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. 1975 Nov;120(Pt 2):329–335.

Immunoglobulin-containing cells in pig mammary gland.

P J Brown, F J Bourne, H R Denny
PMCID: PMC1231973  PMID: 1081532

Abstract

Peroxidase-labelled antisera to pig immunoglobulins A, G and M were used to study immunoglobulin-containing cell populations in pig mammary gland at different stages of gestation and lactation. Immunoglobulin-containing cells of all three classes were present several weeks before farrowing; IgA-containing cells were most numerous at all stages of lactation.

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