The effect of nonspecific immunostimulation of pregnant mares with 1,3/1,6 glucan and levamisole on the immunoglobulins levels in colostrum, selected indices of nonspecific cellular and humoral immunity in foals in neonatal and postnatal period

Veterinary Immunology and Immunopathology

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-11

  Krakowski, Leszek ^a   Krzyzanowski, Jan ^a   Wrona, Zygmunt ^a   Siwicki, Andrzej K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES IN LUBLIN   (Poland)

^b UNIV OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Colostrum; Foals; Glucan; Immunity; Immunostimulation; Levamisol; Pregnant mares

Indexed keywords

GLUCAN; LEVAMISOLE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; COLOSTRUM; FEMALE; HORSE; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; NONHUMAN; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

ADJUVANTS, IMMUNOLOGIC; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ANTIBODY FORMATION; COLOSTRUM; FEMALE; GLUCANS; HORSES; IMMUNITY, CELLULAR; IMMUNOGLOBULINS; LEVAMISOLE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL;

ANIMALIA; EQUUS CABALLUS;

EID: 0033614279     PISSN: 01652427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-2427(99)00006-9     Document Type: Article

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