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Acknowledgement of Country
About this book
Introduction
Biosafety for infectious agents of animals
Sampling for the diagnosis of infectious disease in animals
Bacterial identification and taxonomy
Test your knowledge on laboratory diagnosis
1. Approaches to the diagnosis of infectious disease
Introduction, colonisation and polymicrobial interactions
Bacterial invasion, interaction with the immune system and dissemination in the host
Essential tissue damage and endotoxaemia
Bacterial exotoxins
Test your knowledge on bacterial pathogenesis
Tetracyclines and their use in animals
Beta-lactam antibiotics and their use in animals
Antibiotic resistance in animal pathogens
Test your knowledge on antimicrobial resistance and antibiotics
Staphylococcal diseases of animals
Streptococcal diseases in animals
Infectious mastitis in animals
Test your knowledge on staphylococci, streptococci and mastitis
2. Case Studies: Investigations on bacterial mastitis on dairy farms
Bacillus and anthrax
Clostridial diseases
Listeriosis and erysipelas
Abscessation and urinary tract infections in livestock
Rattles, dermatophilosis and nocardiosis
Mycobacterial diseases
Test your knowledge on diseases caused by the gram-positive bacilli
3. Case studies: Infections caused by the gram-positive bacilli
Alice Luetchford and Jackie Picard
Enterobacteriales: Enteritis and sepsis
Gram-negative bacterial diseases of aquatic animals
The Pasteurellaceae and infectious respiratory diseases
Test your knowledge on diseases caused by the gram-negative fermentative bacteria
4. Case studies on Gastrointestinal and Respiratory Disease in Animals
Melioidosis, pink-eye and other infections caused by the non-fermenting gram-negative bacteria
Brucellosis
Infectious foot disease and necrobacillosis
Test your knowledge on diseases caused by the gram-negative non-fermenting bacteria
5. Case Studies on Melioidosis and the non-fermenting gram-negative Bacteria
Campylobacteriosis and porcine enteropathies
Diseases caused by the spirochaetes with special reference to leptospirosis and spirochaetal diarrhoea
Test your knowledge on diseases caused by the curved gram-negative bacteria
6. Case Studies on Reproductive Failure in Cattle
Mycoplasmosis and other mollicutes
Q-Fever and chlamydiosis
Vector-borne bacterial infections
Test your knowledge on mycoplasmas and the obligate intracellular bacteria
7. Case Studies: Infectious diseases in Pigs
8. Case Studies on Infectious Diseases of Dogs
Introduction to the pathogenic fungi
Mycotoxicosis
Superficial mycoses of animals
Superficial mycoses: Specialised tissues and wildlife
Sub-cutaneous mycoses of animals
Systemic mycoses in animals
Test your knowledge on the fungi
In this section you will turn to general aspects of bacterial pathogenesis.
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