Exploring passive transfer in muskoxen (Ovibos moschatus)

Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 55-61

  Rosa, Cheryl ^a   Miller, Debra ^b   Gray, Matthew J ^c   Merrill, Anita ^b   Vann, Tammie ^b   Blake, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

IgG; Immunoglobulin; Muskox; Ovibos moschatus; Passive transfer

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BOVIDS; FEMALE; IMMUNOLOGY; INNATE IMMUNITY; MALE; NEWBORN; PASSIVE IMMUNIZATION; PREGNANCY;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; FEMALE; IMMUNITY, MATERNALLY-ACQUIRED; IMMUNITY, NATURAL; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALE; PREGNANCY; RUMINANTS;

ANIMALIA; ARMERIA; BOS; BOS TAURUS; BOVIDAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; OVIBOS; OVIBOS MOSCHATUS; OVIBOS MOSCHATUS MOSCHATUS;

EID: 34047107836     PISSN: 10427260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1638/05-048.1     Document Type: Article

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