Detection of serum immunoglobulins in wild birds by direct ELISA: a methodological study to validate the technique in different species using antichicken antibodies

By Javier Martínez, G. Tomás, S. Merino, E. Arriero, J. Moreno. 2003

110 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Parasitology

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In Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

1. J. Morales
2. J. Moreno
3. G. Tomás
4. S. Merino
5. E. Lobato
6. J. Puente
7. J. Sanz
8. Priit Kilgas

In Parasitology

1. J. Morales
2. G. Tomás
3. J. Moreno
4. S. Merino
5. E. Lobato
6. J. Puente
7. J. Sanz
8. Priit Kilgas

Citations in the corpus

• NEST WEIGHT AND FEMALE HEALTH IN THE BLUE TIT (CYANISTES CAERULEUS) (2006, methodology): “We determined immunoglobulin levels from the blood serum fraction by means of a direct ELISA technique using rabbit antichicken IgG conjugated with peroxidase (Sigma) following Martínez et al. (2003).”
• Evidence for the signaling function of egg color in the pied flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca (2005, methodology): “For females, we have used as measures of immune capacity the response to phytohemagglutinin (PHA) injection, a standard assay to estimate T-cell‐mediated immune response ( Lochmiller et al., 1993; Smits et al., 1999), and the response to a tetanus vaccine as a specific measure of humoral immune res”