Evaluation of a porcine zona pellucida vaccine for the immunocontraception of domestic kittens (Felis catus)

Theriogenology

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 135-149

  Gorman, Shawn P ^a   Levy, Julie K ^a   Hampton, Anna L ^a   Collante, Werner R ^a   Harris, Annie L ^a   Brown, Robert G ^b  

^a University of Florida   (United States)

^b ImmunoVaccine Technologies Inc   (Canada)

Author keywords

Domestic cat; Immunocontraception; SpayVac ; Zona pellucida

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM POTASSIUM SULFATE; ANTIBODY; ANTIGEN; CONTRACEPTIVE VACCINE; FREUND ADJUVANT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INJECT; SPAYVAC; VACCINE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG SCREENING; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GERMFREE ANIMAL; IMMUNOCONTRACEPTION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOLOGY; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; OVARY; SWINE; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

CATUS; CERVIDAE; CERVUS DAMA; FELIDAE; FELIS CATUS; PHOCIDAE; SUIDAE;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES; CATS; CONTRACEPTION, IMMUNOLOGIC; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; OVARY; SPECIFIC PATHOGEN-FREE ORGANISMS; SWINE; VACCINES, CONTRACEPTIVE; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

EID: 0035984308     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0093-691X(02)00904-4     Document Type: Article

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