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This comprehensive resource on immunology for veterinary students and practitioners features a complete presentation of basic immunological principles with detailed information on the most significant immunological diseases and responses seen in domestic animals.--From publisher description.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Tizard, Ian R.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: [St. Louis, Missouri] : Elsevier, [2013]
Edition:Ninth edition.
Subjects:
Veterinary immunology.
Animal Diseases > immunology.
Animal Population Groups > immunology.
Animals, Domestic > immunology.
Immune System Diseases > veterinary.
Table of Contents:
  • The defense of the body
  • Innate immunity: the recognition of invaders
  • Innate immunity: proinflammatory and antimicrobial mediators
  • Innate immunity: neutrophils and phagocytosis
  • Innate immunity: macrophages and recovery from inflammation
  • Systemic responses to inflammation
  • Innate immunity: the complement system
  • Cell signaling: cytokines and their receptors
  • Antigens: triggers of adaptive immunity
  • Dendritic cells and and antigen processing
  • The major histocompatibility complex
  • Organs of the immune system
  • Lymphocytes
  • Helper T cells and their response to antigen
  • B cells and their response to antigen
  • Antibodies: soluble antigen receptors
  • How antigen-binding receptors are made
  • T cell function and the destruction of cell-associated invaders
  • The third lymphocyte population: natural killer cells
  • Regulation of adaptive immunity
  • Immunity in the fetus and newborn
  • Immunity at body surfaces
  • Vaccines and their production
  • The use of vaccines
  • Immunity to bacteria and fungi
  • Immunity to viruses
  • Immunity to parasites
  • Type I hypersensitivity
  • Red cell antigens and type II hypersensitivity
  • Immune complexes and type III hypersensitivity
  • Type IV hypersensitivity: delayed hypersensitivity
  • Organ graft rejection
  • Resistance to tumors
  • Autoimmunity: general principles
  • Organ-specific autoimmune diseases
  • Systemic immunological diseases
  • Primary immunodeficiencies
  • Secondary immunological defects
  • Drugs and other agents that affect the immune system
  • Evolution of the immune system
  • Immunodiagnostic techniques
  • Appendix 1: Annotated list of selected CD molecules
  • Appendix 2: Some selected cytokines.