Phagocytosis in pup and adult harbour, grey and harp seals

Veterinary Immunology and Immunopathology

Volumn 134, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 160-168

  Frouin, Héloïse ^a,b   Lebeuf, Michel ^b   Hammill, Mike ^b   Fournier, Michel ^a  

^a INRS INSTITUT ARMAND FRAPPIER   (Canada)

^b MAURICE LAMONTAGNE INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Grey seals; Harbour seals; Harp seals; Lactation; Phagocytosis

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; COLOSTRUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOST RESISTANCE; LACTATION; LEUKOCYTE; MALE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PHAGOCYTE; PHAGOCYTOSIS; SEAL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

AGING; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; FEMALE; LACTATION; LEUKOCYTES; MALE; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PHOCA; SEALS, EARLESS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

HALICHOERUS GRYPUS; PHOCA GROENLANDICA; PINNIPEDIA;

EID: 77649184991     PISSN: 01652427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetimm.2009.08.017     Document Type: Article

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