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Iso‐antibodies to red cell antigens in pigs' sera. 2. The incidence of iso‐antibodies to red cell antigens in the sera of adult pigs
Author(s) -
Linklater K. A.
Publication year - 1971
Publication title -
animal blood groups and biochemical genetics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.756
H-Index - 81
eISSN - 1365-2052
pISSN - 0003-3480
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2052.1971.tb01223.x
Subject(s) - antibody , breed , biology , antigen , red cell , immunology , medicine , zoology
Summary On examining the sera from 80 sows and 67 boars in the routine typing service carried out by the Blood Group Research Unit, no antibodies other than anti‐A were found in the boars' sera while, in 26% of the sows' sera, other anti‐red‐cell antibodies were also found as well as anti‐A. All these sows were bred to boars of the same breed as themselves. The sera of 50% of 24 sows which had produced litters affected with thrombocytopenic purpura and which were mainly bred to boars of different breeds than themselves also contained iso‐antibodies. Of these iso‐antibodies, anti‐Ea and anti‐Eb were the most frequent and were also present at the highest titres. Anti‐Ee, anti‐Fa, anti‐Ka, anti‐Kb, anti‐Kd, anti‐La and anti‐Lg were also found but usually at only low titres.