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Veterinary Microbiology and Microbial Disease
By: P. J. Quinn , B. K. MarkeyeBook Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Imprint: Wiley-Blackwell
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Microbiology is one of the core subjects for veterinary students, and since its first publication in 2002, Veterinary Microbiology and Microbial Disease has become an essential text for students of veterinary medicine. Fully revised and expanded, this new edition updates the subject for pre-clinical and clinical veterinary students in a comprehensive manner. Individual sections deal with bacteriology, mycology and virology. Written by an academic team with many years of teaching experience, the book provides concise descriptions of groups of microorganisms and the diseases which they cause. Microbial pathogens are discussed in separate chapters which provide information on the more important features of each microorganism and its role in the pathogenesis of diseases of animals. The international and public health significance of these pathogens are reviewed comprehensively. The final section is concerned with the host and is organized according to the body system affected.
Tables, boxes and flow diagrams provide information in an easily assimilated format. This edition contains new chapters on molecular diagnostics and on infectious conditions of the skin, cardiovascular system, urinary tract and musculoskeletal system. Many new colour diagrams are incorporated into this edition and each chapter has been updated.
Key features of this edition: Twelve new chapters included Numerous new illustrations Each chapter has been updated Completely re-designed in full colour Fulfils the needs of veterinary students and academics in veterinary microbiology
Veterinary Microbiology and Microbial Disease remains indispensable for all those studying and teaching this essential component of the veterinary curriculum.
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| Title of eBook: Veterinary Microbiology and Microbial Disease | |
| Release Date: 10-07-2011 | |
| Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell |
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Veterinary Microbiology and Microbial Disease
Chapter One
Microbiology, microbial pathogens and infectious disease
The earliest forms of life on this planet are presumed to have had characteristics resembling those of bacteria, most likely anaerobic bacteria. It is postulated that prokaryotes evolved from primitive forms of life and that the subsequent availability of oxygen resulting from photosynthesis contributed to microbial diversity. The chronological sequence of evolutionary events relating to the emergence of microbial life and, subsequently, eukaryotic cells is outlined in Fig. 1.1. This proposed scheme is based on limited factual information, some deriving from information gleaned from fossilized remains of prokaryotic cells approximately 3.5 billion years old and also from studies of ribosomal RNA among microorganisms.
Before the causes of infectious diseases could be discussed and evaluated in a rational manner, events associated with the emergence of life forms required explanation. Traditional views on the origin of life were strongly influenced by the writings of classical Greek and Roman scholars, many of whom espoused the view of spontaneous generation of small living entities. Disease was often attributed to evil forces associated with disturbances in the upper atmosphere, poisonous vapours called miasmas, supernatural events and other influences unrelated to biology. Awareness of the possible existence of forms of life not visible to the naked eye emerged slowly. As early as 1546, in his treatise De Contagione, Girolamo Fracastoro suggested that animate agents were responsible for disease. Concepts of infectious diseases were closely related
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