Immune response of carps (Cyprinus carpio L.) against dextran.
In carps no antibodies could be evoked by immunization with soluble high molecular weight dextran using doses of 1-5000 mg dextran per kg body weight. On the other hand, an immune response against dextran could be elicited by immunization with a vaccine of Leuconostoc mesenteroides B512 as well as a dextran-BSA-conjugate. These carp anti-dextran antibodies showed precipitating and agglutinating activities with specificity against alpha linked dextran determined by the almost complete inhibition of the dextran-anti-dextran reaction by isomaltodecaose.
D000818:Animals; D000917:Antibody Formation; D000942:Antigens, Bacterial / Q000276:immunology; D002236:Carbohydrate Conformation; D002347:Carps / Q000276:immunology*; D003530:Cyprinidae / Q000276:immunology*; D003911:Dextrans / Q000276:immunology*; D005260:Female; D007114:Immunization; D007934:Leuconostoc / Q000276:immunology; D008297:Male
D000942:Antigens, Bacterial; D003911:Dextrans