Page 1329 - Veterinary Immunology, 10th Edition

• Understand why stress of various types suppresses immunity.
VetBooks.ir • Explain the links between obesity, inflammation, and immunosuppression.

• Explain the basic features of immunosenescence.

The immune system, like any body system, is liable to destruction

and dysfunction as a result of attacks by pathogenic and
environmental agents. Among the most important of these agents
are microorganisms, especially viruses, environmental toxins, stress

of various types, malnutrition, and the progressive deterioration of
old age.

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