Introduction to Veterinary Medicine

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.