Chicken egg yolk antibodies (IgY) as an alternative to mammalian antibodies

Indian Journal of Science and Technology

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 468-474

  Michael, A ^a   Meenatchisundaram, S ^b   Parameswari, G ^a   Subbraj, T ^a   Selvakumaran, R ^c   Ramalingam, S ^d  

^a PSG COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCE   (India)

^b Nehru Arts and Science College   (India)

^c Sankara College of Science and Commerce   (India)

^d PSG INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Antivenom; Chicken antibody IgY; Passive immunotherapy; Salmonella

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862909476     PISSN: 09746846     EISSN: 09745645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17485/ijst/2010/v3i4/29741     Document Type: Article

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