title: Oxygen radical production by avian leukocytes.
abstract: Oxygen radical production by heterophils of red-tailed hawks and chickens, and by neutrophils of calves, was evaluated in a chemiluminescence microassay. Leukocytes were isolated by centrifugation of blood in capillary tubes and then challenged with opsonized zymosan in the presence of luminol. Avian heterophils produced significantly fewer oxygen radicals than did bovine neutrophils.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biomedical Sciences, Ontario Veterinary College, University of Guelph.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Conlon
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Gowlett
mesh_terms: D000704:Analysis of Variance; D000818:Animals; D001717:Birds / Q000097:blood*; D002417:Cattle / Q000097:blood*; D002645:Chickens / Q000097:blood*; D005609:Free Radicals; D006098:Granulocytes / Q000378:metabolism; D007962:Leukocytes / Q000378:metabolism*; D009504:Neutrophils / Q000378:metabolism; D010100:Oxygen / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D005609:Free Radicals; D010100:Oxygen