Quantifying maternal antibody transfer to colostrum and cord blood reveals virus-specific selectivity in dogs
Serena S. Teh, Lotta Henni Truyen, Sarah Woodyear, Jessica Palmeri, Ana Alice Pimenta-Pereira, Alexis AE Peprah, Ella Lanman, T. Lonergan, Abigail M. Reid, Soon Hon Cheong, Sarah Caddy
The paper quantifies maternal antibody transfer in dogs and finds virus-specific antibodies are preferentially transferred via colostrum.
Frontiers in Immunology · Jan 14, 2026Peer-reviewedImmunology