Precipitin Production Following Massive Injection of BSA in Adult Chickens
- 1 January 1961
- journal article
- research article
- Published by S. Karger AG in International Archives of Allergy and Immunology
- Vol. 19 (6) , 321-330
- https://doi.org/10.1159/000229222
Abstract
Chickens received one injection of bovine serum albumin (BSA). A dose of 40 mg/kg produced an immune response, whereas 2610 mg failed to provoke such a response in 9 out of 14 chickens, as judged by precipitating antibody and antigen clearance period. In the unresponsive birds a secondary injection of 40 mg antigen failed to produce an immune response. Unresponsive-ness was specific, insofar as the chickens unresponsive to BSA produced antibodies to human gamma globulin.Keywords
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