Amniotic and allantoic fluids from experimentally infected sheep contain immunoglobulin specific for Chlamydophila abortus

Veterinary Immunology and Immunopathology

Volumn 140, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 1-9

  Marques, Patricia X ^a   O'Donovan, James ^b   Souda, Puneet ^d   Gutierrez, Jorge ^a,c   Williams, Erin J ^a   Worrall, Sheila ^a   McElroy, Maire ^b   Proctor, Aisling ^a   Brady, Colm ^b   Sammin, Donal ^b   Basset, Hugh ^a   Whitelegge, Julian P ^d   Markey, Bryan K ^a   Nally, Jarlath E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b CENTRAL VETERINARY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (Ireland)

^c INSTITUTO DE RECURSOS NATURALES Y AGROBIOLOGÍA DE SALAMANCA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Abortion; Allantoic; Amniotic; Chlamydophila; Ovine; Proteomics

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

AMNION FLUID; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDOPHILA; CHLAMYDOPHILA ABORTUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MARKER; ENZOOTIC ABORTION OF EWES; FETUS; FETUS MEMBRANE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; IMMUNOPOTENTIATION; MACROPHAGE; NONHUMAN; PLACENTA DISORDER; PREGNANCY; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEOMICS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TROPHOBLAST; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; CHLAMYDOPHILA INFECTION; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PLACENTA; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASE; TWO DIMENSIONAL GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; VETERINARY ABORTION;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLAMYDOPHILA; CHLAMYDOPHILA ABORTUS; OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

ABORTION, VETERINARY; ALLANTOIS; AMNIOTIC FLUID; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; CHLAMYDOPHILA; CHLAMYDOPHILA INFECTIONS; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, TWO-DIMENSIONAL; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES;

EID: 79960982067     PISSN: 01652427     EISSN: 18732534     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetimm.2010.11.002     Document Type: Article

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