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.

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

This chapter describes the epidemiology, prevalence, distribution, phylogenetics, pathogenesis, diagnosis, prevention and control rhabdoviral haemorrhagic septicaemia in domestic and wild fishes.

This chapter describes the electrolytes of immediate concern (sodium, calcium, phosphorus and potassium) that often need to be monitored and treated in the emergent patient; their basic function in the body and the most common conditions that require monitoring of each electrolyte. The methods of...

This chapter describes the different pathways of disease transmission, risk factors, prepatent period, pathogenesis and clinical signs of infectious diseases in domestic animals.

Health and disease are important components in the broader concept of welfare. Understanding the relationship between health and welfare requires inferences about subjective feelings such as pain and distress. Similar types of disease occur in animals and humans, and our assessment of how animals...