Ian R. Tizard Exploring the immunologic concerns of both large and small animals, Veterinary Immunology,11th Edition is the only complete resource on immunology for veterinary practitioners. This new edition has been meticulously updated to continue its trend of incorporating the latest advances and topics in the field. It features a straightforward presentation of basic immunologic principles along with thorough and timely information on the most significant immunologic diseases and responses seen in domestic animals. Vibrant images and wealth of clinical examples give you a better understanding of complex topics and concepts and how they come in to play during professional practice. Lue lisää Contents 1 Surviving in a Microbial World2 Innate Immunity: How to Detect Invaders3 Humoral Innate Immunity: Inflammation4 Humoral Innate Immunity: Antimicrobial Peptides5 Humoral Innate Immunity: The Complement System6 Cellular Innate Immunity: Leukocytes7 Cellular Innate Immunity: Macrophages and Recoveryfrom Inflammation8 Sickness: The Body’s Innate Responses9 How Immune Cells Communicate: Cytokines and TheirReceptors10 Antigens: Triggers of Adaptive Immunity11 Dendritic Cells, Antigen Processing, and Presentation12 The Major Histocompatibility Complex13 Lymphoid Organs: Their Structure and Functions14 Lymphocytes15 Helper T Cells: Diverse Responses to Antigens16 B Cells and Their Response to Antigens17 Antibodies: Soluble Antigen Receptors18 How Antigen-Binding Receptors Are Made19 T Cells and the Destruction of Intracellular Invaders20 Innate Lymphoid Cells21 Regulation of Adaptive Immunity22 The Microbiota and the Immune System23 Immunity on Body Surfaces24 Immunity in the Fetus and Newborn25 Vaccines and Their Production26 The Use of Vaccines27 Immunity to Bacteria and Fungi28 Immunity to Viruses29 Immunity to Parasites30 Mast Cell– and Eosinophil-Mediated Hypersensitivity31 Selected Allergic Diseases32 Red Cell Antigens and Antibody-MediatedHypersensitivity33 Immune Complexes and Neutrophil-MediatedHypersensitivity34 T Cell–Mediated Hypersensitivities35 Organ Graft Rejection and Pregnancy36 Tumor Immunology and Immunotherapy37 Autoimmune Diseases and the Loss of Tolerance38 Selected Organ-Specific Autoimmune Diseases39 Selected Immune-Mediated InflammatoryDiseases40 Primary Immunodeficiency Diseases41 Secondary Immunological Defects42 Drugs and Other Agents That Affect the ImmuneSystem43 Immunodiagnostic MethodsAppendix 1: Selected CD MoleculesAppendix 2: Some Selected CytokinesAppendix 3: Some Important AbbreviationsGlossaryIndex