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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 : Saunders, [2004]
Edition:Seventh edition.
Subjects:
Immune System Diseases > veterinary.
Animals, Domestic > immunology.
Animal Diseases > immunology.
Table of Contents:
  • The defense of the body
  • How inflammation is triggered
  • Neutrophils and their products
  • Macrophages and later stages of inflammation
  • Antigens : triggers of acquired immunity
  • Dendritic cells and antigen processing
  • Acquired immunity : the antigen-presenting receptors
  • Organs of the immune system
  • Lymphocytes
  • T helper cells and their response to antigen
  • Cytokines and the immune system
  • Antibodies : soluble forms of BCR
  • Generation of antigen-binding receptors
  • Innate and acquired immunity : the complement system
  • Immunodiagnostic techniques
  • T-cell function and the destruction of cell-associated invaders
  • Regulation of the aquired immune response
  • Immunity in the fetus and newborn
  • Immunity at body surfaces
  • Vaccines and their production
  • The use of vaccines
  • Acquired immunity to bacteria and related organisms
  • Acquired immunity to viruses
  • Acquired immunity to parasites
  • Type I hypersensitivity
  • Red cell antigens and type II hypersensitivity
  • Type IV hypersensitivity : delayed hypersensitivity
  • Organ graft rejection
  • Resistance to tumors
  • Autoimmunity : general principles
  • Organ-specific autoimmune diseases
  • The systemic immunological diseases
  • Primary immunodeficiencies
  • Secondary immunological defects
  • Drugs and other agents that affect the immune system
  • The evolution of the immune system