p. g1067 102. Chapter 95: Miscellaneous Fungal Diseases - p. g1089 103. Chapter 96: Pythiosis, Lagenidiosis, Paralagenidiosis, Entomophthoromycosis, and Mucormycosis - p. g1102 104. Chapter 97: Pneumocystosis - p. g1115 105. Chapter 98: Protothecosis and Chlorellosis - p. g1125 106. Chapter 99: Rhinosporidiosis - p. g1133 107. Chapter 100: Microsporidiosis (Encephalitozoonosis) - p. g1138 108. Section 4: Protozoal Diseases - p. g1147 109. Chapter 101: Introdution - p. g1147 110. Chapter 102: Toxoplasmosis - p. g1147 111. Chapter 103: Neosporosis - p. g1160 112. Chapter 104: Sarcocystosis - p. g1169 113. Chapter 105: Leishmaniosis - p. g1177 114. Chapter 106: Babesiosis - p. g1195 115. Chapter 107: Cytauxzoonosis - p. g1213 116. Chapter 108: Hepatozoonosis - p. g1227 117. Chapter 109: Trypanosomiasis - p. g1245 118. Chapter 110: Giardiasis - p. g1258 119. Chapter 111: Trichomonosis - p. g1273 120. Chapter 112: Cryptosporidiosis and Cyclosporiasis - p. g1283 121. Chapter 113: Cystoisosporiasis and Other Enteric Coccidioses - p. g1295 122. Chapter 114: Emerging and Miscellaneous Protozoal Diseases - p. g1305 123. Section 5: Metazoan Parasites and Parasitic Diseases - p. g1319 124. Chapter 115: Introduction - p. g1319 125. Chapter 116: Fleas and Lice - p. g1319 126. Chapter 117: Mosquitoes and Other Blood-Feeding Flies - p. g1334 127. Chapter 118: Myiasis - p. g1344 128. Chapter 119: Ticks - p. g1355 129. Chapter 120: Mites - p. g1375 130. Chapter 121: Heartworm and Related Nematodes - p. g1394 131. Chapter 122: Ascarids - p. g1415 132. Chapter 123: Hookworms - p. g1431 133. Chapter 124: Whipworms - p. g1442 134. Chapter 125: Tapeworms - p. g1452 135. Chapter 126: Miscellaneous Nematode Infections - p. g1479 136. Chapter 127: Nematode Infections of the Respiratory Tract - p. g1500 137. Chapter 128: Trematodes - p. g1523 138. Section 6: Infectious Diseases of Body Systems and Clinical Problems - p. g1545 139. Chapter 129: Introduction - p. g1545 140. Chapter 130: Pyoderma, Otitis Externa and Otitis Media - p. g1545 141. Chapter 131: Abscesses and Cellulitis - p. g1566 142. Chapter 132: Osteomyelitis, Discospondylitis, and Infectious Arthritis - p. g1572 143. Chapter 133: Cardiovascular Infections (Bacteremia, Endocarditis, Myocarditis, Infectious Pericarditis) - p. g1588 144. Chapter 134: Sepsis - p. g1602 145. Chapter 135: Bacterial Respiratory Infections (Tracheobronchitis, Pneumonia, and Pyothorax) - p. g1617 146. Chapter 136: Gastrointestinal and Intra-Abdominal Infections - p. g1637 147. Chapter 137: Hepatobiliary Infections - p. g1655 148. Chapter 138: Infections of the Genitourinary Tract - p. g1668 149. Chapter 139: Ocular Infections - p. g1685 150. Chapter 140: Miscellaneous Infections and Inflammatory Disorders of the Central Nervous System - p. g1706 151. Chapter 141: Hereditary and Acquired Immunodeficiencies - p. g1724 152. Chapter 142: Fever - p. g1741 153. Appendix: Vaccination Schedules for Dogs and Cats - p. g1755 154. Index - p. g1755 155. Abbreviations Used Throughout This Book - p. g1755 156. Abbreviations Used Throughout This Book - p. g1755 157. Abbreviations Used Throughout This Book - p. g1755
**Selected for 2026 Doody's Core Titles as an Essential Purchase in Veterinary Medicine**
Greene's Infectious Diseases of the Dog and Cat, 5th Edition provides a comprehensive, clinically useful reference on the management of infectious diseases caused by viruses, bacteria (including rickettsiae, chlamydiae, mycoplasmas, and spirochetes), fungi, algae, protozoa, parasites, and other atypical agents. Each section guides the reader through diagnostic testing for specific infectious diseases, from specimen collection to laboratory submission to interpretation of results to appropriate treatment measures. Full-color illustrations and hundreds of tables provide convenient access to diagnostic and therapeutic recommendations, along with the appropriate drug dosages for effective treatment and prevention. A fully searchable enhanced eBook version is included with print purchase, allowing access to all of the text and figures on a variety of digital devices.
