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CONTRIBUTORS

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

CHAPTER 1. FISH IMMUNOLOGY AND FISH HEALTH

I. INTRODUCTION

II. EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN AND RESULTS

III. VACCINATION

IV. DEVELOPMENT AND TOLERANCE

V. CONCLUSIONS

VI. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

REFERENCES

CHAPTER 2. SPECIALISATION IN THE TELEOST AND ANURAN IMMUNE RESPONSE: A COMPARATIVE CRITIQUE

I. INTRODUCTION

II. CELL-MEDIATED IMMUNITY

III. ANTIBODY-MEDIATED IMMUNITY

IV. OTHER IMMUNE AND RELATED PHENOMENA

V. CONCLUSIONS

REFERENCES

CHAPTER 3. PHAGOCYTOSIS IN FISH

I. INTRODUCTION

ONTOGENY OF PHAGOCYTES

CELLS DISPLAYING PHAGOCYTOSIS

PHAGOCYTOSIS

KINETICS OF PARTICLE CLEARANCE

ORGAN LOCALISATION OF ANTIGENIC MATERIAL

STRESS AND ENDOTOXIN EFFECT ON PHAGOCYTOSIS

REFERENCES

CHAPTER 4. AN IN VITRO STUDY OF POLYMORPHONUCLEAR PHAGOCYTOSIS AND THE EFFECT OF TEMPERATURE

I. INTRODUCTION

II. MATERIALS AND METHODS

III. RESULTS

IV. DISCUSSION

REFERENCES

CHAPTER 5. STUDIES ON GRANULOCYTE HETEROGENEITY IN ELASMOBRANCHS

I. INTRODUCTION

II. MATERIALS AND METHODS

III. RESULTS

IV. DISCUSSION

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CHAPTER 6. PHAGOCYTIC CELLS IN THE DOGFISH (SCYLIORHINUS CANICULA L.)

REFERENCES

CHAPTER 7. THE MELANO-MACROPHAGE CENTRES OF FISH: A REVIEW

INTRODUCTION AND BRIEF REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE

THE PIGMENTS

THE PIGMENT-CARRYING CELLS

ONTOGENIC AND PHYLOGENETIC CONSIDERATIONS

WHY SO MUCH PIGMENT?

THE POSSIBLE ROLE OF MELANIN IN MELANO-MACROPHAGE CELLS

THE ROLE OF MELANO-MACROPHAGES IN HAEMOSIDERIN RECYCLING

FUNCTIONAL DIVERSITY AMONG MELANO-MACROPHAGES IN DIFFERENT ORGANS

FACTORS AFFECTING ABUNDANCE OF MELANO-MACROPHAGE CENTRES

CONCLUDING REMARKS

REFERENCES

CHAPTER 8. FISH SERUM PRECIPITINS TO AEROMONAS SALMONICIDA EXOTOXINS AND PROTEASE-LIPOPROTEIN REACTIONS: A CRITICAL APPRAISAL

I. INTRODUCTION

II. MATERIALS AND METHODS

III. RESULTS

IV. DISCUSSION

REFERENCES

CHAPTER 9. SERUM PRECIPITINS OF THE ATLANTIC SALMON SALMO SALAR, AND THEIR POSSIBLE ROLE IN IMMUNOLOGICAL DEFENCE

I. INTRODUCTION

II. MATERIALS AND METHODS

III. RESULTS

IV. DISCUSSION

REFERENCES

CHAPTER 10. NON-IMMUNOGLOBULIN HUMORAL DEFENCE MECHANISMS IN FISH

I. ANTI-GROWTH SUBSTANCES

II. ANTI-ENZYME

III. SUBSTANCES WHICH CAUSE LYSIS

IV. AGGLUTININ, PRECIPITINS AND OPSONINS

REFERENCES

CHAPTER 11. SEQUENTIAL ANTIGENIC COMPETITION IN TELEOSTS: A BACTERIOPHAGE-AEROMONAS SALMONICIDA INTERACTION

I. INTRODUCTION

II. MATERIALS AND METHODS

III. RESULTS

IV. DISCUSSION

REFERENCES

CHAPTER 12. THE IMMUNE RESPONSE OF BROWN TROUT, SALMO TRUTTA TO SHEEP AND HUMAN 'O' ERYTHROCYTES

I. INTRODUCTION

II. MATERIALS AND METHODS

III. RESULTS

IV. DISCUSSION

REFERENCES

CHAPTER 13. ABSENCE OF ANAMNESTIC ANTIBODY RESPONSE TO DNP-HAEMOCYANIN AND DNP-FICOLL IN RAINBOW TROUT

I. INTRODUCTION

II. MATERIALS AND METHODS

III. RESULTS

IV. DISCUSSION

REFERENCES

CHAPTER 14. ORAL IMMUNISATION AGAINST FURUNCULOSIS: AN EVALUATION OF TWO FIELD TRIALS

I. INTRODUCTION

II. MATERIALS AND METHODS

III. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION

REFERENCES

CHAPTER 15. AN INVESTIGATION OF THE SKIN OF RAINBOW TROUT, SALMO GAIRDNERI RICHARDSON, FOR ANTIGEN UPTAKE MECHANISMS FOLLOWING SPRAY VACCINATION

