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Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg., 27(1), 1978, pp. 150-152
Copyright © 1978 by The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

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Production of Adjuvant-Induced Ascitic Fluid in the White Rat

J. L. Price*
Caribbean Epidemiology Centre (CAREC), (formerly Trinidad Regional Virus Laboratory), 16–18 Jamaica Boulevard, Federation Park, Port of Spain, Trinidad, West Indies

A simple method of inducing ascites in the laboratory white rat by intraperitoneal administration of Freund's complete adjuvant is described. Female rats were found to produce ascitic fluid more reliably than males with an average volume yield of 60 ml per rat. The performance of immune rat ascitic fluids in complement fixation, hemagglutination-inhibition, neutralization and immunodiffusion tests was found to be excellent.

Accepted for publication May 7, 1977.


* Present address: Asa Wright Nature Centre, P.O. Bag 10, Port of Spain, Trinidad, West Indies.






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