1. Chapter 1: Introduction - p. iii 2. Section 1: Principles of Infectious Disease Diagnosis - p. iii 3. Chapter 2: Introduction - p. iii 4. Chapter 3: Isolation in Cell Culture - p. iii 5. Chapter 4: Immunoassays - p. g10 6. Chapter 5: Isolation and Identification of Aerobic and Anaerobic Bacteria - p. g17 7. Chapter 6: Laboratory Diagnosis of Fungal Infections - p. g30 8. Chapter 7: Diagnostic Techniques for Identification of Parasites - p. g40 9. Chapter 8: Molecular Diagnostic Methods for Pathogen Detection - p. g50 10. Chapter 9: Clinical Epidemiology in Infectious Diseases and Interpretation of Diagnostic Tests - p. g61 11. Section 2: Anti-infective Drugs - p. g70 12. Chapter 10: Introduction - p. g70 13. Chapter 11: Principles of Anti-infective Therapy - p. g70 14. Chapter 12: Antiviral Chemotherapy and Immunomodulatory Drugs - p. g81 15. Chapter 13: Antibacterial Drugs - p. g96 16. Chapter 14: Antifungal Drugs - p. g122 17. Chapter 15: Antiprotozoal Drugs - p. g137 18. Chapter 16: Antiparasitic Drugs - p. g147 19. Section 3: Principles of Infection Control - p. g158 20. Chapter 17: Introduction - p. g158 21. Chapter 18: Cleaning and Disinfection - p. g158 22. Chapter 19: Prevention of Infectious Diseases in Hospital Environments - p. g169 23. Chapter 20: Prevention and Management of Infectious Diseases in Multiple-Cat Environments - p. g184 24. Chapter 21: Prevention and Management of Infection in Canine Populations - p. g196 25. Chapter 22: Considerations and Management of Infectious Diseases of Community (Unowned, Free-Roaming) Cats - p. g203 26. Chapter 23: Companion Animal Zoonoses in Immunocompromised and Other High-Risk Human Populations - p. g214 27. Chapter 24: Immunization - p. g232 28. Part II: Specific Infectious Diseases and Their Etiologic Agents - p. g251 29. Chapter 25: Introduction - p. g251 30. Section 1: Viral Diseases - p. g251 31. Chapter 26: Introduction - p. g251 32. Chapter 27: Rabies - p. g251 33. Chapter 28: Canine Distemper Virus Infection - p. g269 34. Chapter 29: Infectious Canine Hepatitis and Feline Adenovirus Infection - p. g286 35. Chapter 30: Canine Herpesvirus Infection - p. g299 36. Chapter 31: Influenza Virus Infections - p. g308 37. Chapter 32: Canine Parainfluenza Virus Infection - p. g317 38. Chapter 33: Canine Respiratory Coronavirus Infection - p. g324 39. Chapter 34: Miscellaneous and Emerging Canine Respiratory Viral Infections - p. g330 40. Chapter 35: Canine Parvovirus Infections and Other Viral Enteritides - p. g339 41. Chapter 36: Feline Panleukopenia Virus Infection and Other Feline Viral Enteritides - p. g350 42. Chapter 37: Feline Coronavirus Infections - p. g358 43. Chapter 38: Feline Leukemia Virus Infection - p. g377 44. Chapter 39: Feline Immunodeficiency Virus Infection - p. g404 45. Chapter 40: Feline Herpesvirus Infections - p. g425 46. Chapter 41: Feline Calicivirus Infections - p. g439 47. Chapter 42: Feline Foamy (Syncytium-Forming) Virus Infection - p. g451 