Veterinary immunology: principles and practice

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This title provides clear learning objectives and focuses on immunological principles while applying them to the disease process and to clinical practice. Illustrated with colour diagrams and photographs, it contains case studies dealing with clinically significant immune-mediated diseases. The result is a concise, affordable and practical textbook for veterinary students and a handy reference for practitioners.

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Full title :Veterinary immunology : principles and practice / Michael J. Day in collaboration with Ronald D. Schultz.

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Publication Date:2013.
Edition:2nd edition

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):CRC Press
Place of Publication:Boca Raton, Florida
Language:eng
Publication Date:2013.

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Previous edition: London: Manson, 2011.

Includes index.

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ISBN:9781482224627, 1482224623
oclc:ocn858312304
LC Classification:SF757.2.D27.2
Dewey Decimal:636.0896079

An overview of the immune system : Innate and adaptive immunity and the inflammatory response -- Antigens and antibodies -- The complement system -- Serological testing -- Cells and tissues of the immune system -- The major histocompatibility complex -- Antigen presentation and cytokines -- The biology of T lymphocytes -- The biology of B lymphocytes -- Testing of cellular immune function -- Immune suppression -- Hypersensitivity mechanisms -- The immune response to infectious agents -- Cancer immunology and immune system neoplasia -- Immunological tolerance -- Autoimmunity and autoimmune disease -- Allergy -- Immune system ontogeny and neonatal immunology -- Immunodeficiency -- Vaccination -- Immunotherapy -- Case studies in clinical immunology.