An International Journal of Comparative Immunology

The journal reports basic, comparative and clinical immunology as they pertain to the animal species designated here: livestock, poultry, and fish species that are major food animals and companion animals such as cats, dogs, horses and camels, and wildlife species that act as reservoirs for food, companion or human infectious diseases, or as models for human disease.

Rodent models of infectious diseases that are of importance in the animal species indicated above,when the disease requires a level of containment that is not readily available for larger animal experimentation (ABSL3), will be considered. Papers on rabbits, lizards, guinea pigs, badgers, armadillos, elephants, antelope, and buffalo will be reviewed if the research advances our fundamental understanding of immunology, or if they act as a reservoir of infectious disease for the primary animal species designated above, or for humans. Manuscripts employing other species will be reviewed if justified as fitting into the categories above.

The following topics are appropriate: biology of cells and mechanisms of the immune system, immunochemistry, immunodeficiencies, immunodiagnosis, immunogenetics, immunopathology, immunology of infectious disease and tumors, immunoprophylaxis including vaccine development and delivery, immunological aspects of pregnancy including passive immunity, autoimmuity, neuroimmunology, and transplanatation immunology. Manuscripts that describe new genes and development of tools such as monoclonal antibodies are also of interest when part of a larger biological study. Studies employing extracts or constituents (plant extracts, feed additives or microbiome) must be sufficiently defined to be reproduced in other laboratories and also provide evidence for possible mechanisms and not simply show an effect on the immune system.

Ideas and suggestions for Special Issues are also welcome. These may focus on a planned conference/symposium for which a selection of the best papers could be published together (after peer review). Alternatively, they could consist of a group of invited papers which together present an up-to-date overview on an important immunological topic.

1. Original research papers 
2. Review articles
3. Scientific meeting Reports

Editors-in-Chief
E.J. Glass
The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
J-P. Scheerlinck
The University of Melbourne Asialink, Parkville, Australia
S. Sharif
University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
Review Articles Editors
W.T. Golde
Moredun Research Institute, Penicuik, United Kingdom
Editorial Advisory Board
C.L. Baldwin
Amherst, Massachusetts, United States
W. Baumgärtner
Hannover, Germany
D.R. Brown
Gainesville, FL, United States
B.M. Buddle
Palmerston North, New Zealand
F. Ceciliani, DVM, PhD
Milano, Italy
E. Davis
Manhattan, KS, United States
N. Decaro
Bari, Italy
P.J. Felsburg
Philadelphia, PA, United States
C. Fossum
Uppsala, Sweden
L.J. Gershwin
Davis, CA, United States
P. Griebel
Saskatoon, SK, Canada
R.E.W. Halliwell
Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
J.C. Hope
Roslin, United Kingdom
D.W. Horohov
Lexington, KY, United States
M. Koci
Raleigh, North Carolina, United States
A.P. Koets
Utrecht, Netherlands
R. de Lima Santos
Belo Horizonte, Brazil
F. Meurens
Nantes, France
S. Muyldermans
Brussel, Belgium
J. Naessens
Nairobi, Kenya
T. Nakanishi
Fujisawa, Japan
M. Nakao
Fukuoka, Japan
M. Rocchi
Penicuik, United Kingdom
V.P.M.G. Rutten
Utrecht, Netherlands
A. Saalmüller
Vienna, Austria
L. Sordillo
East Lansing, MI, United States
A.K. Storset
Oslo, Norway
A. Summerfield
Mittelhausern, Switzerland
L. Vervelde
Roslin, United Kingdom
M. Vordermeier
Addlestone, United Kingdom
B. Wagner
Ithaca, NY, United States