Jacobson (U. of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine) presents a color atlas on the infectious diseases and pathologies of reptiles. Some 1400 hundred images accompany the 13 contributed chapters that describe the anatomy and histology of reptiles, review the immunology of reptiles, describe reptiles' circulating inflammatory cells that serve as a defense against pathogens, discuss the determination of causes of reptile mortality, explain different host responses to pathogens, explore techniques of electron microscopy for identifying pathogens, introduce molecular approaches to isolating reptile pathogens, and explain the use of serological assays for determining the presence of pathogen-specific antibodies. Additionally, specific viral, bacterial, fungal, and parasitic diseases are reviewed and methods for isolating viruses, bacteria, and fungi are discussed. Annotation ©2007 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)