The potential for immunoglobulins and host defense peptides (HDPs) to reduce the use of antibiotics in animal production
Abstract Innate defense mechanisms are aimed at quickly containing and removing infectious microorganisms and involve local stromal and immune cell activation, neutrophil recruitment and activation and the induction of host defense peptides (defensins and cathelicidins), acute phase proteins and com...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2018-07-01
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| Series: | Veterinary Research |
| Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13567-018-0558-2 |