SERUM DIAGNOSIS 



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is collected in a small bottle. The blood is then allowed to 

 coagulate and the serum to collect. If the. blood came from 

 an animal affected with glanders, the serum contains the 

 specific glanders bacteriolytic amboceptor or immune bodies. 



TABLE NO. V. 



TITRATION OF GLANDERS BACTERIA EXTRACT. 



a. NaCl solution. 



b. The determined smallest quantity established according to 

 the primary test. 



c. Dilutions made according to Table IV. 



d. Double the quantity previously determined by titration. 



e. 5% suspension of washed sheep blood corpuscles. 



