Veterinary immunology. (©2013)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Ian R. Tizard.
• Other Names: Tizard, Ian R
• 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 -- Appendices : 1. Annotated list of selected CD molecules ; 2. Some selected cytokines.
• Edition: 9th ed
• Publisher Details: St. Louis, Mo : Elsevier/Saunders
• Publication Date: 2013
• Copyright Date: 2013
• Extent: 1 online resource (xiii, 551 pages), illustrations (chiefly color)
• Subjects: 636.0896079; Veterinary immunology; Animal Diseases -- immunology; Animal Population Groups -- immunology; Immune System Diseases -- veterinary; Veterinary immunology
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780323291699; 0323291694
• Related ISBNs: 9781455703623; 1455703621
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.