48. Chapter 43: Paramyxovirus Infections - p. g457 49. Chapter 44: Feline Poxvirus Infections - p. g463 50. Chapter 45: Pseudorabies - p. g469 51. Chapter 46: Papillomavirus Infections - p. g475 52. Chapter 47: Arthropod-Borne Viral Infections - p. g486 53. Chapter 48: Bornavirus Infection - p. g498 54. Chapter 49: Emerging and Miscellaneous Viral Infections - p. g505 55. Section 2: Bacterial Diseases - p. g517 56. Chapter 50: Introduction - p. g517 57. Chapter 51: Ehrlichiosis - p. g517 58. Chapter 52: Anaplasmosis - p. g537 59. Chapter 53: Spotted Fever Rickettsioses, Flea-Borne Rickettsioses, and Typhus - p. g551 60. Chapter 54: Neorickettsiosis - p. g566 61. Chapter 55: Coxiellosis and Q Fever - p. g578 62. Chapter 56: Chlamydial Infections - p. g587 63. Chapter 57: Streptococcal and Enterococcal Infections - p. g596 64. Chapter 58: Staphylococcal Infections - p. g608 65. Chapter 59: Miscellaneous Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections - p. g622 66. Chapter 60: Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections - p. g640 67. Chapter 61: Anaerobic Bacterial Infections - p. g652 68. Chapter 62: Bordetellosis - p. g666 69. Chapter 63: L-Form Infections - p. g675 70. Chapter 64: Mycoplasma Infections - p. g681 71. Chapter 65: Hemotropic Mycoplasma Infections - p. g687 72. Chapter 66: Actinomycosis - p. g700 73. Chapter 67: Nocardiosis - p. g710 74. Chapter 68: Mycobacterial Infections - p. g721 75. Chapter 69: Salmonellosis - p. g744 76. Chapter 70: Enteric Escherichia coli Infections - p. g756 77. Chapter 71: Enteric Clostridial Infections - p. g765 78. Chapter 72: Campylobacteriosis - p. g771 79. Chapter 73: Helicobacter Infections - p. g781 80. Chapter 74: Miscellaneous Enteric Bacterial Infections - p. g794 81. Chapter 75: Leptospirosis - p. g800 82. Chapter 76: Borreliosis - p. g819 83. Chapter 77: Bartonellosis - p. g844 84. Chapter 78: Canine Brucellosis - p. g870 85. Chapter 79: Tetanus and Botulism - p. g891 86. Chapter 80: Yersinia pestis (Plague) and Other Yersinioses - p. g903 87. Chapter 81: Tularemia - p. g914 88. Chapter 82: Bite and Scratch Wound Infections - p. g923 89. Chapter 83: Surgical and Traumatic Wound Infections - p. g935 90. Chapter 84: Miscellaneous Bacterial Infections - p. g946 91. Section 3: Fungal Diseases - p. g957 92. Chapter 85: Introduction - p. g957 93. Chapter 86: Dermatophytosis - p. g957 94. Chapter 87: Malassezia Dermatitis - p. g975 95. Chapter 88: Blastomycosis - p. g984 96. Chapter 89: Histoplasmosis - p. g1000 97. Chapter 90: Cryptococcosis - p. g1011 98. Chapter 91: Coccidioidomycosis and Paracoccidioidomycosis - p. g1025 99. Chapter 92: Sporotrichosis - p. g1040 100. Chapter 93: Candidiasis and Rhodotorulosis - p. g1056 101. Chapter 94: Aspergillosis and Penicilliosis - p. g1067 102. Chapter 95: Miscellaneous Fungal Diseases - p. g1089 103. Chapter 96: Pythiosis, Lagenidiosis, Paralagenidiosis, Entomophthoromycosis, and Mucormycosis - p. g1102 104. Chapter 