“…Three animal species have been used: chicken embryos (38), neonatal rats (1 1, 12, 29) and mice (3,13,34). Most interest has been focused on carbohydrate antigens, in particular type I11 antigen (3, 1 1, 12, 13,29), whereas few studies concerning types Ia, Ib and I1 have been reported (34,38). With one exception (3), the studies showed a protective effect of gammaglobulin (1 1, 12,13,29,34,38).…”