Hostname: page-component-76fb5796d-r6qrq Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2024-04-25T20:59:05.737Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false

Absence of immunological hypersensitivity to dietary cow's-milk proteins in infant rabbits

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 March 2007

P. J. Kilshaw
Affiliation:
National Institute for Research in Dairying, Shinfield, Reading RG2 9AT
M. J. Henschel
Affiliation:
National Institute for Research in Dairying, Shinfield, Reading RG2 9AT
M. E. Coates
Affiliation:
National Institute for Research in Dairying, Shinfield, Reading RG2 9AT
Rights & Permissions [Opens in a new window]

Abstract

Core share and HTML view are not available for this content. However, as you have access to this content, a full PDF is available via the ‘Save PDF’ action button.

1. Rabbits hand-reared on a diet based on cow's milk frequently experience convulsive and sometimes fatal reactions to their feed. These have been thought to be caused by immunological hypersensitivity to cow's milk.

2. This explanation has been re-examined and found to be untenable.

Type
Papers on General Nutrition
Copyright
Copyright © The Nutrition Society 1978

References

Coates, M. E. & O'Donoghue, P. N. (1967). Nature, Lond. 213, 307.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Dabard, J. (1976). Sci. Tech. Anim. Lab. 1, 89.Google Scholar
Filipp, G. & v.Boros, B. (1967). J. Allergy 39, 167.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Halonen, M. & Pinckard, R. N. (1975). J. Immun. 115, 519.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Henschel, M. J. (1973). Br. J. Nutr. 30, 351.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Henschel, M. J. & Coates, M. E. (1974). Proc. Nutr. Soc. 33, 112A.Google Scholar
Meng, A. L., Pinckard, R. N. & Halonen, M. (1973). J. Immun. 110, 1554.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Movat, H. Z., Uriuhara, T., Taichman, N. S., Roswell, H. C. & Mustard, J. F. (1968). Immunology 14, 637.Google Scholar
Pinckard, R. N., Halonen, M. & Meng, A. L. (1972). J. Allergy Clin. Immunol. 49, 301.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Pleasants, J. R., Wostmann, B. S. & Zimmerman, D. R. (1964). Lab. Anim. Care 14, 37.Google Scholar
Rothberg, R. M. & Farr, R. S. (1965). J. Allergy 36, 450.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Stavitsky, A. B. (1954). J. Immun. 72, 360.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Štěpánková, R., Klepalová, J. & Kruml, J. (1972). Folia Microbiol., Praha 17, 505.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Stux, S. V. & Ovary, Z. (1976). Int. Arch. Allergy appl. Immun. 51, 338.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Wealthall, S. R. (1975). In Development of Upper Respiratory Anatomy and Function. Implications for Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, p. 212 US Dept Hlth Welfare publ. no. (NIH) 75–941.Google Scholar
Weigle, W. O., Cocbrane, C. G. & Dixon, F. J. (1960). J. Immun. 85, 469.CrossRefGoogle Scholar