Measurement of immunoglobulin concentrations in the feces of healthy dogs

Clinical and Diagnostic Laboratory Immunology

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 841-848

  Peters, I R ^a,c   Calvert, E L ^b   Hall, E J ^a   Day, M J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b WALTHAM CENTRE FOR PET NUTRITION   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A;

ARTICLE; BREED; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; FECES; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN PRODUCTION; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; DOGS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FECES; FEMALE; IGA DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; IMMUNOGLOBULINS; INTESTINES; MALE; REFERENCE STANDARDS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 4644250248     PISSN: 1071412X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/CDLI.11.5.841-848.2004     Document Type: Article

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