Effect of Diet on Anaphylaxis in the White Rat

Abstract

Summary

It has been found that the addition to the bread diet of yeast, vitamin A, large amounts of casein, or CaCO₃ and KH₂PO₄, will not appreciably modify the anaphylactic response in white rats. Apparently rats must be at least 10 weeks of age before they can be used successfully for anaphylactic experiments. Rats poorly nourished to the point where they are losing weight cannot be sensitized to anaphylactic shock.