97: Pneumocystosis - p. g1115 105. Chapter 98: Protothecosis and Chlorellosis - p. g1125 106. Chapter 99: Rhinosporidiosis - p. g1133 107. Chapter 100: Microsporidiosis (Encephalitozoonosis) - p. g1138 108. Section 4: Protozoal Diseases - p. g1147 109. Chapter 101: Introdution - p. g1147 110. Chapter 102: Toxoplasmosis - p. g1147 111. Chapter 103: Neosporosis - p. g1160 112. Chapter 104: Sarcocystosis - p. g1169 113. Chapter 105: Leishmaniosis - p. g1177 114. Chapter 106: Babesiosis - p. g1195 115. Chapter 107: Cytauxzoonosis - p. g1213 116. Chapter 108: Hepatozoonosis - p. g1227 117. Chapter 109: Trypanosomiasis - p. g1245 118. Chapter 110: Giardiasis - p. g1258 119. Chapter 111: Trichomonosis - p. g1273 120. Chapter 112: Cryptosporidiosis and Cyclosporiasis - p. g1283 121. Chapter 113: Cystoisosporiasis and Other Enteric Coccidioses - p. g1295 122. Chapter 114: Emerging and Miscellaneous Protozoal Diseases - p. g1305 123. Section 5: Metazoan Parasites and Parasitic Diseases - p. g1319 124. Chapter 115: Introduction - p. g1319 125. Chapter 116: Fleas and Lice - p. g1319 126. Chapter 117: Mosquitoes and Other Blood-Feeding Flies - p. g1334 127. Chapter 118: Myiasis - p. g1344 128. Chapter 119: Ticks - p. g1355 129. Chapter 120: Mites - p. g1375 130. Chapter 121: Heartworm and Related Nematodes - p. g1394 131. Chapter 122: Ascarids - p. g1415 132. Chapter 123: Hookworms - p. g1431 133. Chapter 124: Whipworms - p. g1442 134. Chapter 125: Tapeworms - p. g1452 135. Chapter 126: Miscellaneous Nematode Infections - p. g1479 136. Chapter 127: Nematode Infections of the Respiratory Tract - p. g1500 137. Chapter 128: Trematodes - p. g1523 138. Section 6: Infectious Diseases of Body Systems and Clinical Problems - p. g1545 139. Chapter 129: Introduction - p. g1545 140. Chapter 130: Pyoderma, Otitis Externa and Otitis Media - p. g1545 141. Chapter 131: Abscesses and Cellulitis - p. g1566 142. Chapter 132: Osteomyelitis, Discospondylitis, and Infectious Arthritis - p. g1572 143. Chapter 133: Cardiovascular Infections (Bacteremia, Endocarditis, Myocarditis, Infectious Pericarditis) - p. g1588 144. Chapter 134: Sepsis - p. g1602 145. Chapter 135: Bacterial Respiratory Infections (Tracheobronchitis, Pneumonia, and Pyothorax) - p. g1617 146. Chapter 136: Gastrointestinal and Intra-Abdominal Infections - p. g1637 147. Chapter 137: Hepatobiliary Infections - p. g1655 148. Chapter 138: Infections of the Genitourinary Tract - p. g1668 149. Chapter 139: Ocular Infections - p. g1685 150. Chapter 140: Miscellaneous Infections and Inflammatory Disorders of the Central Nervous System - p. g1706 151. Chapter 141: Hereditary and Acquired Immunodeficiencies - p. g1724 152. Chapter 142: Fever - p. g1741 153. Appendix: Vaccination Schedules for Dogs and Cats - p. g1755 154. Index - p. g1755 155. Abbreviations Used Throughout This Book - p. g1755 156. Abbreviations Used Throughout This Book - p. g1755 157. Abbreviations Used Throughout This Book - p. g1755
