Clinical veterinary microbiology

General techniques laboratory safety collection and submission of diagnostic specimens essential equipment and reagents for a veterinary diagnostic microbiology laboratory diagnostic applications of immunological tests bacterial pathogens - microscopy, culture and identification the isolation and identification of viral pathogens antimicrobial agents bacteriology staphylococci streptococci corynebacteria and rhodococcus equi actinomycetes, myobacteria, listeria species erysipelothrix species bacillus species clostridia non spore-forming anaerobes enterobacteriaceae pseudomonas species aeromonas and plesiomonas species actinobacillus species pasteurella species francisella tuiarensis brucella species moraxella species miscellaneous non-fermenters spirochaetes miscellaneous gram-negative bacteria chlamydiae rickettsiae mycoplasma species mastitis food poisoning mycology - general aspects dermatophytes aspergillus species pathogenic yeasts dimorphic fungi zygomycetes miscellaneous pathogenic fungi mycotoxicoses virology viral diseases unconventional viruses (prions) kit-set tests available for virology zoonoses control of infectious diseases a systems approach to infectious diseases of domestic animals.