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1. Total serum protein, polysaccharide and paper electrophoresis of protein and glycoprotein were determined before and 4 weeks following, tuberculous infection of rats, rabbits and guinea pigs. Hyperproteinemia occurred in infected rabbits and guinea pigs. Elevation of alpha-1 globulin in the guinea pig and alpha-2 globulin in rabbits and rats was noted. Beta globulin decreased in infected rats and increased in guinea pigs, and bovine infected rabbits. Gamma globulin elevated in all species. 2. Total serum polysaccharide was elevated in all infected animals. Likewise, the alpha-2 glycoprotein was elevated in all species. Only the infected rabbit had elevated gamma globulin glycoprotein.
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