This new edition of a standard reference includes classical methods and information on newer technologies, such as DNA hybridization and monoclonal antibodies.

This new edition of a standard reference includes classical methods and information on newer technologies, such as DNA hybridization and monoclonal antibodies.

Classification, normal flora, and laboratory safety; Selection and submission of clinical specimens; Cultural procedures employed for clinical specimens; Isolation and identification of bacteria from clinical specimens; Spirochetes; Campylobacter; Pseudomonas; Aeromonas, Plesiomonas and vibrio; Bordetella and alcaligenes; Brucella; Enterobacteria; Pasteurella and francisella; Actinobacillus; Haemophilus and taylorella; Miscellaneous glucose nonfermenting gram-negative; Nonsporeforming naerobic bacteria; Micrococcus and staphylococcus; Streptococcus and related cocci; Bacillus; Clostridium; listeria and erysipelothrix; Corynebacterium; Mycobacterium; Miscellaneous bacteria prototheca; Rickettsiae and chlamydiae; Avian mycoplasmas; Mycoplasmas of animals;Mycology; Dermatophytes and dermatophutoses; Yeasts causing infection; Fungi causing subcutaneous infections; Laboratory diagnosis of infections abortions; Bovine mastitis; Antimicrobial agents and susceptibility testing; Immunofluorescence; Preparation of bacterins; Bacteteriology for the practicing veterinarian; Diagnostic approaches in fish diseases: Appendices: Technical methods: staining procedures, culture media, reagents and tests, mycological media and stais, laboratory methods for rickettsiae and chlamydiae, laboratory methods for mycoplasmas.