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Equine immunity to bacteria
1Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, USA. gigueres@mail.vetmed.ufl.edu
The Veterinary Clinics of North America. Equine Practice
|April 7, 2000
Abstract:
The remarkable ability of the horse and other animals to prevent infection by most bacterial pathogens encountered is the result of a complex set of distinct but overlapping defense mechanisms. This article summarizes the current state of knowledge on innate and adaptive immunity to bacterial pathogens and reviews various ways in which some bacteria have evolved in order to evade components of the host response.