Avian Immunology

Advances in avian immunology--prospects for disease control: a review.

In order to develop novel solutions to avian disease problems, including novel vaccines and/or vaccine adjuvants, and the identification of disease resistance genes which can feed into conventional breeding programmes, it is necessary to gain a more thorough understanding of the avian immune response and how pathogens can subvert that response. Birds occupy the same habitats as mammals, have si...

Ecologic Immunology of Avian Influenza (H5N1) in Migratory Birds

The claim that migratory birds are responsible for the long-distance spread of highly pathogenic avian influenza viruses of subtype H5N1 rests on the assumption that infected wild birds can remain asymptomatic and migrate long distances unhampered. We critically assess this claim from the perspective of ecologic immunology, a research field that analyzes immune function in an ecologic, physiolo...

Immunology

Immunology.

The pathological changes involved in the immunological lung diseases of the bronchiolar region are reviewed. Next, the possibility that BOOP and DPB, two diseases whose causes are presently unknown, are caused by immune responses, is discussed.

Immunology