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. 1941 Aug 31;74(3):257–261. doi: 10.1084/jem.74.3.257

NEUTRALIZATION OF THE AGENT CAUSING LEUKOSIS AND SARCOMA OF FOWLS BY RABBIT ANTISERA

Elvin A Kabat 1, Jacob Furth 1
PMCID: PMC2135181  PMID: 19871133

Abstract

Neutralizing antibodies against fowl tumor agents can be produced in rabbits by injection of heavy materials obtained from chicken tumor. Similar sediments from normal chicken spleen produce no neutralizing antibodies. The complement-fixing antibodies produced by both materials are unrelated to the neutralizing antibodies.

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