Edited by
Fred Davison, Institute for Animal Health, Compton Laboratory, Compton, Newbury,UK
Bernd Kaspers, Institute for Animal Physiology, Munich, Germany
Karel Schat, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA
By
Karel Schat, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA
Description
The science underpinning avian immunology is crucial to understanding basic immunological principles and the exceptional features of the
avian immune system, as different strategies birds have adopted can provide important evolutionary insights. This book provides the most
complete picture of the avian immune system so far. The world-wide importance of poultry protein for the human diet, the threat of an
avian influenza pandemic and heavy reliance on vaccination to protect commercial flocks world-wide demonstrates the need to review the
important practical lessons in disease control presented here.
Audience:
Immunologists, cell biologists, pathologists, poultry scientists, vaccinologists and veterinarians. Also zoologists, ecologists, ornithologists
and evolutionary biologists interested in using immunological parameters as selection traits for studies on survival and evolution
