A simple assay for measurement of ovotransferrin - a marker of inflammation and infection in birds

Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 518-526

  Horrocks, Nicholas P C ^a   Irene Tieleman, B ^a   Matson, Kevin D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Acute phase protein; Birds; Ecology; Haptoglobin; Immunology; Inflammation; Lipopolysaccharide; Methodology; Ovotransferrin

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858339613     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2041210X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2041-210X.2011.00096.x     Document Type: Article

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