Covering both basic and applied aspects of immunology, this text explores the mechanisms of resistance to infectious disease, vaccines and immunologic diseases of domestic animals. Other topics reviewed include phylogeny, antigen processing, new vaccine technologies, antiparasite vaccines and diagnostic procedures. Information is provided on the molecular basis of diseases such as equine SCID, canine x-limbed immunodeficiency and porcine factor H deficiency.
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Höhe: 256 mm
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978-0-7216-5772-1 (9780721657721)
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The defence of the body; the invaders of the body; the trapping of foreign material; macrophages - the second phagocytic cell population; inflammation; MHC - the antigen-presenting receptors; antigen processing; the organs of the immune system; lymphocytes; helpter T cells and their response to antigen; B cells and their response to antigen; cytokines and the immune system; antibodies - soluble forms of BCR; the antigen-binding sites and their genetics; T cell function and the destruction of cell-associated antigen; the complement system; regulation of the immune response; serology - the detection and measurement of antibodies; immunity in the foetus and newborn; immunity at body surfaces; vaccination and vaccines; resistance to bacteria; resistance to viruses; immunity to parasites; resistance to tumours; type I hypersensitivity; red cell antigens and type II hypersensitivity; immune complexes and type III hypersensitivity; type IV hypersensitivity - delayed hypersensitivity; type IV hypersensitivity - graft rejection; autoimmunity - general principles; organ-specific autoimmune diseases; the systemic immunological diseases; primary immunological defects; drugs and other agents that affect the immue system; the evolution of the immune system.
