A C1-fixation method for the measurement of chicken anti-viral antibody.

  • 1 March 1971
    • journal article
    • Vol. 20  (3) , 299-306
Abstract
Because of the failure of chicken antibody to activate the first component (C1) of guinea-pig complement a haemolytic system for the measurement of chicken C1 was developed. Chicken antisera to influenza and Rous sarcoma viruses were then assayed by the measurement of the fixation of chicken C1. Antibody titres obtained with this C1-fixation assay correlated well with those obtained by other methods.