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.