Small Ruminant Clinical Diagnosis And Therapy

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Table of Contents

• Preface (p.10)
• 1 General procedures in microbiology (p.14)
• 1 Collection and submission of diagnostic specimens (p.16)
• 2 Bacterial pathogens: (p.22)
• 3 Serological diagnosis (p.62)
• 4 Molecular techniques in diagnostic microbiology (p.72)
• 5 The isolation of viruses and the detection of virus and viral antigens (p.80)
• 6 Antimicrobial agents (p.92)
• References (p.115)
• 2 Bacteriology (p.116)
• 7 Staphylococcus species (p.118)
• References (p.131)
• 8 The streptococci and related cocci (p.134)
• References (p.147)
• 9 Corynebacterium species and Rhodococcus equi (p.148)
• References (p.157)
• 10 The Actinobacteria (p.160)
• References (p.172)
• 11 Mycobacterium species (p.174)
• References (p.188)
• 12 Listeria species (p.190)
• References (p.198)
• 13 Erysipelothrix species (p.200)
• References (p.205)
• 14 Bacillus species (p.208)
• References (p.217)
• 15 Non-spore-forming anaerobes (p.218)
• References (p.226)
• 16 Clostridium species (p.228)
• References (p.248)
• 17 Enterobacteriaceae (p.252)
• References (p.286)
• 18 Pseudomonas, Burkholderia and Stenotrophomonas species (p.288)
• References (p.298)
• 19 Aeromonas, Plesiomonas and Vibrio species (p.302)
• References (p.308)
• 20 Actinobacillus species (p.310)
• References (p.317)
• 21 Pasteurella, Mannheimia, Bibersteinia and Avibacterium species (p.320)
• References (p.327)
• 22 Francisella tularensis (p.330)
• References (p.335)
• 23 Brucella species (p.338)
• References (p.346)
• 24 Campylobacter, Arcobacter and Helicobacter species (p.348)
• References (p.355)
• 25 Lawsonia intracellularis (p.358)
• References (p.359)
• 26 Haemophilus and Histophilus species (p.362)
• References (p.367)
• 27 Taylorella species (p.368)
• References (p.370)
• 28 Bordetella species (p.372)
• References (p.378)
• 29 Moraxella species (p.382)
• References (p.386)
• 30 Glucose non-fermenting, Gram-negative bacteria (p.388)
• References (p.392)
• 31 The spirochaetes (p.394)
• References (p.408)
• 32 Miscellaneous Gram-negative bacteria (p.412)
• References (p.418)
• 33 Chlamydiales (p.420)
• References (p.426)
• 34 Rickettsiales and Coxiella burnetii (p.430)
• References (p.434)
• 35 The Mycoplasmas (class: mollicutes) (p.436)
• References (p.444)
• 36 Mastitis (p.446)
• References (p.465)
• 3 Mycology (p.468)
• 37 Introduction to the pathogenic fungi (p.470)
• References (p.483)
• 38 The dermatophytes (p.484)
• References (p.493)
• 39 Aspergillus species and Pneumocystis carinii (p.494)
• References (p.498)
• 40 The pathogenic yeasts (p.500)
• References (p.508)
• 41 The dimorphic fungi (p.510)
• References (p.516)
• 42 The pathogenic Zygomycetes (p.518)
• References (p.524)
• 43 Fungi causing subcutaneous mycoses (p.526)
• References (p.532)
• 44 Mycotoxins and mycotoxicoses (p.534)
• References (p.550)
• 4 Virology (including prions) (p.552)
• 45 Parvoviridae (p.554)
• References (p.558)
• 46 Circoviridae (p.560)
• References (p.562)
• 47 Papillomaviridae (p.564)
• References (p.567)
• 48 Adenoviridae (p.568)
• References (p.571)
• 49 Herpesviridae (p.572)
• References (p.584)
• 50 Asfarviridae (p.588)
• References (p.590)
• 51 Poxviridae (p.592)
• References (p.598)
• 52 Picornaviridae (p.600)
• References (p.607)
• 53 Caliciviridae (p.610)
• References (p.613)
• 54 Astroviridae (p.616)
• References (p.617)
• 55 Reoviridae (p.618)
• References (p.624)
• 56 Birnaviridae (p.626)
• References (p.628)
• 57 Flaviviridae (p.630)
• References (p.638)
• 58 Arteriviridae (p.642)
• References (p.645)
• 59 Togaviridae (p.648)
• References (p.651)
• 60 Orthomyxoviridae (p.652)
• References (p.656)
• 61 Paramyxoviridae (p.658)
• References (p.666)
• 62 Coronaviridae (p.668)
• References (p.675)
• 63 Rhabdoviridae (p.678)
• References (p.684)
• 64 Bunyaviridae (p.686)
• References (p.689)
• 65 Retroviridae (p.692)
• References (p.701)
• 66 Bornaviridae (p.704)
• References (p.705)
• 67 Prions (proteinaceous infectious agents) (p.706)
• References (p.712)
• 5 Zoonoses (p.714)
• 68 Zoonoses (p.716)
• 6 A systems approach to infectious diseases on a species basis (p.746)
• 69 Infectious diseases (p.748)
• Appendix 1 Reagents and stains (p.858)
• Appendix 2 Culture and transport media (p.864)
• References (p.868)
• Index (p.870)
• ... and 1393 more chapters

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