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Other Authors: Kaspers, Bernd (Editor), Schat, K. A. (Karel Antoni), 1944- (Editor), Göbel, Thomas W. (Editor), Vervelde, Lonneke (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Elsevier/Academic Press, [2022]
Edition:Third edition.
Subjects:
Birds > Immunology.
Immune system.
Immunity.
Birds > immunology.
Bird Diseases > immunology.
Immune System.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book.
Table of Contents:
  • The importance of the avian immune system and its unique features
  • Structure of the avian lymphoid system
  • Development of the avian hematopoietic and immune systems
  • B cells, the bursa of Fabricius, and the generation of antibody repertoires
  • Structure and evolution of avian immunoglobulins
  • Avian T cells: Antigen Recognition and Lineages
  • The avian major histocompatibility complex
  • Introduction to the avian innate immune system; properties, effects, and integration with other parts of the immune system
  • Avian cytokines and their receptors
  • Immunogenetics and the mapping of immunological functions
  • The mucosal immune system
  • Impact of the gut microbiota on the immune system
  • Innate defenses of the avian egg
  • Avian immunosuppressive diseases and immune evasion
  • Factors modulating the avian immune system
  • Autoimmune diseases of poultry
  • Tumors of the avian immune system
  • Practical aspects of poultry vaccination
  • Comparative immunology of agricultural birds
  • Evolutionary and ecological immunology
  • Advances in genetic engineering of the avian genome.