Companion Guide to Infectious Diseases of Mice and Rats.

COMPANION GUIDE TO INFECTIOUS DISEASES OF MICE AND RATS -- Copyright -- Preface -- Contents -- PART I Principles of Rodent Disease Prevention -- SCIENTIFIC OBJECTIVES -- INFECTION VERSUS DISEASE -- TERMINOLOGY OF MICROBIAL AND PATHOGEN STATUS -- COMMITMENT TO MAINTAINING PATHOGEN-FREE STATUS OF RODENTS -- HEALTH SURVEILLANCE PROGRAMS -- Scientific Objectives -- Test Procedures -- Sampling Strategies -- Test Frequency -- Sentinel Animals -- RODENT DIAGNOSTIC LABORATORIES -- REFERENCES -- PART II Disease Agents -- BACTERIA, FUNGI, AND VIRUSES -- Adenoviruses -- Suggested Reading -- Bacillus piliformis -- Suggested Reading -- Cilia-Associated Respiratory Bacillus -- Suggested Reading -- Citrobacterfreundii Biotype 4280 -- Suggested Reading -- Corynebacterium kutscheri -- Suggested Reading -- Cytomegalovirus, Mouse -- Suggested Reading -- Ectromelia Virus -- Suggested Reading -- Encephalitozoon cuniculi -- Suggested Reading -- Hantaviruses -- Suggested Reading -- Hepatitis Virus, Mouse -- Suggested Reading -- H-1 Virus -- Suggested Reading -- Kilham Rat Virus -- Suggested Reading -- Lactic Dehydrogenase-Elevating Virus -- Suggested Reading -- Leukemia Viruses, Murine -- Suggested Reading -- Lymphocytic Choriomeningitis Virus -- Suggested Reading -- Mammary Tumor Virus, Mouse -- Suggested Reading -- Minute Virus of Mice -- Suggested Reading -- Mycoplasma arthritidis -- Suggested Reading -- Mycoplasma pulmonis -- Suggested Reading -- Pasteurella pneumotropica -- Suggested Reading -- Pneumocystis carinii -- Suggested Reading -- Pneumonia Virus of Mice -- Suggested Reading -- Polyomavirus -- Suggested Reading -- Pseudomonas aeruginosa -- Suggested Reading -- Reovirus-3 -- Suggested Reading -- Rotavirus, Mouse -- Suggested Reading -- Salmonella enteritidis -- Suggested Reading -- Sendai Virus -- Suggested Reading -- Sialodacryoadenitis Virus.

Suggested Reading -- Staphylococcus aureus -- Suggested Reading -- Streptobacillus moniliformis -- Suggested Reading -- Streptococcus pneumoniae -- Suggested Reading -- Theiler's Murine Encephalomyelitis Virus -- Suggested Reading -- Thymic Virus, Mouse -- Suggested Reading -- DERMATOPHYTES -- Trichophyton spp. and Microsporum spp. -- Suggested Reading -- COMMON ECTOPARASITES -- Myobia musculi -- Suggested Reading -- Myocoptes musculinus and Radfordia affinis -- Suggested Reading -- Other Ectoparasites -- Suggested Reading -- ENDOPARASITES -- Aspicularis tetraptera (Mouse Pinworm) -- Suggested Reading -- Entamoeba muris -- Suggested Reading -- Giardia muris -- Suggested Reading -- Hymenolepis nana -- Suggested Reading -- Spironucleus muris -- Suggested Reading -- Syphacia obvelata (Mouse Pinworm) and Syphacia muris (Rat Pinworm) -- Suggested Reading -- Trichomonas muris -- Suggested Reading -- Other Endoparasites -- Suggested Reading -- PART III Diagnosis and Research Complications of Infectious Agents -- INTRODUCTION -- CLINICAL SIGNS -- PATHOLOGY -- RESEARCH COMPLICATIONS -- Index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.