Table 2.
Antibody classes and subclasses in cattle, swine, chickens, and teleost fish
Species | Antibody classes and subclasses |
Key references | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
IgMa | IgG | IgA | IgD | IgE | IgT | ||
Fish | + | – | – | + | – | + | Fillatreau et al. (2013) |
Chickens | + | Aka IgY | + | – | – | – | Härtle et al. (2014) |
Cattle | + | 3 subclasses | + | + | + | – | Zhao et al. (2006) |
Swine | + | 5 subclasses | + | + | + | – | Butler et al. (2006) |
Abbreviation: Aka, also known as.
Tetramer in fish and pentamer in birds and mammals.