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Index
Cover
Titlepage
Copyright
Preface
Acknowledgements
Abbreviations and definitions
About the companion website
Section I: Introductory Bacteriology
Chapter 1: Structure of bacterial cells
Chapter 2: Cultivation, preservation and inactivation of bacteria
Chapter 3: Bacterial genetics and genetic variation
Transcription and translation, the expression of genetic information
Examples of mobile genetic elements
Genetic engineering of bacteria in the laboratory
Genetic databases and bioinformatics
Chapter 4: Molecular diagnostic methods
Molecular hybridization
Chapter 5: Laboratory diagnosis of bacterial disease
Chapter 6: Molecular subtyping of bacteria
Comparative genomic hybridization
Restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis
PCR-based subtyping methods
DNA sequence-based subtyping methods
Whole bacterial genome sequencing
Chapter 7: Antibacterial agents
Chapter 8: Antimicrobial susceptibility testing
Chapter 9: Bacterial resistance to antimicrobial drugs
Chapter 10: Bacterial infections
Chapter 11: Structure and components of the immune system
Innate immunity
Cells involved in innate immune responses
Chapter 12: Adaptive immunity
Chapter 13: Protective immune responses against infectious agents
Immunity to bacteria
Immunity to fungi
Immunity to viruses
Section II: Pathogenic Bacteria
Chapter 14: Staphylococcus species
Chapter 15: Streptococci
Chapter 16: Corynebacterium species and Rhodococcus equi
Corynebacterium species
Rhodococcus equi
Chapter 17: Actinobacteria
Actinomyces, Trueperella and Actinobaculum species
Nocardia species
Dermatophilus congolensis
Chapter 18: Listeria species
Chapter 19: Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae
Chapter 20: Bacillus species
Anthrax
Chapter 21: Clostridium species
Differentiation of clostridia
Neurotoxic clostridia
Histotoxic clostridia
Enteropathogenic clostridia
Chapter 22: Mycobacterium species
Tuberculosis in cattle
Paratuberculosis (Johne's disease)
Chapter 23: Enterobacteriaceae
Escherichia coli
Salmonella serotypes
Yersinia species
Chapter 24: Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Chapter 25: Burkholderia mallei and Burkholderia pseudomallei
Glanders
Melioidosis
Chapter 26: Actinobacillus species
Actinobacillosis in cattle
Pleuropneumonia of pigs
Sleepy foal disease
Other infections caused by actinobacilli
Chapter 27: Pasteurella species, Mannheimia haemolytica and Bibersteinia trehalosi
Chapter 28: Histophilus, Haemophilus and Avibacterium species
Chapter 29: Taylorella equigenitalis
Chapter 30: Moraxella bovis
Chapter 31: Francisella tularensis
Chapter 32: Lawsonia intracellularis
Chapter 33: Bordetella species
Chapter 34: Brucella species
Bovine brucellosis
Caprine and ovine brucellosis
Porcine brucellosis
Canine brucellosis
Ovine epididymitis caused by B. ovis
Brucellosis in humans
Chapter 35: Campylobacter species
Bovine genital campylobacteriosis
Ovine genital campylobacteriosis
Intestinal campylobacteriosis in dogs
Intestinal campylobacteriosis in humans
Chapter 36: Spirochaetes
Leptospira species
Borrelia species
Brachyspira and Treponema species
Chapter 37: Pathogenic, anaerobic, non-spore-forming Gram-negative bacteria
Calf diphtheria
Bovine liver abscess
Footrot in sheep
Thrush of the hoof
Chapter 38: Mycoplasmas
Chapter 39: Chlamydiae
Chapter 40: Rickettsiales and Coxiella burnetii
Coxiella burnetii
Section III: Mycology
Chapter 41: General features of fungi associated with disease in animals
Chapter 42: Dermatophytes
Chapter 43: Aspergillus species
Chapter 44: Yeasts and disease production
Candida species
Cryptococcus neoformans
Malassezia pachydermatis
Chapter 45: Dimorphic fungi
Blastomyces dermatitidis
Histoplasma capsulatum
Coccidioides immitis
Sporothrix schenckii
Chapter 46: Zygomycetes of veterinary importance
Clinical infections
Chapter 47: Mycotoxins and mycotoxicoses
Aflatoxicosis
Ergotism
Facial eczema
Mycotoxic oestrogenism
Tremorgen intoxications
Chapter 48: Pathogenic algae and cyanobacteria
Prototheca species
Chlorella species
The cyanobacteria
Chapter 49: Antifungal chemotherapy
Allylamines
Griseofulvin
Azoles
Echinocandins
Flucytosine
Iodides
Polyenes
Resistance to antifungal drugs
Section IV: Viruses and Prions
Chapter 50: Nature, structure and taxonomy of viruses
Chapter 51: Replication of viruses
Replication of DNA viruses
Replication of RNA viruses
Protein synthesis
Assembly and release of virions
Chapter 52: Laboratory diagnosis of viral disease
Collection, preservation and transportation of samples
Detection of virus, viral antigens or nucleic acid
Diagnostic serology
Interpretation of test results
Chapter 53: Antiviral chemotherapy
Interferons
Antiviral drugs
Resistance to antiviral drugs
Chapter 54: Herpesviridae
Clinical infections
Chapter 55: Papillomaviridae
Clinical infections
Diagnosis
Chapter 56: Adenoviridae
Clinical infections
Chapter 57: Poxviridae
Clinical infections
Diagnosis
Control
Chapter 58: Asfarviridae
African swine fever
Chapter 59: Bornaviridae
Borna disease
Chapter 60: Parvoviridae
Clinical infections
Chapter 61: Circoviridae
Chicken anaemia virus infection
Pig circovirus infection
Chapter 62: Astroviridae
Clinical infections
Chapter 63: Retroviridae
Lentiviruses
Chapter 64: Reoviridae
Clinical infections
Chapter 65: Orthomyxoviridae
Clinical infections
Chapter 66: Paramyxoviridae
Clinical infections
Chapter 67: Rhabdoviridae
Clinical infections
Chapter 68: Bunyaviridae
Clinical infections
Chapter 69: Birnaviridae
Clinical infections
Chapter 70: Picornaviridae
Clinical infections
Chapter 71: Caliciviridae
Clinical infections
Chapter 72: Coronaviridae
Clinical infections
Chapter 73: Arteriviridae
Clinical infections
Chapter 74: Togaviridae
Clinical infections
Chapter 75: Flaviviridae
Clinical infections
Chapter 76: Prions
Scrapie
Bovine spongiform encephalopathy
Section V: Prevention and Control of Infectious Disease
Chapter 77: Biosecurity
Chapter 78: Vaccination
Adjuvants
Inactivated vaccines
Live attenuated vaccines
Vaccines produced by recombinant nucleic acid technology
Synthetic peptide vaccines
DNA vaccines
Reverse vaccinology
Adverse reactions following vaccination
Vaccination failure
Chapter 79: Disinfection
Appendix: relevant websites
Index
EULA
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