Veterinary immunology

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