Comparison of in vitro tests for evaluation of passive transfer of immunoglobulins in giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis)

Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 85-93

  Miller, Michele ^a,b   Coville, Betsy ^a,c   Abou Madi, Noha ^a,d   Olsen, John ^a  

^a Zoo Department   (United States)

^b DISNEY S ANIMAL KINGDOM   (United States)

^c Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^d Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Electrophoresis; Giraffa camelopardalis; Giraffe; Immunoglobulin; Passive transfer; Zinc sulfate turbidity

Indexed keywords

FIXATIVE; GLUTARALDEHYDE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; PLASMA PROTEIN; SODIUM SULFITE; SULFITE; ZINC SULFATE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ARTIODACTYLA; BLOOD; BLOOD CLOTTING TEST; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; NEWBORN; PASSIVE IMMUNIZATION; PHOTOMETRY; PROTEIN ELECTROPHORESIS; REFRACTOMETRY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ARTIODACTYLA; BLOOD COAGULATION TESTS; BLOOD PROTEIN ELECTROPHORESIS; BLOOD PROTEINS; FEMALE; FIXATIVES; GLUTARAL; IMMUNIZATION, PASSIVE; IMMUNOGLOBULINS; MALE; NEPHELOMETRY AND TURBIDIMETRY; REFRACTOMETRY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; SULFITES; ZINC SULFATE;

EID: 0033093694     PISSN: 10427260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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