title: Diagnostic molecular microbiology in laboratory animal health monitoring and surveillance programs.
abstract: Molecular microbiology provides a rapid, reliable, sensitive, and specific means of detecting pathogens in laboratory animals. The author discusses the interpretation of the results of molecular microbiological testing done in conjunction with serologic, bacteriologic, and histopathologic tests, focusing on molecular microbiology as it fits in an overall program of animal health diagnostic profiling.
authors.affiliation: Center for Comparative Medicine, Box 800737, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22908, USA. shf2b@virginia.edu.
authors.forename: S H
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Feldman
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Feldman
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000830:Animals, Laboratory; D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000235:genetics / Q000662:veterinary*; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis; D004279:DNA, Viral / Q000032:analysis; D006304:Health Status; D017053:Infection Control; D011786:Quality Control; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000662:veterinary; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D014777:Virus Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000235:genetics / Q000662:veterinary*
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D004279:DNA, Viral