Article
Immune responses in chickens against Salmonella typhimurium monitored with egg antibodies.
Veterinary microbiology - 1 May 1991
Schiemann D A, Montgomery A L
Abstract excerpt
Three mature hens were immunized with an Aro- mutant of Salmonella typhimurium beginning with a subcutaneous dose in adjuvant followed by two oral boosters. Isotype-specific antibodies were measured in the white and yolk eggs collected weekly over a period of 230 days. Two hens showed a memory response to the first oral booster, with large increases in egg yolk IgG and smaller increases in IgA and IgM antibodies...
Topics
- Adjuvants, Immunologic
- Animals
- Antibodies, Bacterial
- Bile
- Chickens
- Egg White
- Egg Yolk
- Eggs
- Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay
- Female
- Immunization, Secondary
- Immunoglobulin A
