Haemolytic complement activity, C3 and Factor B consumption in serum from chickens divergently selected for antibody responses to sheep red blood cells

Veterinary Immunology and Immunopathology

Volumn 90, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 91-100

  Parmentier, Henk K ^a   Baelmans, Rudy ^b   Nieuwland, Mike G B ^a   Dorny, Pierre ^b   Demey, Fred ^b  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Chicken; Complement; Selection; Sheep red blood cells

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE COMPLEMENT PATHWAY C3 C5 CONVERTASE; CALCIUM; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE; GENETIC LINKAGE; HEMOLYSIS; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNIZATION; NONHUMAN; SHEEP;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES; CHICKENS; COMPLEMENT C3; COMPLEMENT FACTOR B; COMPLEMENT SYSTEM PROTEINS; ERYTHROCYTES; HAPLOTYPES; IMMUNOGENETICS; SHEEP, DOMESTIC; TIME FACTORS;

GALLUS GALLUS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 12244309513     PISSN: 01652427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-2427(02)00231-3     Document Type: Article

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