• 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.

  • 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

  • Brian Catchpole

    Is Professor of Companion Animal Immunology at the Royal Veterinary College, University of London. He graduated from the RVC in 1992 and after a period of time in veterinary clinical practice, returned to London to undertake a Wellcome Trust veterinary research training fellowship in the Infection & Immunity group at King’s College London. After gaining his PhD, he returned to the RVC, initially as a postdoctoral research fellow and subsequently as a member of academic staff. Brian’s research is focused on canine immunology, including studies into infectious disease (leptospirosis), immunosenescence, cancer immunotherapy and immune-mediated disease in dogs. Brian has been teaching immunology to veterinary undergraduates for the past 20 years.

    Harm HogenEsch

    Is a Distinguished Professor of Immunopathology in the Department of Comparative Pathobiology of the Purdue University College of Veterinary Medicine. He received his DVM degree from the University of Utrecht, the Netherlands, and PhD in immunology from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He is a Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Pathologists. He worked for 3 years at the Institute for Aging and Vascular Research in Leiden, the Netherlands, before joining Purdue University. Harm’s research interests include vaccine development and the immunopathology of allergic skin disease. He has published over 150 peer-reviewed articles and 22 book chapters. Harm teaches an immunology course for first year veterinary students and graduate students.

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