Immunoglobulins and anti-Marek's disease virus antibody synthesis in chickens after passive immunization with immunoglobulin Y anti-Marek's disease virus antibody.
The effect of passive immunization with immunoglobulin Y (IgY) antibody against Marek's disease virus (MDV) was examined in MDV-susceptible chickens. The production of IgY, immunoglobulin M, and probably also immunoglobulin A was depressed in passively immunized chickens when compared with that in MDV-exposed chickens which had not been given IgY anti-MDV antibody. In passively immunized chickens, the synthesis of immunoglobulin M and IgY anti-MDV antibodies in response to MDV infection also was delayed as determined by agar gel precipitin and indirect fluorescence antibody tests.
D000818:Animals; D000914:Antibodies, Viral; D000917:Antibody Formation; D002645:Chickens / Q000276:immunology*; D008381:Herpesvirus 2, Gallid / Q000276:immunology*; D007112:Immunity, Maternally-Acquired; D007116:Immunization, Passive; D007070:Immunoglobulin A / Q000032:analysis; D007075:Immunoglobulin M / Q000032:analysis; D007136:Immunoglobulins / Q000032:analysis*; D013997:Time Factors
D000914:Antibodies, Viral; D007070:Immunoglobulin A; D007075:Immunoglobulin M; D007136:Immunoglobulins