Evaluation of various immunisation procedures in laying hens to induce high amounts of specific egg yolk antibodies

Alternatives to Laboratory Animals

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 63-80

  Erhard, Michael H ^a   Mahn, Katja ^a   Schmidt, Peter ^c   Oltmer, Susanne ^b   Preisinger, Rudolf ^b   Zinsmeister, Pia ^a   Stangassinger, Manfred ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b Lohmann Animal Health   (Germany)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Adjuvant; Antigen concentration, chicken egg yolk antibodies; Freund's adjuvant; Immunisation protocol; Immunoglobulin Y (IgY); Lipopeplide; Route of injection

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; FREUND ADJUVANT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; LIPOPEPTIDE; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; RECOMBINANT GROWTH HORMONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL WELFARE; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM PILUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE CALCULATION; EGG LAYING; EGG YOLK; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HEN; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOVINAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 0033952397     PISSN: 02611929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/026119290002800105     Document Type: Article

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