Abstract
Reports on discrepancies between local and systemic immunity started to appear about 50 years ago (cf. Tomasi & Bienenstock 1968). Protection against infections has been shown in many cases to be closely related to the antibody content of external secretions and more or less independent from the serum antibody level.
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Acknowledgments
The authors are grateful to Hans Philipsen, D.V.M., Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University, Copenhagen, for supplying the experimental material.
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