This chapter describes the risk factors, clinical signs, physiopathology, diagnosis and treatment of stereotypic, obsessive and compulsive behaviours in cats and dogs.

This chapter focuses on haemonchosis and nematodirosis in sheep in temperate regions. Subject headings are: parasite biology, pathology and pathophysiology; coinfections among abomasal nematodes; clinical observations; host responses; nutritional influences; periparturient period; larval ecology;...

This book chapter describes the pathology (prehepatic stages, hepatic stages, other host species), clinical aspects, effects on blood components, pathophysiology and metabolic aspects, effects on metabolism, and pathogenesis of Fasciola infection.

In this chapter the aetiology, clinical aspects, diagnosis, physiopathology, prevention and control of periodontal disease in dogs are discussed.

This chapter describes the risk factors, aetiology, clinical signs, pathology, treatment, prevention and control of bacterial, viral, fungal, protozoal and parasitic diseases of pheasants and partridges raised as game birds in the UK.

Diseases of the alimentary, reproductive and respiratory systems are common. An understanding of the anatomy and physiology of domestic poultry underpins the understanding of the spread of infection within a flock and the pathogenesis of the disease in the individual bird. In this chapter, the...

This chapter reviews the hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenocortical axis physiology in horses as well as the diseases affecting this neuroendocrine system in equines.

This book chapter describes the various aspects of anisakiosis caused by Anisakis simplex: diagnosis, epidemiology, physiopathology, survival in reservoir hosts, and control and prevention methods.

This book chapter describes various aspects of microsporidiosis caused by Loma salmonae: diagnosis, life cycle, influence of water temperature, host range, geographic range, pathobiology and physiopathology, clinical pathology, control and prevention, and recommendations for future studies.

This book chapter describes various aspects of scuticociliatosis: diagnosis, epidemiology, transmission, physiopathology, reservoir hosts, and control and prevention.