Ian R. Tizard, BVMS, BSc, PhD, DSc (Hons), DACVM, is a Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Microbiologists and a University Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Immunology, Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, The Texas Veterinary Medical Center at Texas A &M University (TAMU), College Station, Texas, USA. Dr. Tizard earned his Bachelor of Veterinary Medicine and Surgery from the University of Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1965. He then completed a Bachelor of Science in Pathology and a PhD in Immunology. After completing his studies, Dr. Tizard became a Post-Doctoral Fellow at the University of Guelph, where he remained as a professor until 1982 when he moved to TAMU. Dr. Tizard wrote the first standardized textbook on Veterinary Immunology in 1977. This text, now in its 11th edition, is used worldwide, and has played a major role in establishing Immunology among the key disciplines.

Chapter 1. Tolerance and the regulation of Immunity

Chapter 2. Mechanisms of Autoimmunity

Chapter 3. Pathogenesis of Autoimmune Diseases

Chapter 4. Autoimmune Endocrine Diseases

Chapter 5. Autoimmune Neurologic Diseases

Chapter 6. Autoimmune Eye Diseases

Chapter 7. Autoimmune Reproductive Diseases

Chapter 8. Autoimmune Skin Diseases

Chapter 9. Autoimmune Blood diseases

Chapter 10. Autoimmune Muscle diseases

Chapter 11. Autoimmune Liver and Kidney Diseases

Chapter 12. Systemic Lupus Erythematosis

Chapter 13. Erosive Autoimmune Polyarthritis

Chapter 14. Non-Erosive polyarthritis

Chapter 15. Immune-mediated vasculitides

Chapter 16. Diagnosis of Autoimmune Diseases

Chapter 17. Treatment of Autoimmune Diseases

Chapter 18. Autoimmunity in Laboratory Animals