Veterinary Infection Biology: Molecular Diagnostics and High-Throughput Strategies

Chapter 1 Overview and Challenges of Molecular Technologies in the Veterinary Microbiology Laboratory.

Chapter 2 Significance and Integration of Molecular Diagnostics in the Framework of Veterinary Practice

Chapter 3 Biosafety Principles and Practices for the Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory

Chapter 4 Veterinary Biobank Facility: Development and Management for Diagnostic and Research Purposes

Chapter 5 Biological Specimen Collection and Processing for Molecular Analysis

Chapter 6 Validation of Molecular Diagnostic Assays and Quality Assurance and Control in the Veterinary Laboratory

Chapter 7 Molecular Approaches to Recognize Relevant and Emerging Infectious Diseases in Animals

Chapter 9 Nested and Multiplex Real-Time PCR Using Dual-Labeled Probes: Detecting and Discriminating Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex Members in Cultures and Animal Tissues

Chapter 10 A Real-Time PCR Assay for the Diagnosis of Gastrointestinal Nematode Infections of Small Ruminants

Chapter 11 Improved Detection of Mycobacterium bovis in Bovine Tissues Using Immunomagnetic Separation Approaches

Chapter 12 Detection of Fish Pathogens by Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification (LAMP) Technique

Chapter 13 Direct Detection of Theileria annulata in Bovine Blood Samples Using Standard and Isothermal DNA Amplification Approaches.

Chapter 14 Reverse line blot hybridization with species-specific oligonucleotide probes: application to piroplasm detection.

Chapter 15 DNA Microarray-Based Detection of Multiple Pathogens: Mycoplasma spp. and Chlamydia spp.

Chapter 16 In Situ Hybridization with Labeled Probes: Assessment of African Swine Fever Virus in Formalin-Fixed Paraffin-Embedded Tissues

Chapter 17 Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization for the Tissue Detection of Bacterial Pathogens Associated with Porcine Infections

Chapter 18 Identification of Animal Pasteurellaceae by MALDI-TOF Mass Spectrometry

Chapter 19 Gold Nanoparticles as a Potential Tool for Diagnosis of Fish Diseases

Chapter 20 Nucleic-Acid Testing, New Platforms and Nanotechnology for Point-of-Decision Diagnosis of Animal Pathogens

Chapter 21 Molecular Typing Tools: From Pattern Recognition to Genome-Based Algorithms

Chapter 22 Characterization of Campylobacter jejuni and Campylobacter coli Genotypes in Poultry Flocks by Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism (RFLP) Analysis

Chapter 23 Pulsed-Field Gel Electrophoresis (PFGE): Application in Population Structure Studies of Bovine Mastitis-Causing Streptococci.

Chapter 24 Multiple-Locus Variable-Number Tandem Repeat (VNTR) Analysis (MLVA) Using Multiplex PCR and Multicolor Capillary Electrophoresis: Application to the Genotyping of Brucella Species

Chapter 25 Multilocus Sequence Typing (MLST): Markers for the Traceability of Pathogenic Leptospira Strains

Chapter 26 Single-Nucleotide Polymorphism Discrimination Using High-Resolution Melting Analysis for the Genotyping of Bacillus anthracis

Chapter 27 Veterinary Infection Biology: Molecular Diagnostics and High-Throughput Strategies

Chapter 28 Rapid Microarray-Based Genotyping of Chlamydia spp. Strains from Clinical Tissue Samples

Chapter 29 Multiplexed Genotyping of Bacillus anthracis by Luminex xMap Suspension Array

Chapter 30 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?

Chapter 31 Impact of Next-Generation Technologies on Exploring Socioeconomically Important Parasites and Developing New Interventions.

Chapter 32 Functional Genomics of Tick Vectors Challenged with the Cattle Parasite Babesia bigemina.

Chapter 33 Metagenomic approaches to disclose disease-associated pathogens: detection of viral pathogens in honeybees.

Chapter 34 Proteomics Characterization of Tick-Host-Pathogen Interactions.