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Veterinary immunology : an introduction /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Tizard, Ian R.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Philadelphia : W.B. Saunders, [1992]
Edition:Fourth edition.
Subjects:
Animal Diseases > immunology.
Animals, Domestic > immunology.
Immune System Diseases > veterinary.
Table of Contents:
  • General features of the immune responses
  • Antigens and antigenicity
  • Destruction of foreign material: the myeloid system
  • Macrophages and antigen processing
  • Major histocompatibility complex
  • Tissues of the immune system
  • Lymphocytes
  • Helper T-cell response
  • Lymphokines and cytokines
  • Antibodies
  • Genetic basis of antigen recognition
  • Cellular basis of antibody formation
  • Complement system
  • Effector T-cell function
  • Tissue transplantation
  • Resistance to tumors
  • Tolerance and regulation of the immune system
  • Serology: the detection and measurement of antibodies
  • Immunity at body surfaces
  • Immunity in the fetus and newborn
  • General principles of vaccination and vaccines
  • Resistance to bacteria and related organisms
  • Resistance to viruses
  • Immunity to parasites
  • Inflammation
  • Type I hypersensitivity
  • Erythrocyte antigens and type II hypersensitivity
  • Type III hypersensitivity
  • Cell-mediated (type IV) hypersensitivity
  • Autoimmunity: general principles
  • Organ-specific autoimmune disease
  • Systemic autoimmune disease
  • Primary immune deficiencies
  • Secondary immunological defects
  • Drugs that affect the immune system
  • Phylogeny of the immune system