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Record Nr.

UNINA9910446322903321

Autore

Nicholas Robin <1951->

Titolo

Mycoplasma diseases of ruminants / / Robin Nicholas, Roger Ayling, and Laura McAuliffe

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK ; ; Cambridge, MA, : CABI, c2008

ISBN

1-281-90506-2

9786611905064

1-84593-464-4

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (253 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

AylingRoger

McAuliffeLaura

Disciplina

636.2089/692

Soggetti

Ruminants - Diseases

Mycoplasma diseases in animals

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Contributors; Preface; Acknowledgements; PART I: METHODS; Chapter 1: Isolation and Growth of Mycoplasmas from Ruminants; Chapter 2: Detection and Differentiation of Mycoplasma Species Using PCR/Denaturing Gradient Gel Electrophoresis; Chapter 3: Detection of Mycoplasma Species Using Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR); Chapter 4: Molecular Typing of Mycoplasma Species; Chapter 5: Antigenic Analysis of Mycoplasmas; Chapter 6: Antimicrobial Sensitivity Testing; PART II: DISEASES; Chapter 7: Contagious Bovine Pleuropneumonia; Chapter 8: Contagious Agalactia

Chapter 9: Contagious Caprine PleuropneumoniaThe colour plate section; Chapter 10: Bovine Respiratory Disease; Chapter 11: Respiratory Diseases of Small Ruminants; Chapter 12: Eye Infections of Ruminants; Chapter 13: Reproductive Diseases of Cattle; Chapter 14: New, Emerging and Unculturable Mycoplasmas in Ruminants; A; B; C; Index; E; F; G; H; I; D; M; L; P; S; T; U; V; W; Z; R

Sommario/riassunto

Mycoplasmas cause some of the most serious and economically significant diseases in livestock and pose major problems for animal health authorities worldwide. This work encapsulates the research and development on mycoplasmas in sheep, goats and cattle from



laboratories all over the world.