Sect. I. Introductory Bacteriology : . 1. Microbial pathogens and infectious disease. p3 . 2. Structure of bacterial cells. p8 . 3. Cultivation, preservation and inactivation of bacteria. p12 . 4. Bacterial genetics and mechanisms of genetic variation. p17 . 5. Laboratory diagnosis of bacterial disease. p23 . 6. Antimicrobial agents. p28 . 7. Bacterial colonization, tissue invasion and clinical disease. p36 Sect. II. Pathogenic Bacteria : . 8. Staphylococcus species. p43 . 9. Streptococci. p49 . 10. Corynebacterium species. p55 . 11. Rhodococcus equi. p60 . 12. Actinomycetes. p63 . 13. Listeria species. p72 . 14. Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae. p76 . 15. Bacillus species. p80 . 16. Clostridium species. p84 . 17. Mycobacterium species. p97 . 18. Enterobacteriaceae. p106 . 19. Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Burkholderia species. p124 . 20. Aeromonas species, Plesiomonas shigelloides and Vibrio species. p128 . 21. Actinobacillus species. p131 . 22. Pasteurella species and Mannheimia haemolytica. p137 . 23. Francisella tularensis. p144 . 24. Haemophilus species. p147 . 25. Taylorella equigenitalis. p152 . 26. Bordetella bronchiseptica and Bordetella avium. p155 . 27. Moraxella bovis. p159 . 28. Brucella species. p162 . 29. Campylobacter species. p168 . 30. Lawsonia intracellularis. p173 . 31. Spirochaetes. p175 . 32. Pathogenic anaerobic non-spore-forming Gram-negative bacteria. p185 . 33. Mycoplasmas. p189 . 34. Chlamydia and Chlamydophila species. p196 . 35. Rickettsiales. p203 . 36. Bacterial species of limited pathogenic significance. p213 Sect. II. Mycology : . 37. General features of fungi associated with disease in animals. p219 . 38. Dermatophytes. p224 . 39. Aspergillus species. p229 . 40. Yeasts and disease production. p233 . 41. Dimorphic fungi. p240 . 42. Zygomycetes of veterinary importance. p246 . 43. Fungus-like organisms of veterinary importance. p251 . 44. Pneumocystis carinii. p255 . 45. Opportunistic infections caused predominantly by phaeoid fungi. p257 . 46. Mycotoxins and mycotoxicoses. p260 . 47. Pathogenic algae and cyanobacteria. p269 Sect. IV. Introductory Virology : . 48. Nature, structure and taxonomy of viruses. p275 . 49. Replication of viruses. p283 . 50. Genetics and evolution of viruses. p290 . 51. Propagation of viruses and virus-cell interactions. p295