Immunological development in nestling American kestrels Falco sparverius: Post-hatching ontogeny of the antibody response

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 151, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 711-716

  Smits, Judit E G ^a   Bortolotti, Gary R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Altricial bird; American kestrel; Antibody response; B cell response; Immunocompetence testing; Immunological development; Ontogeny of immunity

Indexed keywords

DINITROPHENOL KEYHOLE LIMPET HEMOCYANIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; RABBIT ANTISERUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FALCO SPARVERIUS; FALCONIFORMES; GROWTH RATE; IMMUNODIFFUSION; NESTLING; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY;

AVES; FALCO SPARVERIUS; GALLIFORMES; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; PHASIANIDAE;

EID: 54849424292     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: 15314332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2008.08.025     Document Type: Article

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