Evaluation of the antibody mediated immune response in nestling American kestrels (Falco sparverius)

Developmental and Comparative Immunology

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 161-170

  Smits, Judit E G ^a   Baos, Raquel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

Author keywords

Altricial nestlings; American kestrel; Antibody mediated immunity; Antibody response; Comparative immune response; DDA; dimethyldioctadecyl ammonium bromide; DNP KLH; Ontogeny of antibody response; Sheep red blood cells

Indexed keywords

DINITROPHENYL ANTIBODY; KEYHOLE LIMPET HEMOCYANIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FALCO SPARVERIUS; FOWL; HEMAGGLUTINATION INHIBITION TEST; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; NESTING; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEEP ERYTHROCYTE;

AVES; FALCO; FALCO SPARVERIUS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 4644287963     PISSN: 0145305X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dci.2004.06.007     Document Type: Article

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