title: Modulation of humoral immune response by tannery effluent in Oreochromis mossambicus (Peters).
abstract: Fish were treated with various sublethal concentrations of tannery effluent. A concentration-dependent suppression of both primary and secondary antibody responses to bovine serum albumin (BSA) was observed after primary or secondary immunization. The fish were able to compensate the effluent-induced suppression of antibody response when the antigen (BSA) was administered along with an oil adjuvant.
authors.affiliation: Department of Zoology, American College, Madurai, India.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sudhan
authors.forename: R D
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Michael
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000917:Antibody Formation / Q000187:drug effects; D002857:Chromium / Q000633:toxicity*; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D010471:Perches / Q000276:immunology*; D013633:Tanning; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical / Q000633:toxicity*
chemical_list: D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical; D002857:Chromium