Non-specific antimicrobial defences of the avian egg, embryo and neonate

Biol Rev Camb Philos Soc. 1974 Feb;49(1):15-49. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-185x.1974.tb01297.x.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Animals, Newborn / immunology*
  • Bacterial Infections / immunology
  • Bacterial Infections / veterinary
  • Blood Bactericidal Activity
  • Body Temperature
  • Chick Embryo / immunology*
  • Chickens / immunology*
  • Egg Proteins
  • Egg Shell
  • Female
  • Infections / immunology
  • Infections / veterinary*
  • Intestines / immunology
  • Muramidase / physiology
  • Mycoses / immunology
  • Mycoses / veterinary
  • Ovalbumin
  • Phagocytosis
  • Skin / immunology
  • Transferrin / physiology
  • Virus Diseases / immunology
  • Virus Diseases / veterinary
  • Vitelline Membrane / immunology

Substances

  • Egg Proteins
  • Transferrin
  • Ovalbumin
  • Muramidase