Markedly elevated antibody responses in wild versus captive spotted hyenas show that environmental and ecological factors are important modulators of immunity

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 2015, Pages

  Flies, Andrew S ^a,b,c   Mansfield, Linda S ^d   Grant, Chris K ^e   Weldele, Mary L ^f   Holekamp, Kay E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d Custom Monoclonals International Corp ^*  (United States)

^e Custom Monoclonals International Corp   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; ANTIBODY; HEMOCYANIN; KEYHOLE-LIMPET HEMOCYANIN;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HYENA; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; IMMUNOMODULATION; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INNATE IMMUNITY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; OPTICAL DENSITY; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SOCIAL INTERACTION; ANIMAL; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; BLOOD; ENVIRONMENT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; IMMUNOLOGY; KENYA; MALE; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; WILD ANIMAL; ZOO ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; ANIMALS, ZOO; ANTIBODIES; ANTIBODIES, ANTINUCLEAR; ANTIBODY FORMATION; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; HEMOCYANIN; HYAENIDAE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; KENYA; MALE; PROTEUS MIRABILIS;

EID: 84948697143     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0137679     Document Type: Article

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