I. INTRODUCTION

II. MATERIALS AND METHODS

III. RESULTS

IV. DISCUSSION

REFERENCES

CHAPTER 16. NATURAL AND ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY IN MARINE TELEOSTS TO BACTERIAL ISOLATES FROM SEWAGE SLUDGE

I. INTRODUCTION

II. MATERIALS AND METHODS

III. RESULTS

IV. DISCUSSION

REFERENCES

CHAPTER 17. FACTORS INFLUENCING THE EFFICACY OF VACCINES AGAINST VIBRIOSIS CAUSED BY VIBRIO ANGUILLARUM

I. INTRODUCTION

II. MATERIALS AND METHODS

III. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION

REFERENCES

CHAPTER 18. BATH VACCINATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF IMMUNOLOGICAL MEMORY IN CARP (CYPRINUS CARPIO L.)

REFERENCES

CHAPTER 19. MATERNAL EFFECTS AND RESISTANCE TO INFECTION BY ICHTHYOPHTHIRIUS MULTIFILIIS IN XIPHOPHORUS MACULATUS

I. INTRODUCTION

II. MATERIALS AND METHODS

III. RESULTS

IV. DISCUSSION

REFERENCES

CHAPTER 20. THE SEPARATION AND CULTIVATION OF FISH LYMPHOCYTES

I. INTRODUCTION

II. METHODS

III. RESULTS

IV. DISCUSSION

V. CONCLUSIONS

REFERENCES

CHAPTER 21. DO FISH HAVE INTERLEUKINS?

REFERENCES

CHAPTER 22. SUPPRESSION BY CORTISOL OF THE MITOGEN-INDUCED PROLIFERATION OF PERIPHERAL BLOOD LEUCOCYTES FROM PLAICE, PLEURONECTES PLATESSA L

I. INTRODUCTION

II. MATERIALS AND METHODS

III. RESULTS

IV. DISCUSSION

REFERENCES

CHAPTER 23. LAMPREY MELANO-MACROPHAGES: STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION

INTRODUCTION

DISTRIBUTION AND MORPHOLOGY OF LAMPREY MELANO-MACROPHAGES

FUNCTIONS OF LAMPREY MELANO-MACROPHAGES

REFERENCES

CHAPTER 24. EVOLUTION OF THE THYMUS IN RAINBOW TROUT

I. INTRODUCTION

II. MATERIALS AND METHODS

III. RESULTS

IV. DISCUSSION

REFERENCES

CHAPTER 25. THE THYMUS OF THE ANGLER FISH, LOPHIUS PISCATORIUS (PISCES: TELEOSTEI) A LIGHT AND ELECTRON MICROSCOPIC STUDY

I. INTRODUCTION

II. MATERIALS AND METHODS

III. RESULTS

IV. DISCUSSION

REFERENCES

CHAPTER 26. ANTIBODY RESPONSES OF YOUNG CARP, CYPRINUS CARPIO, AND GREY MULLET, CHELON LABROSUS, IMMUNIZED WITH SOLUBLE ANTIGEN BY VARIOUS ROUTES

I. INTRODUCTION

II. MATERIALS AND METHODS

III. RESULTS

IV. DISCUSSION

REFERENCES

CHAPTER 27. THE ONTOGENY OF THE IMMUNE SYSTEM IN THE VIVIPAROUS TELEOST ZOARCES VIVIPARUS L

I. INTRODUCTION

II. METHODS

III. RESULTS

IV. DISCUSSION

REFERENCES

CHAPTER 28. EXPERIMENTALLY INDUCED IMMUNE REACTIONS TO GONAD IN RAINBOW TROUT (SALMO GAIRDNERI)

I. INTRODUCTION

II. MATERIALS AND METHODS

III. RESULTS

IV. DISCUSSION

REFERENCES

CHAPTER 29. IMMUNOSUPPRESSION AND IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE IN CARP

I. INTRODUCTION

II. MATERIALS AND METHODS

III. RESULTS

IV. DISCUSSION

REFERENCES

CHAPTER 3. CONCLUDING REMARKS

INDEX