Day’s Veterinary Immunology: Principles and Practice

Michael Day's Veterinary Immunology: Principles and Practice is the adopted text in numerous veterinary schools throughout the world. Updated and revised by Brian Catchpole and Harm HogenEsch with advances in knowledge since 2014, this third edition reflects the rapid developments in the field internationally, while preserving the strengths of Day's original writing. It adds numerous case studies demonstrating the clinical context across companion and farm animals.

The textbook presents information on commonly used diagnostic test procedures and includes learning objectives at the start and key points at the end of each chapter, standard symbols in diagrams throughout the text to provide continuity, clinical examples and clinicopathological figures throughout, and a glossary of terms and list of commonly used abbreviations. Short animations are viewable via the Support Materials tab on the Routledge webpage, adding a new element of practical application.

Exploring the immunological principles of both large and small animals, the book emphasizes immunological principles while applying them to disease processes and to clinical practice. It provides a practical textbook for veterinary students and a handy reference for practitioners.

Table of Contents:

Chapter 1: An overview of the immune system: Important concepts and principles of innate and adaptive immunity

Chapter 2: Cells and tissues of the immune system

Chapter 3: Innate immunity

Chapter 4: Lymphocyte development

Chapter 5: The major histocompatibility complex and antigen presentation

Chapter 6: Cytokines, chemokines and their receptors

Chapter 7: The biology of T lymphocytes

Chapter 8: Antibody structure and function

Chapter 9: The biology of B lymphocytes

Chapter 10: Immunodiagnostics: Serology, immunoassays and measurement of cell-mediated immunity

Chapter 11: The immune response to infectious agents

Chapter 12: Immune evasion by pathogens

Chapter 13: Vaccination

Chapter 14: Immune system ontogeny and neonatal immunology

Chapter 15: Immunological tolerance and immune suppression

Chapter 16: Immunodeficiency

Chapter 17: Hypersensitivity reactions

Chapter 18: Hypersensitivity disorders and allergic disease

Chapter 19: Autoimmunity and autoimmune disease

Chapter 20: Cancer immunology and immune system neoplasia

Chapter 21: Immunotherapy

Chapter 22: Case studies in clinical immunology