title: Veterinary Microbiology
author: Dwight C. Hirsh
description: The most recent revision of this comprehensive text covers the bacterial, fungal, and viral pathogenic agents that are significant causes of animal disease. The focus includes pathogenic mechanisms and processes in infectious diseases; methods of diagnosis; and principles of resistance, prevention, and therapy.<br />
zlib_text: Veterinary Microbiology 
  and Microbial Disease
  
  Veterinary Microbiology 
  and Microbial Disease
  Second Edition
  A John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., Publication
  P.J. Quinn MVB, PhD, MRCVS
  Professor Emeritus, Former Professor of Veterinary Microbiology 
  and Parasitology, School of Veterinary Medicine, 
  University College Dublin
  B.K. Markey MVB, PhD, Dip Stat, MRCVS
  Senior Lecturer in Veterinary Microbiology, 
  School of Veterinary Medicine, University College Dublin
  F.C. Leonard MVB, PhD, MRCVS
  Senior Lecturer in Veterinary Microbiology, 
  School of Veterinary Medicine, University College Dublin
  E.S. FitzPatrick FIBMS
  Chief Technical Ofﬁ cer, School of Veterinary Medicine, 
  University College Dublin
  S. Fanning BSc, PhD
  Professor of Food Safety and Zoonoses, Director of Academic Centre 
  for Food Safety, University College Dublin
  P.J. Hartigan BSc, MVM, MA, PhD, MRCVS
  Former Senior Lecturer in Veterinary Pathology, 
  Trinity College Dublin
  
  This edition ﬁ rst published 2011
  © 2002 by Blackwell Science L