Optimal dose and timing in phytohaemagglutinin skin-testing of deer

New Zealand Veterinary Journal

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 357-359

  Fernandez de Mera I G ^a   Hofle U ^a   Vicente, J ^a,b   Garcia, A ^a   Rodriguez, O ^a   Gortazar C ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN RECURSOS CINEGÉTICOS IREC CSIC UCLM JCCM   (Spain)

^b Ciudad Real Agricultural Engineering School EUITA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cellular immunity; Cervus elaphus; Mammalian immune response; Wildlife bioindicators

Indexed keywords

PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININ;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; DEER; DELAYED HYPERSENSITIVITY; DOSE RESPONSE; IMMUNOLOGY; INTRADERMAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; METHODOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION; SKIN TEST; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; TIME;

ANIMALS; DEER; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, IMMUNOLOGIC; HYPERSENSITIVITY, DELAYED; INJECTIONS, INTRADERMAL; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SKIN TESTS; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; TIME FACTORS;

CERVIDAE; CERVUS ELAPHUS; CERVUS ELAPHUS HISPANICUS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 33846091977     PISSN: 00480169     EISSN: 11760710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00480169.2006.36724     Document Type: Article

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