Accession Number:

AD0835170

Title:

ON THE PROSPECTS OF OBTAINING A NEW VACCINE AGAINST ANTHRAX OF AGRICULTURAL ANIMALS,

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

ARMY BIOLOGICAL LABS FREDERICK MD

Personal Author(s):

• Kuzin, L. D.
• Sokk, N. V.

Report Date:

1955-01-01

Pagination or Media Count:

2.0

Abstract:

By means of controlled culturing, an avirulent culture was obtained from the virulent strain of anthrax culture. The new culture retained the morphological and biochemical properties of the starting strain, but lost the capacity for capsule-formation and virtually ceased to form spores. The new properties of the culture are being stably preserved and transmitted by heredity. It was established in experiments on guinea pigs that the avirulent culture has immunogenic properties. Author

Descriptors:

• *VACCINES
• *BACILLUS ANTHRACIS
• VIABILITY
• SPORES
• IMMUNITY
• USSR

Subject Categories:

• Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Medicine
• Microbiology

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE