Onset of immunoglobulin production in foals

Equine Veterinary Journal

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 620-622

  Holznagel, D L ^a   Hussey, S ^a   Mihalyi, J E ^b   Wilson, W D ^b   Lunn, D P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibody; Foal; Horse; IgG subclass; Maternal antibody

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; COLORIMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HORSE; IMMUNOASSAY; NONHUMAN; VACCINATION; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; BLOOD; COLOSTRUM; IMMUNOLOGY; NEWBORN; PASSIVE IMMUNIZATION;

ANIMALIA; EQUUS CABALLUS;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; COLOSTRUM; HORSES; IMMUNITY, MATERNALLY-ACQUIRED; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULINS;

EID: 1542499141     PISSN: 04251644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2746/042516403775467153     Document Type: Article

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