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

From the book reviews:

"This is an overview of molecular biology techniques for the detection of pathological states in animals. ... The audience includes doctors, laboratory technicians, researchers, and students of veterinary medicine and science. ... This is a nicely written, clinically relevant, cutting-edge book that gives a thorough overview of numerous molecular biology techniques for the detection of pathological diseases." (Maureen McMichael, Doody's Book Reviews, March, 2015)