title: Techniques for evaluating humoral and cell-mediated immunity in mule deer fawns (Odocoileus hemionus).
abstract: Twenty mule deer fawns (Odocoileus hemionus) were removed from their dams 48 h after birth, and hand-reared. Methods for monitoring their immune capability are described. Passive humoral immunity was determined by serum protein electrophoresis. Active humoral immunity following Clostridium toxoid vaccination was determined by immunodiffusion. Cell-mediated immunity was assayed using contact sensitization to 1-nitro, 2,4-dichlorobenzene (DNCB).
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000917:Antibody Formation; D003013:Clostridium / Q000276:immunology; D003670:Deer / Q000276:immunology*; D004137:Dinitrochlorobenzene / Q000276:immunology; D007111:Immunity, Cellular; D007112:Immunity, Maternally-Acquired; D012882:Skin Tests; D014121:Toxoids / Q000276:immunology; D005719:gamma-Globulins / Q000032:analysis
chemical_list: D004137:Dinitrochlorobenzene; D014121:Toxoids; D005719:gamma-Globulins