Author Type

Graduate Student

Date of Award

1971

Document Type

Thesis

Publication Status

Version of Record

Submission Date

October 2026

Abstract

Newborn, albino Swiss mice were inoculated with either infectious EIA material or a normal, negative control sample o At weekly intervals, one mouse from each group was sacrificed and its liver assayed for xanthine oxidase activity, nitrogen content, and its relative weight. By the third week of age, mice which had received an infected inoculum displayed no outward signs of illness; yet, on examination, their livers were higher in xanthine oxidase activity, had a greater concentration of nitrogen, and were smaller in size to those of litter mates which had been injected with non-infected material o These effects were accomplished by either infected horse serum or a suspension of white blood cells from an infected horse. In addition, the same effects were demonstrable with either chronic serum from a febrile period, or serum from a true asymptomatic carrier state. White blood cells from an inapparent carrier were unable to induce elevated responses in young mice.

Extent

100 p.

Comments

Thesis (M.S.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1971.|Thesis (M.S.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1971.

Identifier

FADT13435

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