Antigens in pigeon breeders' disease.

  • 1 November 1970
    • journal article
    • Vol. 19  (5) , 729-34
Abstract
It has been shown that many pigeon materials contain one or more of four pigeon proteins—pigeon γ-globulin (PGG), pigeon serum albumin (PSA), pigeon β-globulin (PBG) and a protein cross-reacting immunologically with PGG termed XPGG. It is thought that the ability of seemingly unrelated sources of pigeon material, e.g. pigeon droppings, serum, egg yolk and white to react with sera from cases of pigeon breeders' disease is due to the presence of PGG, PSA, PBG or XPGG in these materials.