ALTEX :: Alternatives to Animal Experiments

1996, SUPPLEMENT

CONTENTS :: MAIN ARTICLES

Egg Yolk Antibodies, State of the Art and Future Prospects
Rüdiger Schade and Andreas Hlinaki

Developmental Aspects of Immunoglobulins and Antibodies
Herwart Ambrosius

How Do the Antibodies Get into the Chicken Egg
Uli Lösch

Kinetics of IgY Formation After Immunization of Hens with Different Protein Antigens
Ingrid Behn, Undine Hommel, Michael Oertel and Sunna Hauschildt

Effectivity of Alternative Adjuvants in Comparison to Freund's Complete Adjuvant
Christine Schwarzkopf and Bernhard Theile

Lipopeptides as Adjuvants for the Immunisation of Laying Hens
Andrea Hofmann, Michael Erhard, Peter Schmidt, Wolfgang Bessler, Pia Zinsmeister, Manfred Stangassinger and and Uli Lösch

Local Reactions after the Application of Several Adjuvants in the Chicken
Peter Schmidt, Michael Erhard, Rüdiger Wanke, Andrea Hofmann and Wolfgang Schmahl

Effectivity of Different Methods for the Extraction and Purification of IgY
Christine Schwarzkopf and Bernhard Thiele

IgY Antibodies as Secondary Reagent in FACS Analysis
Undine Hommel, Ingrid Behn and Sunna Hauschildt

Assay Development of a Serum Marker for Myocardial Injury: Experiences with an Avian Anti-Troponin I Antibody
Margit Doth, Rüdiger Schade, Silke Claas and Rolf Matysiak

Immunisation of Chickens with Aminoterminal Propeptide of Bovine Procollagen Type III (Specificity of Egg Yolk Antibodies and Comparison with Immunoassays Using Rabbit and Mouse Antibodies
Martin Gerl, Cornelia Steinert, Manfred Quin, Rüdiger Schade and Volkmar Günzler

Determination of Human Serum CRP Using a Chicken Egg Yolk Antibody (IgY) to Avoid Interferences with Rheumatoid Factors. Comparison with Mammalian Antibodies
Antje Rieger, Wolf Bürger, Falk Hiepe and Rüdiger Schade

Development of an IgY-Based Assay for the Detection of Ascaris-Suum-Antigens
Anne Schniering, Rüdiger Schade and Theo Hiepe

Production and Purification of Mouse IgG Subclass Specific Chicken Egg Yolk Antibodies Using Indirect Affinity Chromatography Method with Protein G Sepharose
Michael H. Erhard, Peter Schmidt, Andrea Hofmann, Manfred Stangassinger, and Uli Lösch

Studies on Diagnostic Applications of Egg Yolk Antibodies Against Bordetella Bronchiseptica
Andreas Hlinak, Monika Krüger, Thomas Bartels, Mirko Sasse, Marina Claros, and Rüdiger Schade

Egg Yolk Antibodies (IgY) in Routine Diagnostic Work
Christian Staak

Production of Egg Yolk Antibodies Against Human Cell-Associated Antigens
Andreas Hlinak, Wieland Schrödl, Sabine Witt, Rüdiger Schade, and Monika Krüger

Specificity of Chicken (IgY) Versus Rabbit (IgG) Antibodies Raised Against Cholecystokinin Octapeptide (CCK-8)
Rüdiger Schade, Peter Henklein, Andreas Hlinak, Jan De Vente, and Harry Steinbursch