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The Immunology of the Cat

  • 1st Edition - September 1, 2024
  • Latest edition
  • Author: Ian R. Tizard
  • Language: English

The Immunology of the Cat makes available the first single-source, comprehensive review of the feline immune system, reporting on all immunologic aspects of diseases of the cat an… Read more

Description

The Immunology of the Cat makes available the first single-source, comprehensive review of the feline immune system, reporting on all immunologic aspects of diseases of the cat and its relatives and relating recent basic science to important clinical issues. The book opens with the evolution, domestication, and development of the cat then provides detailed information on immunity to infectious diseases, feline allergic diseases, the top feline autoimmune diseases, and feline immunodeficiencies. Content examines feline vaccines, hypersensitivity, cancer, nutrition, and the aged cat. Professionals in veterinary research and practice will appreciate complete information on all aspects of feline immunology in one essential resource.

Key features

  • Introduces the first comprehensive review of feline immunology
  • Links recent basic science to important clinical issues
  • Provides detailed and current information in one resource

Readership

Veterinary clinical researchers, with obvious application to small-animal veterinarians, especially feline specialists

Table of contents

1. The Evolution and Domestication of the Cat

2. Feline Ontogeny, Reproduction, and Lactation

3. Feline Innate Immunity

4. Feline Hematology

5. Feline Sickness

6. Feline Cytokines

7. Feline Dendritic Cells and Macrophages

8. The Feline Lymphoid Organs

9. The Feline Major Histocompatibility Complex

10. Feline Innate Lymphoid Cell

11. B cells and Immunoglobulins

12. Feline T cells and cell-mediated Immunity

13. Immunity on Feline Body Surfaces

14. The Feline Surface Microbiota and Dysbiosis

15. Immunity to Selected Feline Infectious Diseases

16. Feline Vaccines

17. Immunity to Parasitic Diseases in the Cat

18. Immediate Hypersensitivity in Cats

19. Feline Hypersensitivity Diseases, Local Immune Complex Lesions

20. Feline Allografts and Rejection

21. Feline Cancer Immunology and Immunotherapy

22. Selected Feline Organ-specific Autoimmune Diseases

23. Selected Feline Inflammatory Diseases

24. Primary and Secondary Immunodeficiencies in the Cat

25. Feline Nutrition and Immunity

26. Immunity in the Geriatric Cat

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Published: September 1, 2024
  • Language: English

About the author

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Ian R. Tizard

Ian R. Tizard, BVMS, BSc, PhD, DSc (Hons), DACVM, is a Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Microbiologists and a University Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Immunology, Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, The Texas Veterinary Medical Center at Texas A &M University (TAMU), College Station, Texas, USA. Dr. Tizard earned his Bachelor of Veterinary Medicine and Surgery from the University of Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1965. He then completed a Bachelor of Science in Pathology and a PhD in Immunology. After completing his studies, Dr. Tizard became a Post-Doctoral Fellow at the University of Guelph, where he remained as a professor until 1982 when he moved to TAMU. Dr. Tizard wrote the first standardized textbook on Veterinary Immunology in 1977. This text, now in its 11th edition, is used worldwide, and has played a major role in establishing Immunology among the key disciplines.

Affiliations and expertise
University Distinguished Professor of Immunology Emeritus, Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, USA

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