Veterinary Immunology An Introduction 7 Edition Tizard Ian R by Tizard, Ian R instant download after payment.

xvi, 494 pages : 28 cm, Includes bibliographical references and index, The defense of the body -- How inflammation is triggered -- Neutrophils and their products -- Macrophages and the later stages of inflammation -- Antigens : triggers of acquired immunity -- Dendritic cells and antigen processing -- Acquired immunity : the antigen-presenting receptors -- Organs of the immune system -- Lymphocytes -- T helper cells and their response to antigen -- B cells and their response to antigen -- Cytokines and the immune system -- Antibodies : soluble forms of BCR -- Generation of antigen-binding receptors -- Innate and acquired immunity : the complement system -- Immunodiagnostic techniques -- T-cell function and the destruction of cell-associated invaders -- Regulation of the acquired immune response -- Immunity in the fetus and newborn, Immunity at body surfaces -- Vaccines and their production -- The use of vaccines -- Acquired immunity to bacteria and related organisms -- Acquired immunity to viruses -- Acquired 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 -- The systemic immunological diseases -- Primary immunodeficiencies -- Secondary immunological defects -- Drugs and other agents that affect the immune system -- The evolution of the immune system