Effects of freezing storage on the stability of maternal cellular and humoral immune components in porcine colostrum.

The placental structure of sows is epitheliochorial and prevents maternal serum immunoglobulin transfer to the fetus; therefore, the piglet relies on the ingestion of colostrum to acquire passive immunity. Colostral antibody-mediated and cell-mediated immunity contribute to immunity in piglets. However, little is known about the effects of freezing at -20 °C on colostral immune components during short-term storage, whether this will somehow compromise the acquisition of passive immunity of newborn piglets fed with this colostrum and the humoral immunity in porcine colostrum, and to possible shifts in immunological levels in colostrum collections during the colostral period.

Anti-aquaporin-4 immunoglobulin G colorimetric detection by silver nanoparticles.

Neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder (NMOSD) is an inflammatory and autoimmune disease whose biomarker is the anti-AQP4-IgG autoantibody that binds to aquaporin-4 (AQP4) protein. We introduced a nanosensor with a sensitivity of 84.6%, higher than the CBA's 76.

Innate response based on visual cues of sympatric and allopatric predators in Nile tilapia.

Predators are an important selective pressure for prey, and responses to visual exposure to non-predators and to allopatric and sympatric predators may assist the understanding of how prey animals recognize and distinguish potential threats. Here, we visually exposed predator-naïve Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) to aquaria with only water (handling-negative control), a non-predator fish (Cyprinus carpio), a South American catfish (Pseudoplatystoma coruscans, allopatric predator), and an African catfish (Clarias gariepinus; sympatric predator). We found that Nile tilapia displayed antipredator responses to both predator catfish but not to non-predator fish or negative control conditions.