VMC 221: Veterinary Immunology and Serology (1+1)

TYPES OF IMMUNITY

• The physiologic function of the immune system is to confer protection against microbes and non-infectious macromolecules and there are two types of immunity.
  • Innate or Non-specific or Natural or Native immunity and
  • Adaptive or acquired or specific immunity.
• This can be further divided based on cellular and humoral responses. Both could be either natural or artificial.