Immunological responsiveness of the pigeon (Columba livia) following neonatal bursectomy.
Pigeon squabs in two separate experiments were surgically bursectomized ( BSX ), surgically sham bursectomized ( SBSX ), or maintained as non-surgical controls (CON). Surgical procedures were performed within 2 hr of hatching. Primary and secondary hemagglutinin (HA) responses, as well as mercaptoethanol sensitive (ME-S) and resistant (ME-R) levels, to sheep red blood cells (SRBC) were quantitated. BSX did not reduce HA responses, nor ME-S and ME-R levels.
D000824:Animal Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; D000818:Animals; D000831:Animals, Newborn; D000917:Antibody Formation; D001402:B-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology; D001835:Body Weight; D002060:Bursa of Fabricius / Q000502:physiology*; D010856:Columbidae / Q000276:immunology*; D005260:Female; D006388:Hemagglutinins / Q000276:immunology; D007121:Immunocompetence; D008297:Male
D006388:Hemagglutinins