January 23, 2010
Chapter on Bacillus anthracis updated and Mycoplasma presentation replaced.

August 6, 2009
Chapters on virulence factors and host resistance updated

June 22, 2009
Chapter on Yersinia pestis updated

April 23, 2009
Chapters on Histophilus somni, Escherichia coli and Virulence factors updated.

January 17, 2009
Chapter on Bacillus anthracis updated.

January 3, 2009
Chapters on Pasteurella multocida and Manheimia/Biberstinia updated.

December 30, 2008
Site of The Israel Association for Veterinary Microbiology and Immunology updated.

December 8, 2008
Chapter on Clostridium piliforme updated.

December 6, 2008
Name of Staphylococcus intermedius modified to Staphylococcus pseudintermedius

December 1, 2008
Chapter on E. coli updated

October 10, 2008
Chapter on Histophilus somni updated

July 4, 2008
Chapter on Bacillus anthracis updated

Marchy 4, 2008
Chapters on virulence factors and risk factors updated

February 24, 2008
Chapters on virulence factors, host resistance and risk factors updated

November 30, 2007
Chapters on Bordetella bronchiseptica updated.

November 15, 2007
Chapters on Staphylococcus aureus and Staphylococcus intermedius updated.

November 13, 2007
Chapter on Salmonella updated.

October 28, 2007
Chapter on virulence factors updated.

September 22, 2007
Chapter on Streptococcus canis updated

August 22, 2007
Chapter on Actinobacillus, Actinobacillus lignieresi, Actinobacillus equuli, Actinobacillus suis, Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae, Pasteurella trehalosi and 2007-2008 teaching program updated.

July 2, 2007
Chapter on Francisella tularensis updated

June 4, 2007
Chapters on S. equi subsp. equi and Francisella tularensis updated

April 24, 2007
Chapters on virulence factors, host resistance , E. coli, Staphylococcus intermedius, Staphylococcus hyicus and Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex.

April 23, 2007
Yersinia spp. and Burkholderia malei updated.

April 15, 2007
Staphylococcus aureus updated

April 10, 2007
Streptococcus spp., S. equi subsp. equi, S. equi subsp. zooepidemicus, S. agalactiae, S. dysgalactiae subsp. disgalactiae, S. dysgalactiae subsp. equisimilis and other Streptococci updated

January 30, 2007
Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Histophilus somni, Yersinia spp. and Dr. Bernstein's presentations updated

December 30, 2006
Dermatophilus congolensis and Yersinia spp. updated

October 19, 2006
Added Milk Ring Test to diagnosis of brucellosis.

October 17, 2006
Global warming added to the section dealing with the climate as a risk factor.

October 14, 2006
Sources of E. coli O157-H7 infection updated

July 22, 2006
Semester 2 Bacteriology test results added

April 17, 2006
Chapters on general mycology and  resistance to antibacterials updated

December 23, 2005
Chapters on  Mycobacterium avium subspp. paratuberculosis, Mannheimia haemolytica/Pasteurella trehalosi and Clostridium botulinum updated.

December 2, 2005
Phase variations and type III secretion system added to Bordetella bronchiseptica chapter.

November 30, 2005
Added Dendritic Cells and Flagellins to Host Response and Virulence Factors chapters, respectively.

November 23, 2005
Added TLR-commensal interaction and Super Antigens to Host Response and Virulence Factors chapters, respectively.

November 3, 2005
Added Type V secretion system to Virulence Factors chapter.

August 8, 2005
Paragraph on Streptococcus suis updated in light of the massive human outbreak in China.

June 22, 2005
Mycology test results added

February 1, 2005
Salmonella serogroup distribution updated for 2004. Note increase of Salmonella Dublin.

December 8, 2004
Favicon added. For those wondering, it's a bacterium with flagella.

Novenber 8, 2004
Chapter on E. coli updated

October 28, 2004
Updated teaching program for 2004-2005. Updated pages related to host-parasite relations.

February 20, 2004
Biofilm section in Virulence Factors chapter extensively updated.

February 4, 2004
Taxonomy of Haemophilus somnus, now Histophilus somni, updated.

