Serum immunoglobulin G concentration in Southern elephant seal, Mirounga leonina (Linnaeus, 1758), from Elephant island (Antarctica): sexual and adrenal steroid hormones effects

• Main Authors: Ferreira, Ana Paula da Silva, Martínez, Pablo Elías, Colares, Elton Pinto, Robaldo, Ricardo Berteaux, Berne, Maria Elisabeth Aires, Miranda Filho, Kleber Campos, Bianchini, Adalto
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2005
• Subjects: Antarctica; Immunoglobulin G; Marine mammal; Mirounga leonine; Steroid hormones; Southern elephant seal; Elephant Island; Antarc*; Elephant Seal; Elephant Seals; Mirounga leonina; Southern Elephant Seal; Southern Elephant Seals
• Online Access: http://repositorio.furg.br/handle/1/388

Serum immunoglobulin G (IgG; indirect enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay), as well as sexual and adrenal steroid hormones’ concentrations (radioimmunoassay) were determined in 63 (male and female) Southern elephant seals (Mirounga leonine) at different developmental stages (weaned pups, juveniles and...