Antibody production in rabbits and chickens immunized with human IgG: A comparison of titre and avidity development in rabbit serum, chicken serum and egg yolk using three different adjuvants

Journal of Immunological Methods

Volumn 191, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 113-120

  Bollen, Lise Svendsen ^a   Crowley, Annette ^a   Stodulski, George ^a   Jann, Hau ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chicken antibody; Egg yolk antibody; Freund's adjuvant; Hunter's TiterMax; Immunization

Indexed keywords

GALLUS GALLUS; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

ADJUVANT; ENDOGENOUS COMPOUND; FREUND ADJUVANT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIBODY AFFINITY; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; EGG YOLK; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

ADJUVANTS, IMMUNOLOGIC; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, ANTI-IDIOTYPIC; ANTIBODY AFFINITY; CHICKENS; EGG YOLK; FEMALE; FREUND'S ADJUVANT; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; RABBITS;

EID: 0038876908     PISSN: 00221759     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0022-1759(96)00010-5     Document Type: Article

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