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Iso‐antibodies to red cell antigens in pigs' sera 3. The effect of maternal red cell iso‐antibodies on the red cells of piglets
Author(s) -
Linklater K. A.
Publication year - 1972
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.1365-2052.1972.tb01235.x
Subject(s) - colostrum , antibody , red cell , litter , andrology , antigen , biology , red blood cell , cell , immunology , microbiology and biotechnology , medicine , biochemistry , agronomy
Summary The effect of the red cell antibody, anti‐Ea, on the red cells of piglets in four litters was studied. Although the antibody was absorbed from the colostrum by all the piglets, it had little effect on their packed cell volume, haemoglobin and red cell counts, and no differences were noted between Ea‐positive and Ea‐negative piglets in the same litter, despite the fact that red cells of the former were positive for the direct Coomb's test for up to a week after birth. Anti‐Ea was not detected in the serum of Ea‐positive piglets, all of it apparently being taken up by their red cells, unlike the Ea‐negative ones, in whose serum anti‐Ea could be detected for up to fifteen weeks of age.