Veterinary Immunology
Veterinary Immunology
Veterinary Immunology
IMMUNOLOGY the scientific study of all aspects of immunity IMMUNITY non- susceptibility to the invasive or pathogenic effects of microorganisms Is an enhanced state of responsiveness to a specific substance, induced by prior contact with that substance State of resistance to an infection
1754
1798
1879
Louis Pasteur established the general principle of vaccination using Pasteurella multocida model in chickens.
1879
Louis Pasteur Founder of the Science of Immunology Father of Immunology First to produce Bacillus antracis vaccine Developed the first Rabies vaccine using dry spinal cord of rabies infected rabbits Daniel Salmon and Theobald Smith used heat killed culture of Salmonella enterica cholerasuis to protect pigeons Von Behring and Shibasaburo Kitasato sucessfully tested vaccines for diptheria and tetanus Von Behring named and discovered antibodies
1890-1904
1905
1955- 1960
Robert Koch discovered the tuberculin reaction and won the Nobel Prize
Jonas Salk and Alfred Sabin discovered the different forms of the poliomyelitis vaccine which was used to control the disease worldwide. George Kohler and Cesar Milstein won Nobel Prize for production of monoclonal antibodies
1984
Defense of the body or protection of the body is a function of multiple defense systems that can control or destroy most of invaders An effective immune system is essential to life
TYPES OF IMMUNITY
NATURAL OR INNATE IMMUNITY
Nonspecific Present from birth Consists of a. Barriers to antigens: e.g. skin, mucous membranes, b. chemical and cellular defense mechanisms , e.g. Inflammation- a focused defense response where local changes in tissues brought about by microbial invasion or tissue damage result in increased blood flow and local accumulation of cells that can attack and destroy the invaders. Complement System
TYPES OF IMMUNITY
ACQUIRED IMMUNITY (Specific/ Adaptive)
Expressed after exposure to a given substance or antigen and is specific An adaptive response wherein the system can learn to recognize invaders when it encounters them again and that can respond even more rapidly and effectively. The acquired immune system can recognize foreign invaders, destroy them and retain the memory of the encounter. Consist of: Humoral Immunity Cell Mediated Immunity
Slow (days weeks) Unique antigens Rarely overwhelmed Significant memory Improves with exposure
Physical Barriers
Examples:
Innate Immunity
Examples:
Specific Immunity
Examples:
BODY DEFENSE
Acquired Immunity
Innate Immunity
Humoral Immunity
Antibodies
Lymphocytes
TOLERANCE
The immune system must recognize its own cells as not foreign and not mount an immune response. Tolerance breakdown results to autoimmune disease. Examples. Systemic Lupus Erythromatosus (SLE), Hemolytic anemia and myasthenia gravis
Intracellular (Endogenous)
e.g. viruses, intracellular protozoa , cancer cells
Antigen sensitive Cells B cell Memory cells Ab producing cells Ab production Antigen elimination Stop T cell Effector cell Memory cell