Heterophil/lymphocyte ratios predict the magnitude of humoral immune response to a novel antigen in great tits (Parus major)

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 161, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 422-428

  Krams, Indrikis ^a,b,c   Vrublevska, Jolanta ^b   Cirule, Dina ^b,d   Kivleniece, Inese ^b   Krama, Tatjana ^b   Rantala, Markus J ^c   Sild, Elin ^a   Hõrak, Peeter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^b DAUGAVPILS UNIVERSITY   (Latvia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^d INSTITUTE OF FOOD SAFETY   (Latvia)

Author keywords

Antibody response; Body mass loss; Brucella abortus; H L ratio; Immune challenge; Immunosuppression; Parus major; Stress

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL IMMUNITY; BIRD; BLOOD; BODY MASS; BRUCELLA ABORTUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FOOD AVAILABILITY; HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; HETEROPHIL; HETEROPHIL LYMPHOCYTE RATIO; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNOMODULATION; LEUKOCYTE; LYMPHOCYTE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PARUS MAJOR; PROVOCATION TEST;

ANIMALIA; AVES; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS BIOVAR ABORTUS; PARUS MAJOR;

EID: 84857373311     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: 15314332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2011.12.018     Document Type: Article

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