Assessment of Phagocytic Capacity and Opsonic Activity in Blood and Mammary Secretions during Lactation in Sows

Journal of Veterinary Medicine, Series B

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 353-361

  Magnusson, U ^a   Greko, C ^b  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b NATIONAL VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OPSONIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; IMMUNOLOGY; LABOR; LACTATION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; NEUTROPHIL; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PREGNANCY; SECRETION; SWINE; UDDER;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; LACTATION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAMMARY GLANDS, ANIMAL; NEUTROPHILS; OPSONIN PROTEINS; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PREGNANCY; SWINE;

EID: 0032135035     PISSN: 09311793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0450.1998.tb00804.x     Document Type: Article

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