Veterinary Clinical Immunology - by Oliver A Garden & Linda Kidd (Hardcover)

About the Book

"Firmly grounded in clinical practice, this textbook would fill a niche in the current market, which is currently populated with books that are inherently biased towards the pathology of the immune system, reflected in the credentials of the authors or editors. Furthermore, the current textbooks take an immune-centric view on the subject, focusing on anatomical or functional divisions of the immune system and mentioning diseases in passing, rather than taking a more clinically tractable, disease-centric, practical viewpoint that would be of greater use to the clinical practitioner. This textbook would be richly illustrated with both cartoon images and photographs of clinical cases and relevant supportive materials, such as images of blood smears, tissue sections and other specimens germane to the clinical pathology of immune-mediated disease"-- Provided by publisher.

From the Back Cover

A richly illustrated reference on immune-mediated diseases in dogs and cats, grounded in veterinary clinical practice

Veterinary Clinical Immunology provides clear and accurate information on the -pathogenesis, diagnosis, and treatment of immune-mediated diseases in small animals. Written by practicing clinicians for practicing clinicians, this highly practical resource contains user-friendly chapters on general and specific testing methods, common and atypical immune-mediated diseases, vaccination best practice and controversies, and more.

Divided into four sections, the textbook opens with a thorough immunology primer for -clinicians, describing innate and adaptive immunity, pathophysiology, immunogenetics, and pathogens. Subsequent sections focus on diagnostic approaches and treatments, immuno-deficiency and onco-immunology, and a range of specific immune-mediated diseases, including diseases of the hematopoietic system, the oral cavity and gastrointestinal tract, the kidneys and bladder, and the nervous and endocrine systems.

• Provides information directly applicable to clinical practice with emphasis on the diagnosis and management of immunological conditions
• Features numerous real-world case examples supported by high-quality -images of blood smears, tissue sections, and other specimens relevant to the clinical -pathology of immune-mediated diseases
• Includes access to a companion website with video clips of clinical cases and -additional teaching resources
• Authored and edited by internationally-recognized experts in their respective fields

Veterinary Clinical Immunology is a must-have for busy primary practitioners and -specialists looking for a current and comprehensive reference source. It is also a valuable clinically-based textbook for undergraduate and postgraduate veterinary students, trainees, residents, and veterinary technicians and nurses.

About the Author

Oliver A Garden, BSc, BVetMed, PhD, FHEA, FCPP, FRCVS, DACVIM, DECVIM-CA, Dean of the School of Veterinary Medicine and the Kenneth Burns Endowed Chair in Veterinary Medicine at Louisiana State University, USA. He is a European and American Board-certified specialist clinician with almost three decades' experience in the field. He is the founder and President of the Veterinary and Comparative Clinical Immunology Society.

Linda Kidd, DVM, PhD, DACVIM, Professor of Small Animal Internal Medicine, Linda Kidd Internal Medicine Consulting, Carlsbad, CA, USA.