Publisher's Synopsis
During the last years, the dairy industry has been growing following the intensification pathway copied by the poultry and pig industries through the past 40 years made possible by the post-war emergence of new technology and scientific advancements. In relations of applied veterinary immunology, animal production has importantly benefited from the scientific advances made in giving us a far larger understanding of how the immune system functions and the interaction between pathogens and immune processes. These new insights have permitted the development of improved immunological tools in terms of new vaccines and better diagnostic capabilities. Such improvements have brought us into a new watershed of livestock production. Better immunological tools have allowed animal agriculture to intensify and create new efficiencies and greater economies of scale than ever before. Prevalence of animal disease has threatened the husbandry and public health. Vaccination is a key to control various animal diseases. To achieve an effective vaccination strategy, several factors should be given more attention, such as vaccine quality, immunization routine and procedures, and evaluation standard. In addition, effective and definite diagnosis guarantees successful vaccinations. With the development of biotechnology and increase of our understanding of host immune responses, progresses on vaccine and immunology in the veterinary field are accumulated. Veterinary Immunology: Principles and Practice explores the latest advances in the field and provides a wealth of clinical examples that illustrate and clarify important concepts. It presents wide range coverage of biology of cells and mechanisms of the immune system, immunochemistry, immunodeficiencies, immunodiagnosis, immunogenetics, immunopathology, immunology of infectious disease and tumors, immunoprophylaxis including vaccine development and delivery.
