Feliform carnivores have a distinguished constitutive innate immune response

Determining the immunological phenotype of endangered and threatened populations is important to identify those vulnerable to novel pathogens. Among mammals, members of the order Carnivora are particularly threatened by diseases. We therefore examined the constitutive innate immune system, the first...

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Main Authors: Sonja K. Heinrich, Bettina Wachter, Ortwin H. K. Aschenborn, Susanne Thalwitzer, Jörg Melzheimer, Heribert Hofer, Gábor Á. Czirják
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The Company of Biologists 2016-05-01
Series:Biology Open
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Online Access:http://bio.biologists.org/content/5/5/550