Mycoplasma diseases of ruminants /

• Main Authors: Nicholas, Robin, 1951- (Author), Ayling, Roger, (Author), McAuliffe, Laura, (Author)
• Corporate Author: Veterinary Laboratories Agency.
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2008.
• Subjects: Mycoplasma diseases in animals.; Ruminants.; Mycoplasma Infections > diagnosis.; Mycoplasma Infections > veterinary.; Ruminants > Diseases.; Mycoplasma > physiology.; Pesticides and Drugs; Control, (New March 2000); Pesticide and Drug Resistance.; Prion, Viral, Bacterial and Fungal Pathogens of Animals, (New March 2000); Diagnosis of Animal Diseases, (New March 2000); Genetics and Molecular Biology of Microorganisms, (New March 2000); Techniques and Methodology.; Cattle.; Goats.; Mycoplasma.; Sheep.; Agalactia.; Antibacterial agents.; Antigenic variation.; Diagnosis.; Diagnostic techniques.; Disease control.; Disease prevalence.; Disease prevention.; Drug resistance.; Electrophoresis.; Emerging infectious diseases.; Epidemiology.; Eye diseases.; Mycoplasmal diseases.; Mycoplasmosis.; Pleuropneumonia.; Polymerase chain reaction.; Reproductive disorders.; Research.; Respiratory diseases.; Susceptibility.; Electronic books.
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This book presents data on research and development carried out on mycoplasma diseases of sheep, goats and cattle over the last decade by laboratories worldwide. Chapters include discussions on the isolation and growth of mycoplasmas from ruminants, detection and differentiation of Mycoplasma spp. u...

Table of Contents:

• Isolation and Growth of Mycoplasmas from Ruminants
• Detection and Differentiation of Mycoplasma Species Using PCR/Denaturing Gradient Gel Electrophoresis
• Detection of Mycoplasma Species Using Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR)
• Molecular Typing of Mycoplasma Species
• Antigenic Analysis of Mycoplasmas
• Antimicrobial Sensitivity Testing
• Contagious Bovine Pleuropneumonia
• Contagious Agalactia
• Contagious Caprine Pleuropneumonia
• Bovine Respiratory Disease
• Respiratory Diseases of Small Ruminants
• Eye Infections of Ruminants
• Reproductive Diseases of Cattle
• New, Emerging and Unculturable Mycoplasmas in Ruminants.