Preface xvii
About the Companion Website xix
1 The Bacterial Cell 1
2 Metabolism, Growth and Culture of Bacteria 9
3 Sterilisation and Disinfection 15
4 Bacterial Genes and Gene Transfer 23
5 Bacterial Pathogenicity 29
6 Bacterial Veterinary Vaccines 39
7 Antimicrobials: Action, Dynamics and Resistance 43
8 Bacterial Typing 51
9 Salmonella 55
10 Escherichia coli – An Intestinal Pathogen 63
11 Escherichia coli as an Extraintestinal Pathogen 69
12 Campylobacter – Hyperendemic on the Farm 75
13 Leptospira – Using Urine to Spread 81
14 Lyme Disease – Ticks and Dogs 87
15 Brachyspira 91
16 Pasteurella 93
17 Pseudomonas and Burkholderia 97
18 Bordetella 101
19 Delicate Gram-negative Bacteria 105
20 Mannheimia, Actinobacillus and Other Pasteurellaceae 111
21 Chlamydia – A Stealthy Pathogen 117
22 Bovine Tuberculosis and Johne's Disease 121
23 Bacillus anthracis 129
24 Clostridium 133
25 Staphylococcus – Skin and Soft Tissue Infection 143
26 Streptococcus 149
27 Nocardia, Actinomyces and Dermatophilus – The Filamentous Pathogens 155
28 Prescottella (Rhodococcus) equi 159
29 Corynebacterium – CLA 163
30 Listeria – Growing in the Fridge 165
31 Erysipelothrix and Trueperella 169
32 Mycoplasma – Cell-associated Pathogens 173
33 Rickettsia – Arthropod Vector-borne Pathogens 179
34 Fungi as Agents of Disease 183
35 Aspergillus – Strength in Numbers 187
36 Dermatophytes – Keratinolytic Fungi 191
37 Yeasts: Malassezia, Candida and Cryptococcus 195
38 Dimorphic Fungal Infections 199
