Immunologic

This practical manual and reference book for Veterinary and Medical students teachers and researchers deals with diagnosis of infectious diseases. Agglutination PrecipitationImmunoelectrophoresis Haemagglutination Complement Fixation ELISA Western Blotting Lymphocyte Assays Immunofluorescence Flow Cytometry Nucleic Acid isolation PCR RT-PCR Real time PCR gene cloning and sequencing Avian Influenza Rabies Brucellosis Plague Anthrax Leptospirosis Burkholderia Orientia and Parasitic infections Differentiation of Infected and Vaccinated Animals in FMD and Bacteriophages are covered. Authors include Dr HV Batra a consultant to WHO & FAO who has developed many diagnostic kits Prof R Sharma who heads a Reference Laboratory on FMD and has developed a DIVA kit Dr M Rawat who has cloned the lysin gene of a bacteriophage Prof H M Saxena an Immunologist who has introduced novel modifications to enhance the sensitivity of Agglutination Test Prof C K Singh trained at Institut Pasteur Paris and an expert in Rabies diagnosis Prof Ramneek a Virologist trained at New Zealand and Dr Debjani a Cytometry specialist.