
Avian Immunology
- 1st Edition - April 28, 2011
- Editors: Bernd Kaspers, Karel A. Schat
- Language: English
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 0 8 - 0 5 5 7 5 9 - 5
The science underpinning avian immunology is crucial to understanding basic immunological principles and the exceptional features of the avian immune system, as different… Read more

- With contributions from 33 of the foremost international experts in the field this book provides the most up-to-date and comprehensive review of avian immunology of the field so far
- Contains a detailed description of the avian innate immune system reviewing constitutive barriers, chemical and cellular responses; it includes a comprehensive review of avian Toll-like receptors
- Contains a wide-ranging review of the ‘Ecoimmunology’ of free-living avian species, assessing the importance of this subject for studying population dynamics and reviewing the methods and resources available for carrying out such research
Structure of the avian lymphoid system
Development of the avian immune system
B cells, the bursa of Fabricius and the generation of antibody reperotires
Avian T cells: antigen recognition and lineage
Structure and evolution of avian immunoglobulins
Avian innate immune responses
The avian MHC
Avian antigen presenting cells
Avian cytokines and chemokines
Immunogenetics and mapping immunological functions
The avian mucosal immune system
The avian enteric immune system in health and disease
The avian respiratory immune system
The avian reproductive immune system
Avian immunosuppressive diseases and immune evasion
Factors modulating the avian immune system
Autoimmune diseases of poultry
Tumours of the avian immune system
Practical aspects of poultry vaccination
Comparative immunology of agricultural birds
Ecoimmunology
Appendix 1
Genetic stocks for immunological research
Appendix 2
Resources available for studying avian immunology
- Edition: 1
- Published: April 28, 2011
- Language: English
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Bernd Kaspers
Since his dissertation he has focused on avian immuno-physiology investigating B-lymphocyte biology, cytokines and the mucosal immune system in chickens. This work included studies on a range of infection models such as avian coccidiosis, avian influenza, Marek’s Disease and Salmonella infections. His research is documented in more than 85 publications in peer-reviewed journals, several reviews and book chapters.
His work is funded by grants from the German Research Foundation, the Federal Ministry of Education and Research, the European Union and through several co-operations with the poultry and vaccine industry.
Bernd Kaspers is member of the German Society for Immunology and as such has been speaker of the Veterinary Immunology Study Group of the society for the last 6 years. In 2004 he hosted together with Thomas Goebel the 8th Avian Immunology Research Group Meeting in Munich with more than 120 participants.
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