The Immunology of the Domestic Ruminants
eBook - ePub

The Immunology of the Domestic Ruminants

Cattle, Sheep, and Goats

  1. 529 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

The Immunology of the Domestic Ruminants

Cattle, Sheep, and Goats

About this book

The Immunology of Domestic Ruminants: Cattle, Sheep, and Goats provides a thorough examination of the immune systems of these animals. It explores their normal immune functions and their roles in combating infectious and parasitic diseases, chronic inflammatory conditions, and immunodeficiency disorders. The book incorporates new data from the bovine genome project and highlights significant breed differences. Both innate and adaptive immunity are systematically covered, offering insights into basic and applied aspects of bovine immunology. In addition to detailing the immunology of major bacterial, viral, and parasitic diseases in cattle, the book reviews bovine vaccines and emphasizes the importance nutrition.This essential resource caters to professionals in large animal research and practice, providing comprehensive information on the immunology of domestic cattle, sheep, and goats. - Provides an authoritative and comprehensive source of information on the immune systems of domestic cattle as well as sheep and goats - Links recent basic science to important clinical issues - Includes current information on vaccines and disease resistance in ruminants - Discusses the relationship between nutrition and the ruminant immune system

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Information

Publisher
Academic Press
Year
2025
eBook ISBN
9780443335730
Topic
Medicine
Subtopic
Immunology

Table of contents

  1. Title of Book
  2. Chapter 1. The evolution and domestication of the ruminants
  3. Chapter 2. The reproduction and immune ontogeny of ruminants
  4. Chapter 3. Ruminant innate immunity
  5. Chapter 4. The ruminant sickness response
  6. Chapter 5. Bovine leukocytes and blood groups
  7. Chapter 6. Bovine cytokines
  8. Chapter 7. Ruminant dendritic cells and macrophages
  9. Chapter 8. The ruminant lymphoid system
  10. Chapter 9. BoLA: the bovine major histocompatibility complex
  11. Chapter 10. Ruminant Innate lymphoid cells
  12. Chapter 11. Bovine B cell responses
  13. Chapter 12. T cells and cell-mediated immunity
  14. Chapter 13. Immunity on ruminant body surfaces
  15. Chapter 14. The rumen and the surface microbiota
  16. Chapter 15. Immunity in the mammary gland
  17. Chapter 16. Immunity to selected bacterial diseases
  18. Chapter 17. Immunity to selected bovine viral diseases
  19. Chapter 18. Bovine vaccines
  20. Chapter 19. Immunity to ruminant parasites
  21. Chapter 20. Ruminant anaphylaxis and allergic diseases
  22. Chapter 21. Ruminant hypersensitivity diseases
  23. Chapter 22. Ruminant immunodeficiency diseases
  24. Chapter 23. Nutrition and ruminant immunity
  25. Chapter 24. Aspects of immunology of sheep and goats
  26. Chapter 25. The Immunology of Other Domestic Bovids
  27. Appendix A. Abbreviations
  28. Index

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