Major histocompatibility complex diversity in the endangered Ethiopian wolf (Canis simensis)

Tissue Antigens

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 118-125

  Kennedy, L J ^a   Randall, D A ^b,c,d   Knobel, D ^e   Brown, J J ^a   Fooks, A R ^f   Argaw, K ^g   Shiferaw, F ^g   Ollier, W E R ^a   Sillero Zubiri, C ^b,c   Macdonald, D W ^c   Laurenson, M K ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b ETHIOPIAN WOLF CONSERVATION PROGRAMME   (Ethiopia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d Frankfurt Zoological Society Arusha   (Tanzania)

^e UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^f VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^g Ethiopian Wildlife Conservation Authority   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Canis simensis; Dog leucocyte antigen; Ethiopian wolf; Major histocompatibility complex; Rabies

Indexed keywords

DLA DQA1 ANTIGEN; DLA DQB1 ANTIGEN; DLA DRB1 ANTIGEN; LEUKOCYTE ANTIGEN; RABIES VACCINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLELE; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CANIS SIMENSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ETHIOPIA; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAPLOTYPE; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABIES; SURVIVAL; VACCINATION; WOLF;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; ETHIOPIA; GENETIC VARIATION; HAPLOTYPES; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS II; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RABIES; RABIES VACCINES; RABIES VIRUS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; VACCINATION; WOLVES;

ANIMALIA; CANIDAE; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CANIS SIMENSIS;

EID: 78650939367     PISSN: 00012815     EISSN: 13990039     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0039.2010.01591.x     Document Type: Article

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