Sterne, MaxDu Toit, P.J.2016-07-132016-07-1320161939Sterne, M 1939, 'The immunization of laboratory animals against anthrax", Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Science and Animal Industry, vol. 13, no. 2, pp. 313-317.0330-2465http://hdl.handle.net/2263/55567The articles have been scanned in colour with a HP Scanjet 5590: 300dpi. Adobe Acrobat XI Pro was used to OCR the text and also for the merging and conversion to the final presentation PDF-format.Guinea-pigs and rabbits can be immunized against anthrax without difficulty; mice as a rule cannot. The very interesting work of Tomcsik and Bodon (1934) and Tomcsik and Ivánovic’s (1938) on the passive immunization of mice supports Ivánovic’s (1938) suggestion that mice have a unique and peculiar immunity mechanism against anthrax . The following experiments were done to see whether mice could be actively immunized with an uncapsulated avirulent anthrax variant, and to compare their reactions with those of guinea-pigs. Uncapsulated variants have been found to immunize guinea-pigs, rabbits, goats, sheep, cattle, and horses; Stamatin and Stamatin (1900), Stamatin (1937), Sterne (1937a, 1937b, 1940).en© ARC – Onderstepoort and Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria (original). © University of Pretoria. Department of Library Services (digital).AnthraxVeterinary medicine -- South AfricaArticle