Veterinary Infection Biology: Molecular Diagnostics and High-Throughput Strategies

​Overview And Challenges Of Molecular Technologies In The Veterinary Microbiology Laboratory.- Significance And Integration Of Molecular Diagnostics in the Framework of Veterinary Practice.- Biosafety Principles And Practices for the Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory.- Veterinary Biobank Facility: Development And Management For Diagnostic and Research Purposes.- Biological Specimen Collection And Processing for Molecular Analysis.- Validation Of Molecular Diagnostic Assays And Quality Assurance and Control in the Veterinary Laboratory.- Molecular Approaches To Recognize Relevant And Emerging Infectious Diseases In Animals.- Real Time Reverse Transcriptase PCR For The Detection Of Bluetongue Virus.- Nested And Multiplex Real Time PCR Using Dual-Labeled Probes: Detecting And Discriminating Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Complex Members In Cultures And Animal Tissues.-  A Real-Time PCR Assay For The Diagnosis Of Gastrointestinal Nematode Infections of Small Ruminants.- Improved Detection Of Mycobacterium Bovis In Bovine Tissues Using Immunomagnetic Separation Approaches.- Detection Of Fish Pathogens By Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification (LAMP) Technique.- Direct Detection Of Theileria Annulata In Bovine Blood Samples Using Standard And Isothermal DNA Amplification Approaches.- Reverse Line Blot Hybridization With Species-Specific Oligonucleotide Probes: Application To Piroplasms Detection.- DNA Microarray-Based Detection Of Multiple Pathogens: Mycoplasma Spp. and Chlamydia Spp. .- In Situ Hybridization With Labeled Probes: Assessment of African Swine Fever Virus In Formalin-Fixed Paraffin-Embedded Tissues.- Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization For The Tissue Detection of Bacterial Pathogens Associated With Porcine Infections.- Identification Of Animal Pasteurellaceae By MALDI-TOF Mass Spectrometry .- Gold Nanoparticles as a Potential Tool For Diagnosis of Fish Diseases.- Nucleic Acid Testing, New Platforms And Nanotechnology For Point-of-Decision Diagnosis Of AnimalPathogens.- Molecular Typing Tools: From Pattern Recognition To Genome-Based Algorithms.- Analysis Of Campylobacter Jejuni And Campylobacter Coli Genotypes In Poultry Flocks By Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism (RFLP) Analysis.- Pulsed-Field Gel Electrophoresis (PFGE): Application In Population Structure Studies Of Bovine Mastitis-Causing Streptococci .- Multiple-Locus Variable Number Tandem Repeat (VNTR) Analysis (MLVA) Using Multiplex PCR And Multicolour Capillary Electrophoresis: Application To The Genotyping Of Brucella Species.- Multilocus Sequence Typing (MLST): Markers For The Traceability Of Pathogenic Leptospira Strains.- Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms Discrimination Using High-Resolution Melting Analysis For The Genotyping Of Bacillus Anthracis.- Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats (CRISPR) Analysis Of Members Of The Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Complex.- Rapid Microarray-Based Genotyping Of Chlamydia Spp. Strains From Clinical Tissue Samples.- Multiplexed Genotyping Of Bacillus Anthracis By Luminex Xmap Suspension Array.- Next-Generation Sequencing In Veterinary Medicine: How Can The Massive Amount Of Information Arising From High-Throughput Technologies Improve Diagnosis, Control and Management Of Infectious Diseases?.- Impact Of Next-Generation Technologies On Exploring Socio-Economically Important Parasites And Developing New Interventions.- Functional Genomics Of Tick Vectors Challenged With The Cattle Parasite Babesia Bigemina.- Metagenomic Approaches To Disclose Disease-Associated Pathogens: Detection Of Viral Pathogens In Honeybees. - Proteomics Characterization Of Tick-Host-Pathogen Interactions.