Micro-organisms and their activities are vitally important to
virtually all processes on Earth. Micro-organisms matter because
they affect every aspect of our lives - they are in us, on us and
around us. Microbiology is the study of all living organisms that
are too small to be visible with the naked eye. This includes
bacteria, archaea, viruses, fungi, prions, protozoa and algae,
collectively known as `microbes'. These microbes play key roles in
nutrient cycling, biodegradation/biodeterioration, climate change,
food spoilage, the cause and control of disease, and biotechnology.
Microbes influence all living things and contribute to all manner
of chemical and physical processes. Because these activities are so
diverse, the science of microbiology is multidisciplinary, calling
on the skills and knowledge of individuals specializing in many
different fields of life science, environmental science, and
engineering. Microbiology arose, and continues to profit from,
several previously independent scientific and medical disciplines,
including bacteriology, virology, public health science, clinical
microbiology, immunology, parasitology, vaccinology, and a host of
other areas of inquiry. The field of Veterinary Microbiology
comprises the study of four big areas, bacteria, virus, fungi and
parasites. Veterinary Microbiology is concerned with microbial
(bacterial, fungal, viral) diseases of domesticated vertebrate
animals (livestock, companion animals, fur-bearing animals, game,
poultry, fish) that supply food, other useful products or
companionship. This book will only concentrate on bacteria. An
Introduction about reservoirs, and bacterial pathogenesis is given
in Section 1. Intracellular bacteria (Chlamydia and Mycoplasma)
that can cause different diseases depending on species and host are
discussed in Sections 2 and 3. The next Section (Section 4) is
dedicated to Staphylococcus aureus that cause Respiratory disease.
Listeria monocytogenes, a Foodborne bacteria, is discussed in
Section 5. Sections 6 to 11 are about different agents of disease
(Tularemia, Tuberculosis, Botulism, Abortion and Q fever,
respectively). The next 3 Sections (Sections 12 to 14) concentrate
on tick-borne bacteria (Borrelia, Rickttesia, Anaplasma and
Ehrlichia). Section 15 discusses Corynebacterium an emerging
bacteria. Most of this bacteria are zoonotic, they can infect both
humans and animals, Section 16 focuses on the study of zoonoses.
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