Autoimmune Diseases In Domestic Animals

Ian R. Tizard, BVMS, BSc, PhD, DSc (Hons), DACVM, is a Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Microbiologists and a University Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Immunology, Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, The Texas Veterinary Medical Center at Texas A &M University (TAMU), College Station, Texas, USA. Dr. Tizard earned his Bachelor of Veterinary Medicine and Surgery from the University of Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1965. He then completed a Bachelor of Science in Pathology and a PhD in Immunology. After completing his studies, Dr. Tizard became a Post-Doctoral Fellow at the University of Guelph, where he remained as a professor until 1982 when he moved to TAMU. Dr. Tizard wrote the first standardized textbook on Veterinary Immunology in 1977. This text, now in its 11th edition, is used worldwide, and has played a major role in establishing Immunology among the key disciplines.

• Chapter 1. Tolerance and the regulation of ImmunityChapter 2. Mechanisms of AutoimmunityChapter 3. Pathogenesis of Autoimmune DiseasesChapter 4. Autoimmune Endocrine DiseasesChapter 5. Autoimmune Neurologic DiseasesChapter 6. Autoimmune Eye DiseasesChapter 7. Autoimmune Reproductive DiseasesChapter 8. Autoimmune Skin DiseasesChapter 9. Autoimmune Blood diseasesChapter 10. Autoimmune Muscle diseasesChapter 11. Autoimmune Liver and Kidney DiseasesChapter 12. Systemic Lupus ErythematosisChapter 13. Erosive Autoimmune PolyarthritisChapter 14. Non-Erosive polyarthritisChapter 15. Immune-mediated vasculitidesChapter 16. Diagnosis of Autoimmune DiseasesChapter 17. Treatment of Autoimmune DiseasesChapter 18. Autoimmunity in Laboratory Animals