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Difference in Composition of the Allantoic Fluids of Eggs Infected with Virus and that of Normal Eggs

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EARLY in the course of an investigation by the method of electrophoresis of Polson1 of the allantoic cavity fluid collected from developing chick embryos infected with different viruses by various routes, it was apparent that there is a marked difference between the fluid obtained from infected eggs and that from uninfected fertile eggs incubated in forced-draught incubators under identical conditions of temperature, humidity and time.

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POLSON, A., DENT, J. Difference in Composition of the Allantoic Fluids of Eggs Infected with Virus and that of Normal Eggs. Nature 164, 233–234 (1949). https://doi.org/10.1038/164233b0

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