Normal levels of immunocompetence in possums (Trichosurus vulpecula) exposed to different laboratory housing conditions post capture

Immunology and Cell Biology

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 253-256

  Begg, Douglas ^a   Kemp, Roslyn ^b   Griffin, Frank ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b TRUDEAU INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Captivity; Immunocompetence; Possum; Stress

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE; HYDROCORTISONE; TETANUS TOXOID;

ADAPTATION SYNDROME; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL HOUSING; ANIMAL TRAPPING; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; BCG VACCINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; IMMOBILIZATION STRESS; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; IMMUNOMODULATION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE TRANSFORMATION TEST; NONHUMAN; PRIMARY IMMUNE RESPONSE; TETANUS PROPHYLAXIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODY FORMATION; HOUSING, ANIMAL; HYDROCORTISONE; IMMUNITY, CELLULAR; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; OPOSSUMS; STRESS; TETANUS TOXIN;

ALOPIAS; ANIMALIA; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS BCG; TRICHOSURUS; TRICHOSURUS VULPECULA;

EID: 3042808658     PISSN: 08189641     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1711.2004.01219.x     Document Type: Article

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