Veterinary immunology protects vertebrates against pathogens
Veterinary immunology, defined as the immunology of domestic and wild animals having economical or sentimental value to man, provides both practical knowledge that is useful to animal husbandry, and new insights into fundamental immunology. It protects vertebrates against pathogens, or infectious agents, such as viruses, bacteria, fungi, and other parasites.
Great advances in immunology are usually supported by experiments carried out in animal models and by far, inbred lines of mice and their corresponding knock-out or knock-in derivatives, are the most commonly used animal systems in immunological studies. Though with much credit to their usefulness, laboratory mice will never provide all the answers to fully understand immunological processes. Also, some answers provided in mouse models are not applicable to other species of animals or humans. Large animal models offer unique biological and experimental advantages that have been and continue to be of great value to the understanding of biological and immunological processes
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