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Shared antigenicity between chicken brain and bursa of fabricius
Abstract:
Antisera to chicken brain, thymus and bursa of Fabricius were prepared in rabbits and rendered organ-specific by appropriate absorptions. Brain was shown by immunofluorescence and immune adherence to have common antigenicity with the bursa of Fabricius but not with the thymus.

