Defence response developed following recovery from an infection (or vaccination) to a specific infectious agent (or group of agents). (Bondad-Reantaso, M.G., McGladdery, S.E., East, I. & Subasinghe, R.P. (2001) Asia diagnostic guide to aquatic animal diseases. FAO Fisheries Technical Paper, (402/2): 237p.)
Process whereby the immune system reacts against the body's own tissues. Autoimmunity may produce or be caused by autoimmune diseases. (MeSH, 2024. Autoimmunity https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/68015551)
Proximate composition is the term usually used in the field of feed/food and means the 6 components of moisture, crude protein, ether extract, crude fiber, crude ash and nitrogen free extracts, which are expressed as the content (%) in the feed, respectively. (http://www.famic.go.jp/ffis/oie/obj/nutrients.pdf)
Immunologic method used for detecting or quantifying immunoreactive substances. The substance is identified by first immobilizing it by blotting onto a membrane and then tagging it with labeled antibodies. (MeSH. 2024. Immunoblotting. https://meshb-prev.nlm.nih.gov/record/ui?ui=D015151)
A short-term experiment is an experimental procedure that runs through a shorter period of time, in order to test a hypothesis or observe a phenomenon that takes place. What duration is considered "short" depends on the academic discipline. (Adapted from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long-term_experiment)
