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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.
List 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
About the author
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.
