A review of immunologic diseases of the dog

The following review is based on notes used in the teaching of clinical imm unology to veterinary students. Immune diseases of the dog are placed into six different categories: (1) type I or allergic conditions: (2) type II or auto- and allo-antibody diseases; (3) type III or immune complex disorders : (4) type IV or cell-mediated immune diseases; (5) type V conditions or ga mmopathies; and (6) type VI or immunodeficiency disorders. Separate discuss ions of transplantation immunology and the use of drugs to regulate unwante d immune responses are also included. (C) 1999 Elsevier Science B.V. All ri ghts reserved.