Female Cory's Shearwater and Her Chick (<i>Calonectris Borealis</i>), Canary Islands (IMAGE)

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Female Cory's Shearwater and Her Chick (<i>Calonectris Borealis</i>), Canary Islands

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Antibodies transmitted from the mother to the chick through the egg can persist in the chick for several weeks after hatching, even several years after the mother's exposure to a vaccine, which has implications for the use of vaccines for conservation in natural populations of such long-lived species.

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Ra&#252;l Ramos

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