Fetal specific serum proteins of the Indian buffalo

Fetal specific serum proteins of the Indian buffalo were investigated using rabbit antibuffalo fetal serum, absorbed with lyophilised adult buffalo serum, and subjected to gel diffusion and immunoelectrophoretic analysis. AFP was found to be the major fetal specific serum protein of the Indian buffalo. A close antigenic relationship between the fetal specific serum proteins of the buffalo, sheep and goat and a distant relationship between these proteins of ruminants and man was found by immunological cross reaction studies.