Detection of bacterial-reactive natural IgM antibodies in desert bighorn sheep populations.

Ecoimmunology is a burgeoning field of ecology which studies immune responses in wildlife by utilizing general immune assays such as the detection of natural antibody. Unlike adaptive antibodies, natural antibodies are important in innate immune responses and often recognized conserved epitopes pres...

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Main Authors: Brian S Dugovich, Melanie J Peel, Amy L Palmer, Ryszard A Zielke, Aleksandra E Sikora, Brianna R Beechler, Anna E Jolles, Clinton W Epps, Brian P Dolan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5491220?pdf=render