A COMPARATIVE-STUDY OF ALLERGEN EXTRACTS FROM CAT FUR, CAT PELT AND CAT SALIVA

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  • 1 January 1981
    • journal article
    • research article
    • Vol. 46  (3) , 127-131
Abstract
Very good in vitro correlations were found among extracts of cat fur, cat pelt and cat saliva. Extracts were fractionated by isoelectric focusing and tested by RAST [radioallergosorbent test] and RAST inhibition. Some differences in allergenic composition were shown by RAST inhibition using a human serum pool and by titrating fractionated extracts against individual human sera, though the majority of the allergenic components of each extract appear to be common to all 3 extracts by these techniques. Cat saliva could apparently be a suitable source material for allergenic extracts for use in testing humans for cat hypersensitivity.

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