Interferon-alpha and haptoglobin in pigs selectively bred for high and low immune response and infected with Mycoplasma hyorhinis

Veterinary Immunology and Immunopathology

Volumn 68, Issue 2-4, 1999, Pages 131-137

  Magnusson, Ulf ^a   Wilkie, Bruce ^a   Artursson, Karin ^b   Mallard, Bonnie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Genetic selection; Haptoglobin; Interferon alpha; Mycoplasma hyorhinis; Pigs

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; HAPTOGLOBIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ARTHRITIS; BACTERIAL PERITONITIS; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; GENETIC SELECTION; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MYCOPLASMA; NONHUMAN; PLEURISY; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SWINE;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIBODY FORMATION; ARTHRITIS; BREEDING; FEMALE; HAPTOGLOBINS; INTERFERON-ALPHA; MALE; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA INFECTIONS; PERITONITIS; SELECTION (GENETICS); SWINE; SWINE DISEASES;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYCOPLASMA HYORHINIS; NEGIBACTERIA; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0033013375     PISSN: 01652427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-2427(99)00025-2     Document Type: Article

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