Preface
Acknowledgements
Section I Introductory BacteriologyStructure of bacterial cells
1. Cultivation, preservation and inactivation of bacteria
2. Bacterial genetics and genetic variation
3. Molecular diagnostic methods
4. Laboratory diagnosis of bacterial disease
5. Molecular subtyping of bacteria
6. Antibacterial agents
7. Antimicrobial susceptibility testing
8. Bacterial resistance to antimicrobial drugs
9. Bacterial infections
10. Structure and components of the immune system
11. Adaptive immunity
12. Protective immune responses against infectious agents
Section II Pathogenic Bacteria
13. Staphylococcus species
14. Streptococci
15. Corynebacterium species and Rhodococcus equi
16. Actinobacteria
17. Listeria species
18. Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae
19. Bacillus species
20. Clostridium species
21. Mycobacterium species
22. Enterobacteriaceae
23. Pseudomonas aeruginosa
24. Burkholderia species
25. Actinobacillus species
26. Pasteurella species and Mannheimia haemolytica
27. Histophilus, Haemophilus and Avibacterium species
28. Taylorella equigenitalis
29. Moraxella bovis
30. Francisella tularensis
31. Lawsonia intracellularis
32. Bordetella species
33. Brucella species
34. Campylobacter species
35. Spirochaetes
36. Pathogenic anaerobic non-spore-forming Gram-negative bacteria
37. Mycoplasmas
38. Chlamydiae
39. Rickettsiales
Section III Mycology
40. General features of fungi associated with disease in animals
41. Dermatophytes
42. Aspergillus species
43. Yeasts and disease production
44. Dimorphic fungi
45. Zygomycetes of veterinary importance
46. Mycotoxins and mycotoxicoses
47. Pathogenic algae and cyanobacteria
48. Antifungal chemotherapy
Section IV Viruses and Prions
49. Nature, structure and taxonomy of viruses
50. Replication of viruses
51. Laboratory diagnosis of viral disease
52. Antiviral chemotherapy
53. Herpesviridae
54. Papillomaviridae
55. Adenoviridae
56. Poxviridae
57. Asfarviridae
58. Bornaviridae
59. Parvoviridae
60. Circoviridae
61. Astroviridae
62. Retroviridae
63. Reoviridae
64. Orthomyxoviridae
65. Paramyxoviridae
66. Rhabdoviridae
67. Bunyaviridae
68. Birnaviridae
69. Picornaviridae
70. Caliciviridae
71. Coronaviridae
72. Arteriviridae
73. Togaviridae
74. Flaviviridae
75. Prions: unconventional infectious agents
Section V Prevention and control of infectious disease
76. Biosecurity
77. Vaccination
78. Disinfection
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