Immunization of Chickens with Quail and Turkey Perivitelline Membrane Proteins: Production of Antibodies and Their Effects on Fertility

Poultry Science

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 245-256

  Kapoor, P ^a   Compton, M M ^a   Howarth, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibodies; Fertility; Perivitelline membrane; Quail; Turkey

Indexed keywords

AVES; GALLIFORMES; GALLUS GALLUS; MELEAGRIS GALLOPAVO; PHASIANIDAE;

IMMUNOGLOBULIN;

ACROSOME REACTION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CHICKEN; CROSS REACTION; FEMALE; FERTILITY; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; QUAIL; TURKEY (BIRD); ZONA PELLUCIDA;

ACROSOME REACTION; ANIMALS; ANTIBODY FORMATION; CHICKENS; CROSS REACTIONS; FEMALE; FERTILITY; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOGLOBULINS; MALE; QUAIL; SPERM-OVUM INTERACTIONS; TURKEYS; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

EID: 0034132445     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ps/79.2.245     Document Type: Article

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