Kinetics of primary antibody responses to sheep red blood cells in birds: A literature review and new data from great tits and European starlings

Animal Biology

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 79-95

  Snoeijs, Tinne ^a   Eens, Marcel ^a   van den Steen, Evi ^a   Pinxten, Rianne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Bird species; Haemagglutination assay; Review

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; BIRD; IMMUNE RESPONSE; KINETICS;

AVES; GALLUS GALLUS; OVIS ARIES; PARUS MAJOR; PASSERIFORMES; STURNUS VULGARIS;

EID: 33947708831     PISSN: 15707555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/157075607780002041     Document Type: Article

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