January 29, 2004
Rhodococcus equi virulence factors updated.

January 19, 2004
Michael's (that's Dr. Bernstein) lectures are up, as presentations, thus completing the contents of the site. You may find the link to them here.

January 17, 2004
Mycobacteriaceae, Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis added.

December 29, 2003
Updated Bacteroidaceae and added Porphyromonas levii.

December 9, 2003
Biofilms in the chapter on virulence factors updated.

November 29, 2003
Chapters on Yersinia and Actinobacillus equuli updated.

February 16, 2003
Added Salmonella serogroup distribution for 2002.

February 15, 2003
Added bacterial secretory systems I to IV description to the Virulence Factors page.

January 25, 2003
Added, finally, the first mycology chapter (in hebrew), dealing with General Mycology.

November 23, 2002
Chapter on Francisella updated. Added program of the meeting of the Israel Association for Veterinary Microbiology and Immunology.

November 15, 2002
Several minor corrections made.

October 20, 2002
Teaching program updated. Toll like receptors (TLRs) and pathogen associated molecular patterns (PAMPs) added to host defense mechanisms.

November 13, 2001
Extensive update of the Bacillus piliformis chapter, including the microorganism's transfer to the genus clostridium as Clostridium piliforme.

October 20, 2001
Anthrax page updated and teaching schedule adapted to the forthcomming year. Added direct link to anthrax on the home-page.

August 18, 2001
Added antibacterial susceptibility test results for 2000, compiled by microorganism or infection.

July 16, 2001
Added Salmonella serogroup distribution for 2000.

May 5, 2001
Still working hard on my Fusobacterium necrophorum review and as a result I updated this chapter and added a new picture of foot rot. I did the same for the Clostridium perfringens chapter and, finally I added some new links.

March 23, 2001
Didn't make any changes for a while so as to not cause confusion during the test study period. Now that's behind us so I updated the taxonomy of Fusobacterium and Bacteroides (now Dichelobacter).

January 25, 2001
Updated the Quorum Sensing part in the Pathogenicity Factors chapter and added 2 pictures to the Susceptibility Testing chapter.

January 21, 2001
Added the chapter on Brucella spp. (courtesy of Dr. M. Banai) and three out of 4 chapters on antibacterial drugs. The fourth, and last, chapter describing the various drugs, soon.

January 8, 2001
Everything you ever wanted to (or had to) know about clostridia of veterinary importance is up. Now you'll just have to learn hebrew.

January 6, 2001
Clostridium perfringens is up and running. Enjoy.

January 3, 2001
Chapters on the genus Clostridium and the species C. botulinum and C. tetani are on the net. The rest of the clostridia will follow soon.

December 20, 2000
I've been busy since the last time with minor updates and corrections. Among others I linked the list of bacteria in the syllabus to the veterinary bacteriology chapter. I added today some details to the pathogenicity factors of Bacillus anthracis. The Mycobacteriaceae chapter is about to be concluded and I hope to post it in the beginning of next week/ In the meantime have a nice weekend.

December 2, 2000
Pasteurella, Mannheimia, Bordetella, Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae and Yersinia pages updated. Added RTX toxin details to Pathogenicity factor page

November 18, 2000
Major updates for E. coli, Salmonella and Yersinia and some retouches to the Host Defence pages. The new Stargate season started today with a great episode, spiders and all.

November 10, 2000
The host-parasite interaction chapter (in Hebrew) is now posted.

November 3, 2000
I introduce myself (it's about time) on the "About the Author" page

November 1, 2000
The first part of the Host-Parasite chapter, including an intro and virulence factors are up. You'll have to know Hebrew, however, to read it.

October 27, 2000
Thats it, all the images are now up. Host-parasite relations are next.

October 21, 2000
The site has been up for about a month now and is getting pretty full of content. Most of my efforts are invested to get as much of the "Veterinary Bacteriology" section ready as possible for the beginning of the academic year at the end of this month. Nevertheless, I got the "Links" page up yesterday with relevant bookmarks ordered by subjects.

Additional images and the host-parasite chapter will be up next.


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