Chicken Egg Yolk Antibodies, Production and Application : IgY-Technology (Springer Lab Manuals)
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Polyclonal antibodies, widely used in research and diagnostics, are conventionally isolated from the blood of immunised mammals. The fact that antibodies can also be detected in the yolk of eggs laid by immunised hens, led to the development of the yolk antibody technology as an alternative method less stressful to animals. Hens can be kept under nearly natural conditions and antibodies be isolated from the eggs. Further, the IgY-technology has the advantage that avian antibodies can be produced against several antigens which do not induce a immune response in mammals. Protocols on how to keep and immunise hens and on the extraction, isolation and use of antibodies from yolk are described in detail in this manual. For their work on yolk antibodies the authors received the FISEA (International Foundation for the Substitution of Animal Experimentation, Luxembourg) prize in 1997.
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Univ. Charite du Humboldt Universitat zu Berlin Institut fur Pharmakologie und Toxikologie. A laboratory manual presenting an alternative method for extracting polyclonal antibodies from immunized hens, using the yolks of their eggs instead of their blood. Outlines the process, from keeping the hens to extracting the antibodies. Softcover over wire-spiral binding.
Chicken Egg Yolk Antibodies, Production and Application: IgY-Technology (Springer Lab Manuals),Rüdiger Schade,Ingrid Behn,Michael Erhard,Andreas Hlinak,Christian Staak,Springer,3540666796,Animals,Biotechnology,Chickens as laboratory animals,Egg yolk,Eggs,Immunoglobulins,Immunology,Laboratory Animals,Laboratory manuals,Medical,Medical / Nursing,Research,Science/Mathematics,Antikörper,Biochemical immunology,Hühnereigelb,Immunglobuline,NATURAL HISTORY, COUNTRY LIFE & PETS,Pharmacology,Science / Biotechnology,Veterinary science: laboratory animals,antibodies,avian immune system,chicken egg yolk,immunoglobulin
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