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dc.contributor.authorTsuma, V. T
dc.contributor.authorMagnusson, U
dc.date.accessioned2013-06-19T06:09:10Z
dc.date.available2013-06-19T06:09:10Z
dc.date.issued1992
dc.identifier.citationJournal of Veterinary Medicine, Series B Volume 39, Issue 1-10, pages 285–289, January-December 1992en
dc.identifier.urihttp://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1439-0450.1992.tb01170.x/abstract
dc.identifier.urihttp://erepository.uonbi.ac.ke:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/35956
dc.description.abstractOpsonic activity was studied in mammary secretion and serum during lactation in four healthy gilts. The opsonic activity was determined as peak chemiluminescence and time to peak chemiluminescence in a luminol enhanced chemiluminescence assay. The peak chemiluminescence was significantly (p < 0.05) higher in mammary secretion around parturition than later in lactation. No changes in the opsonic activity were seen in serum during lactation. Overall, the peak chemiluminescence and time to peak chemiluminescence were significantly higher (p < 0.001) and shorter (p < 0.05) respectively, in serum than in mammary secretion. The present study indicates that the opsonic activity is highest in mammary secretion around parturition but decreases later in lactation, and that this change is confined to the mammary gland.en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherUniversity of Nairobien
dc.titleOpsonic activity in mammary secretion and serum of gilts during the lactation perioden
dc.typeArticleen
local.publisherDepartment of Clinical studiesen


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