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Table 2 Relative amounts of antibody isotypes IgG1 and IgG2

From: Vaccination of cattle with synthetic peptides corresponding to predicted extracellular domains of Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus aquaporin 2 reduced the number of ticks feeding to repletion

Calf number

Peptide

IgG1

IgG2

Total

IgG1/IgG2

C1551

1

0.630

0.349

0.979

1.81

 

2

0.523

0.120

0.642

4.37

 

3

0.486

0.328

0.814

1.48

C1553

1

0.593

0.237

0.830

2.50

 

2

0.359

0.047

0.406

7.64

 

3

0.448

0.215

0.663

2.08

C1554

1

1.138

0.803

1.941

1.42

 

2

0.637

0.191

0.828

3.33

 

3

0.616

0.448

1.064

1.38

  1. Data from samples taken at the highest antibody titer (week 8 for peptides 1 and 3, week 10 for peptide 3). Dilution 1:512, values are absorbance at 450 nm in ELISA plate reader
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