The histopathological diagnosis of leptospirosis : a dissertation /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Bridges, Charles Hubert
Format:	Thesis Book
Language:	English
Published:	[College Station, Tex.] : Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas, 1957.
Subjects:	Leptospirosis in animals. Leptopirosis > diagnosis. Major Veterinary Medical Sciences.

Table of Contents:

The diagnosis of leptospirosis
Biological behavior of the pathogenic leptospiras in their hosts
Silver impregnation techniques for leptospiras
Distribution of leptospiras in renal tissues and relation of their location to the lesions present in the tissues
Effect of postmortem decomposition, bacterial contamination, and lytic antibodies on the demonstration of leptospiras by silver impregnation
General procedures
Permissible variations in Kerr's modification of warthin and Starry's silver impregnation technique
Distribution of leptospiras in the canine kidney
Effect of postmortem decomposition, bacterial contamination, and specific antibodies
Effect of antibiotics
Silver impregnation technique for demonstrating leptospiras
Distribution of leptospiras in the canine kidney
Effect of postmortem decomposition, bacterial contaminants, and specific antibodies
Effects of antibiotics
Summary
General conclusions