Females of the communally breeding rodent, Octodon degus, transfer antibodies to their offspring during pregnancy and lactation

Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 74, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 68-77

  Becker, María Inés ^a,b   De Ioannes, Alfredo E ^a,c   León, Cecilia ^c   Ebensperger, Luis A ^c  

^a BIOSONDA ^*  (Chile)

^b Fundacion Ciencia y Tecnologia para el Desarrollo   (Chile)

^c PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Communal nesting and breeding; Degus; Immunity transfer; Immunoglobulins; Lactation; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; ANTIGEN; HEMOCYANIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; TETANUS TOXOID; THYROGLOBULIN;

ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ARTICLE; BREEDING; ENVIRONMENT; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; LACTATION; MILK; MOLLUSC; MOTHER; NESTING; NONHUMAN; OCTODON DEGUS; PASSIVE IMMUNIZATION; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; RODENT; SERUM; UTERUS; YOLK SAC;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODY FORMATION; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; IMMUNITY, MATERNALLY-ACQUIRED; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; LACTATION; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; OCTODON; PREGNANCY;

EID: 34247582735     PISSN: 01650378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jri.2007.01.002     Document Type: Article

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