Handbook of Laboratory Animal Bacteriology
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Handbook of Laboratory Animal Bacteriology isolates bacteria in laboratory rodents and rabbits to assist veterinary pathologists and other animal caretakers in the management of these organisms. This book emphasizes those bacteria known to interfere with research protocols, and offers methods for isolation and differentiation among related bacteria. It also enables the bacteriologist to isolate and identify bacteria being part of the normal flora of these animals.
In the first part of the book, information is given on how to sample and cultivate from the animals. Hereafter, general descriptions on various identification procedures are given. Topics include sampling and isolation techniques, staining methods, serology, PCR and other important tools.
In the second part of the book, important laboratory animal bacteria have been described in relation to both characteristics of the agent and characteristics of infection. All categories of bacteria are systematically dealt with in order to help in their isolation and identification when examining rodents and rabbits.
Traditional lab animals (mice, rats, guinea pigs, hamsters, gerbils and rabbits) harbor bacteria different from those found in humans and farm animals.
Handbook of Laboratory Animal Bacteriology is an invaluable guide bacteriological monitoring of research colonies.
Table of Contents
Strategies for Sampling Animals for Bacteriological Examination
Sampling Procedures
Cultivation Methods
Identification of Bacteria
Immunological Methods
Molecular Biological Methods
Gram-Positive Cocci
Gram-P ositive Rods Isolated By Simple Cultivation
Gram Positive Rods Not Cultivated by Simple Techniques
Facultatively Anaerobic Gram-Negative Bacteria
Obligate Aerobic, Gram-Negative Rods
Obligate Ananerobic and Microaerophilic Gram Negative Bacteria
Spirochetes
Mollicutes
Appendix I-Procedures of Reagents for Laboratory Animal Bacteriology
Appendix II-Biosafety Levels for Microbiological Laboratories
Editorial Reviews
"…this book provides precise methodology for the isolation and identification of bacteria that interfere with research protocols. It is logically organized, instructive, and progresses through animal sampling, bacterial culture, isolation, differentiation, and identification."
Contemporary Topics in Laboratory Animal Science, March 2000
"The book is a valuable guide to the bacteriological monitoring of rodent and rabbit research animal colonies."
Contemporary Topics in Laboratory Animal Science, March 2000
"It should be useful to laboratory animal health monitoring laboratories and to those needing overall information on how to perform laboratory animal bacteriological procedures. It will also be of interest to facility managers, clinical veterinarians, veterinary pathologists, and researchers interested in the management of organisms known to interfere with the colony health of rabbits and rodents used in research protocols"
Contemporary Topics in Laboratory Animal Science, March 2000
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