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.

• 1. Basic Immunology: A Review2. Immunologic Tolerance3. Loss of Tolerance4. Genetic Factors in Autoimmunity5. The Microbiota and Autoimmunity6. Autoimmune Endocrine Diseases7. Autoimmune Neurologic Diseases8. Autoimmune Eye Diseases9. Autoimmune Reproductive Diseases10. Autoimmune Skin Diseases11. Autoimmune Blood Diseases12. Autoimmune Muscle Diseases13. Autoimmune and Immune-Mediated Liver and Kidney Diseases14. Autoinflammatory Diseases15. Systemic Lupus Erythematosus16. Rheumatoid Arthritis17. Seronegative Nonerosive Arthropathies18. Immune-Mediated Vascular Disease19. Immune-Mediated Enteropathies20. Diagnostic Tests for Autoimmune Diseases21. The Treatment of Immune-Mediated Diseases22. Experimental Autoimmune Disease Models