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 This book provides in-depth insights into epidemic and emerging mycoses in various animal groups. The different categories of pathogens and outbreak fungi are discussed.

In an introductory chapter, the reader will be provided basic information on fungal infections that are non-transmissible, infections from a common environmental source known as sapronoses, and zoophilic fungal pathogens in various animal species and populations, worldwide

Chapter 2 details the vocabulary and terminology that is required in the scientific literature in order to maintain clarity of expression to the field of Mycology.

Chapters 3 to 9 discuss epidemic mycoses with a reservoir in animals and occasional outbreaks, including dermatophytoses, coccidioidomycosis, histoplasmosis, paracoccidioidomycosis, adiaspiromycosis and similar diseases, blastomycosis, and paracoccidioidomycosis ceti (lacaziosis/lobomycosis).

Chapters 10 to 15 comprise emerging mycoses in animals that include feline sporotrichosis, lethargic crab disease, emergence of C. gattii in animals and zoonotic potential, white-nose syndrome in hibernating bats, chytridiomycosis in frogs and salamanders and aspergillosis in cats.

The last chapter is about treatment possibilities, antifungal use in veterinary practice, and emergence of resistance.

The book will address medical and veterinary mycologists, microbiologists, veterinarians, infectious disease specialists, epidemiologists, ecologists, public health scientists from academia and industry as well as graduate students, PhD students and postdocs in the field.

Regular users of the online version of the 'Atlas of Clinical Fungi' may have noticed that we are also working on an Atlas of Veterinary Fungi. Quite likely you were not aware of the fact that the Australian platypus seems to have a single etiologic agent, Mucor amphibiorum; that bony fish are infected by melanized fungi but sharks by Fusarium; that some breeds of dogs are exceptionally at risk for Penicillium and Talaromyces infections; or realized the prevalence of Aspergillus and mucoralean infections in ruminants. Note also the large difference of the pathogen spectra between cats and dogs, and donkey histoplasmosis which differs from regular Histoplasma infections by initiating with subcutaneous nodules, remarkably similar to African histoplasmosis in humans by the variety duboisii. The basic idea of the veterinary Atlas is the same as in the clinical Atlas: as complete as possible, densely referenced, and updatable with latest developments. But here the focus is on the diseases; photoplates show the respective infections in the animals. The etiologic agents have already been described in the clinical Atlas, and all information can be found (phenotype, pathology, antifungals …) by a simple click on the name. In the future we plan to print the Atlas in book form, because we notice that also for the clinical Atlas there is much interest in a printed version, but for both books the references are provided only in electronic form. At this moment the number of finished chapters is still modest, but More material, such as on birds and reptiles, is in preparation and should appear later this year. We are also working on general chapters, such as on histopathology and therapy.

We aim to cover fungal diseases in all vertebrates (example below).