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. 1973 Jan;24(1):147–155.

Half-lives of immunoglobulins IgG, IgA and IgM in the serum of new-born pigs

Jill Curtis, F J Bourne
PMCID: PMC1422873  PMID: 4685369

Abstract

Half-lives of immunoglobulins IgA, IgG and IgM labelled with Iodine-125 were measured and compared with the half-lives of these immunoglobulins calculated from plasma levels during the first 2–3 weeks of life. The two methods gave similar results for IgG and IgA, but the mean IgM half-life calculated from plasma IgM levels was significantly longer than the mean half-life of IgM-I125. IgM production and passage into the circulatory system during the first week of life could account for this difference.

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