Arthropod-borne Infectious Diseases of the Dog and Cat

Introduction 9

1 Arthropod vectors of infectious disease: biology and control 11

2 The role of wildlife and wildlife reservoirs in the maintenance of arthropod-borne infections 23

3 Interaction of the host immune system with arthropods and arthropod-borne infectious agents 30

4 Laboratory diagnosis of arthropod-transmitted infections 41

5 Filarial infections 51

6 Babesiosis and cytauxzoonosis 63

7 Hepatozoonosis 72

8 Leishmaniosis 89

9 Borreliosis 100

10 Bartonellosis 110

11 Ehrlichiosis and anaplasmosis 120

12 Rickettsial infections 134

13 Other arthropod-borne infections of dogs and cats 138