Veterinary immunology: principles and practice

by Day, Michael J.

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Title Statements

Full title :Veterinary immunology : principles and practice / Michael J. Day, BSc, BVMS(Hons), PhD, DSc, DiplECVP, FASM, FRCPath, FRCVS, Professor of Veterinary Pathology, School of Veterinary Sciences, University of Bristol, Langford, Bristol, UK ; in collaboration with Ronald D. Schultz, BS, MS, PhD, DACVM, Professor and Chair, Department of Pathobiological Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:©2014
Edition:Second edition

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):CRC Press/Taylor & Francis Group
Place of Publication:Boca Raton
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2014

The Physical Object

Description:xvii, 317 pages : : illustrations (some color) ; : 27 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781482224627, 1482224623
oclc:ocn870508382
LC Classification:SF757.2
Dewey Decimal:636.089/6079

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.