Manual on the diagnosis of rinderpest /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Anderson, J.
Other Authors: Barrett, T., Scott, G. R., Taylor, W. P., Rossiter, P. B.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Rome : Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 1996.
Edition:Second edition.
Series:FAO animal health manual. no. 1.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Pt. 1. The Presumptive diagnosis
  • Epizootiological background
  • The Causative virus
  • Natural host range
  • Transmission
  • Clinical signs
  • Buffalo and cattle infections
  • Goat and sheep infections
  • Domestic pig infections
  • Clinical pathology
  • Haematological changes
  • Biochemical changes
  • Post-mortem findings
  • Buffalo and cattle deaths
  • Goat and sheep deaths
  • Pig deaths
  • Pt. 2. Diagnostic specimens
  • Collection of specimens
  • Donor selection
  • Biopsies
  • Post-mortem specimens
  • Recommended procedure
  • Shipment of specimens
  • National movements
  • International movements
  • Receipt of specimens
  • Pt. 3. Confirmatory diagnosis.
  • Antigen detection
  • Agar-gel immunodiffusion (agid)
  • Counterimmunoelectrophoresis (ciep)
  • Passive haemagglutination (pha)
  • Immunofluorescence (if)
  • Immunoperoxidse staining (ips)
  • Immunocapture elisa
  • Electron microscopy (em)
  • Polymerase chain reaction (pcr)
  • Antibody detection
  • Development of antibodies
  • Diagnostic role of antibody detection
  • Virus neutralization
  • Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (elisa).
  • Virus isolation and identification
  • Isolation in cell cultures
  • Virus identification
  • Isolation in buffaloes and cattle
  • Histopathology and immunohistology
  • Histopathology
  • Immunohistology
  • Differential diagnosis
  • Peste des petits ruminants (ppr)
  • Bovine virus diarrhoea (bvd)
  • Mucosal disease
  • Malignant catarrhal fever (mcf)
  • Bluetongue
  • Foot-and-mouth disease (fmd)
  • Pt. 4. Appendixes
  • Preparation of hyperimmune anti-rinderpest serum in rabbits
  • Stock solutions
  • Fifty percent effective dose (ed50): spearman-karber method
  • Formulae for calculating tm and oligonucleotide.