Steller sea lion (Eumetopias jubatus) pups undergo a decrease in circulating white blood cells and the ability of T cells to proliferate during early postnatal development

Veterinary Immunology and Immunopathology

Volumn 137, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 298-304

  Keogh, Mandy J ^a,b   Maniscalco, John M ^b   Atkinson, Shannon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b ALASKA SEALIFE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Age; Development; Hematology; Immune cell proliferation; Immune parameters; Pinniped; Postnatal; Steller sea lion

Indexed keywords

CONCANAVALIN A; HYDROCORTISONE; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE;

AGE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL ISOLATION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; EOSINOPHIL; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; LEUKOCYTE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MALE; MEAN CORPUSCULAR HEMOGLOBIN; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; MONOCYTE; NEUTROPHIL; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SEAL; T LYMPHOCYTE; THROMBOCYTE;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; FEMALE; HYDROCORTISONE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MALE; SEA LIONS; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EUMETOPIAS JUBATUS; OTARIIDAE; PHOCIDAE; PINNIPEDIA;

EID: 77956266494     PISSN: 01652427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetimm.2010.05.008     Document Type: Article

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