A model for the prediction of relative titres of avian malaria and aspergillus spp. IgG in jackass penguin (Spheniscus demersus) females based on maternal IgG in egg-yolk

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 749-754

  Graczyk, Thaddeus K ^a,b   Cranfield, Michael R ^b,c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b Baltimore Zoo   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

African black footed penguins; Aspergillosis; Aspergillus spp; Avian malaria; ELISA; Jackass penguins; Maternal IgG; Spheniscus demersus

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGG YOLK; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; MALARIA; NONHUMAN; PENGUIN; PREDICTION;

ANIMALIA; ASPERGILLUS; AVES; PLASMODIUM ELONGATUM; PLASMODIUM RELICTUM; SPHENISCIDAE; SPHENISCUS DEMERSUS;

EID: 0030198801     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0020-7519(96)00061-6     Document Type: Article

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