Antibody injection in the egg yolk: Maternal antibodies affect humoral immune response of the offspring

Functional Ecology

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1333-1341

  Staszewski, Vincent ^a   Siitari, Heli ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

Blocking effect; Eco immunology; Egg injection; IgY; Immunological memory; Maternal effects; Maternal immunoglobulins; Transfer of passive immunity

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; ANTIGEN; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; EGG; EMBRYO; FITNESS; GAMEBIRD; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MATERNAL EFFECT; PATHOGEN;

AVES; COTURNIX; COTURNIX COTURNIX; PHASIANIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 78649561740     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2010.01745.x     Document Type: Article

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