Immunosuppression can increase susceptibility to infections and mortalities, increase feed conversion, reduce vaccine effectiveness and increase total production cost
Published:April 16, 2025
Summary
Introduction to Immunity Immunity refers to the body's ability to resist or defend against infections, diseases, and other unwanted biological invasions. There are two main types of immunity. Innate immunity is the host's first line of defense against invading pathogens but some pathogens particularly immunosuppressive viruses have evolved sophisticated mechanisms to evade the host...