Bookedited by Karel Schat, Bernd Kaspers, Pete Kaiser.
Summary: Provides an up-to-date overview of the current knowledge of avian immunology. From the ontogeny of the avian immune system to practical application in vaccinology, this book encompasses all aspects of innate and adaptive immunity in chickens.
Contents:
1. The importance of the avian immune system and its unique features / Fred Davison
2. Structure of the avian lymphoid system / Imre Olah, Nandor Nagy and Lonneke Vervelde
3. Development of the avian immune system / Julien S. Fellah [and three others]
4. B cells, the Bursa of Fabricius and the generation of antibody repertoires / Michael J.H. Ratcliffe and Sonja Hartle
5. Avian T cells : antigen recognition and lineages / Adrian L. Smith and Thomas W. Gobel
6. Structure and evolution of avian immunoglobulins / Sonja Hartle [and four others]
7. Innate immune responses / Helle R. Juul-Madsen [and four others]
8. The avian MHC / Jim Kaufman
9. Avian antigen-presenting cells / Bernd Kaspers and Pete Kaiser
10. Avian cytokines and chemokines / Pete Kaiser and Peter Staheli
11. Immunogenetics and the mapping of immunological functions / Susan J. Lamont, Jack C.M. Dekkers and Huaijun Zhou
12. The mucosal immune system / Bernd Kaspers, Karel A. Schat and Pete Kaiser
13. The avian enteric immune system in health and disease / Adrian L. Smith, Claire Powers and Richard K. Beal
14. The avian respiratory immune system / Sonja Hartle and Bernd Kaspers
15. The avian reproductive immune system / Paul Wigley, Paul Barrow and Karel A. Schat
16. Avian immunosuppressive diseases and immunoevasion / Karel A. Schat and Michael A. Skinner
17. Factors modulating the avian immune system / Elizabeth A. Koutsos and Kirk C. Klasing
18. Autoimmune diseases of poultry / Gisela F. Erf
19. Tumors of the avian immune system / Venugopal Nair
20. Practical aspects of poultry vaccination / Virgil E.J.C. Schijns [and three others]
21. Comparative immunology of agricultural birds / Ursula Schultz and Katharine E Magor
22. Ecoimmunology / James S. Adelman, Daniel R. Ardia and Karel A. Schat.