Humana Veterinary Infection Biology: Molecular Diagnostics and High-Throughput Strategies: 1247 (Methods in Molecular Biology, 1247)

Product Description PART I- Introducing Nucleic Acid Testing In The Veterinary Laboratory 1. Overview And Challenges Of Molecular Technologies In The Veterinary Microbiology Laboratory Mónica V. Cunha And João Inácio 2. Significance And Integration Of Molecular Diagnostics in the Framework of Veterinary Practice Alicia Aranaz 3. Biosafety Principles And Practices for the Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory Joseph Kozlovac And Beverly Schmitt 4. Veterinary Biobank Facility: Development And Management For Diagnostic and Research Purposes Tina Lombardo, Silvia Dotti, Riccardo Villa, Stefano Cinotti, And Maura Ferrari 5. Biological Specimen Collection And Processing for Molecular Analysis Susan Sanchez And Holly Sellers 6. Validation Of Molecular Diagnostic Assays And Quality Assurance and Control in the Veterinary Laboratory Nick Saunders and Ian Sharp PART II - Molecular Detection and Identification of Animal Pathogens in Laboratorial Settings 7. Molecular Approaches To Recognize Relevant And Emerging Infectious Diseases In Animals Fredrik Granberg, Oskar Karlsson, Mikael Leijon, Lihong Liu, and Sándor Belák 8. Real Time Reverse Transcriptase PCR For The Detection Of Bluetongue Virus Carrie Batten, Lorraine Frost, And Chris Oura 9. Nested And Multiplex Real Time PCR Using Dual-Labeled Probes: Detecting And Discriminating Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Complex Members In Cultures And Animal Tissues Pedro Costa, Isabel Couto, Miguel Viveiros, and João Inácio 10. A Real-Time PCR Assay For The Diagnosis Of Gastrointestinal Nematode Infections of Small Ruminants Florian Roeber, Aaron R. Jex, And Robin B. Gasser 11. Improved Detection Of Mycobacterium Bovis In Bovine Tissues Using Immunomagnetic Separation Approaches Irene R. Grant And Linda D. Stewart 12. Detection Of Fish Pathogens By Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification (LAMP) Technique Hatem Soliman, Mona Saleh, And Mansour El-Matbouli 13. Direct Detection Of Theileria Annulata In Bovine Blood Samples Using Standard And Isothermal DNA Amplification Approaches Jacinto Gomes And João Inácio 14. Reverse Line Blot Hybridization With Species-Specific Oligonucleotide Probes: Application To Piroplasms Detection Ana Hurtado 15. DNA Microarray-Based Detection Of Multiple Pathogens: Mycoplasma Spp. and Chlamydia Spp. Christiane Schnee and Konrad Sachse 16. In Situ Hybridization With Labeled Probes: Assessment of African Swine Fever Virus In Formalin-Fixed Paraffin-Embedded Tissues Maria Ballester and Fernando Rodriguez 17. Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization For The Tissue Detection of Bacterial Pathogens Associated With Porcine Infections Henrik Elvang Jensen, Louise Kruse Jensen, Kristiane Barington, Susanne Pors, Thomas Bjarnsholt, and Mette Boye 18. Identification Of Animal Pasteurellaceae By MALDI-TOF Mass Spectrometry Joachim Frey and Peter Kuhnert 19. Gold Nanoparticles as a Potential Tool For Diagnosis of Fish Diseases Mona Saleh, Hatem Soliman, and Mansour El-Matbouli 20. Nucleic Acid Testing, New Platforms And Nanotechnology For Point-of-Decision Diagnosis Of Animal Pathogens Fernando Teles And Luís Pina Fonseca PART III - Molecular Profiling Of Veterinary Relevant Microbial Pathogens 21. Molecular Typing Tools: From Pattern Recognition To Genome-Based Algorithms Konrad Sachse and Petra Moebius 22. Analysis Of Campylobacter Jejuni And Campylobacter Coli Genotypes In Poultry Flocks By Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism (RFLP) Analysis Ana Cláudia Carreira and Mónica V. Cunha 23. Pulsed-Field Gel Electrophoresis (PFGE): Application In Population Structure Studies Of Bovine Mastitis-Cau Review 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