title: Aid to the antemortem diagnosis of Fell pony foal syndrome by the analysis of B lymphocytes.
abstract: Fell pony foals are affected by a congenital fatal immunodeficiency that commonly leads to anaemia and lymphopenia. Previous work has shown that the foals' circulating subpopulations of CD4 and CD8 T lymphocytes are unaffected. In this study it was shown that the mean population of B lymphocytes in 10 affected foals was less than 10 per cent of that in normal foals.
authors.affiliation: Department of Veterinary Pathology, University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 7ZJ.
authors.forename: G W
authors.initials: GW
authors.lastname: Thomas
authors.forename: S C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Bell
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Phythian
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Taylor
authors.forename: D C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Knottenbelt
authors.forename: S D
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Carter
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000831:Animals, Newborn; D001402:B-Lymphocytes / Q000166:cytology* / Q000276:immunology; D005434:Flow Cytometry; D006734:Horse Diseases / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000276:immunology; D006736:Horses; D007153:Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000276:immunology / Q000662:veterinary*; D018655:Lymphocyte Count; D013577:Syndrome