Rehabilitating The Athletic Horse (veterinary Sciences And Medicine Series)

Brucellosis is one of the most important zoonotic diseases worldwide. This book focuses on host natural resistance and innate immunity against Brucella infection. The impact of Johne's disease, a chronic, granulomatous enteritis of ruminants and some wild-type species is examined as well. In addition, the molecular and cellular mechanisms of DNA vaccines are addressed in this book, as well as the optimization strategies that are currently pursued to harness the therapeutic and commercial advantages of DNA vaccination. Moreover, immune responses may substantially differ between conventional laboratory antigens and microbial ones. This book focuses on the experimental pulmonary tuberculosis as a convenient in vivo model to study the disease, providing important advantages over other models. Other chapters examine the defense mechanisms of several flatfish species, which is a main priority to prevent economic losses. The role of the intestine in the immune response in all vertebrates is examined as well, including its cellular components. Mucosal intestinal immunity and response to parasite infections in ectothermic vertebrates / Pilar Alvarez-Pellitero Unraveling the genetics of bovine Johne's disease : lessons learned from human inflammatory bowel disease / Chris P. Verschoor, Sameer D. Pant, Niel A. Karrow Characterization of flatfish Mx proteins / E. Garcia-Rosado ... [et al.] Advances in DNA vaccination : design, immunology, and manufacturing / Gabriel Amaro Monteiro ... [et al.] Natural resistance and innate immunity in brucellosis / Tatiane A. Paixão ... [et al.] Experimental pulmonary tuberculosis and immune inhibitory signals : a potential role for PD1-PD1-ligand interplay / T. Santos-Mendoza ... [et al.] Psychoneuroimmunology of social factors in rodents and other animals / Alessandro Bartolomucci Neuroimmunology research in non-human primates / Bert A. ʻt Hart ... [et al.]. This is a book about the restitution of soundness in horses which have been trained under seemingly ideal conditions, and nonetheless suffered injury. Most of the books authors have had direct experience in performing medical and surgical interventions designed to correct athletic injuries. Most of the authors have also been directly involved in the conditioning techniques designed to not only render their own charges ready for competition, but also ready to win. The book suggests how things can go wrong even with mans best-laid plans. The text then describes the path back from athletic injuries based upon that which is known about equine anatomy and physiology, and draws upon experience in human rehabilitation where applicable. Content: Overall philosophy of total rehabilitation / G.E. "Bud" Fackelman -- Exercise physiology, poor performance, overtraining / Michael S. Davis -- Regional therapy / G.E. "Bud" Fackelman -- Stem cell therapy. Shock wave therapy / Scott Reiners -- Hyperbaric oxygen therapy / Dennis Geiser -- Equine intra-articular injection / Bradford G. Bentz, Mark S. Revenaugh -- Extra-articular therapies used in management of lameness / Bradford G. Bentz, Mark S. Revenaugh -- Controlled exercise strategies / Hank Jann, Rob Glass, Suzanne M. Konz -- Psychological aspects of rehabilitation / Cassie Smith, Robert M. Miller, Pat Parelli.