Food availability and maternal immunization affect transfer and persistence of maternal antibodies in nestling pigeons

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2013, Pages

  Ismail, Ahmad ^a   Jacquin, Lisa ^a,b   Haussy, Claudy ^a   Legoupi, Julie ^a   Perret, Samuel ^c   Gasparini, Julien ^a  

^a ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c ÉCOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN Y; KEYHOLE LIMPET HEMOCYANIN; MATERNAL ANTIBODY; PROTEIN ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BREAST MILK; CHICK; DIET RESTRICTION; EGG YOLK; FEMALE; FOOD AVAILABILITY; HATCHING; IMMUNIZATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PIGEON; PROGENY;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES; COLUMBIDAE; EGG YOLK; FEMALE; HEMOCYANIN; IMMUNOGLOBULINS;

EID: 84892406191     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0079942     Document Type: Article

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