Serological Examination of The Blood-Relationship Between Wild and Domestic Ducks

Abstract

I 18 kiyotsuna SASAKI a) Domestic ducks I Alias (/vmcstira <'F,;clll (Japanese (h1Cl;) :2 Cai,-iJ1(1 1l/(Jsch,ilo L (!\Tusc,)vy ducl) b) Wild ducks AnaJ iJ(JJdlflS L. (Wild form ,)f Ja[-l;1nese ducl;) :2 J.larall pelle/of"' L.3 _ElIlldia j:,knti! (Georgi) 4 --,V~!tiolt (OF/HNUIII

Standardization of the Precipitin Technique and Its Application to Studies of Relationships in Mammals, Birds and Reptiles

“…He found differences in degree of reactions but these were so slight that a study like that made with mammalian bloods was not possible. Sasaki (1928) claims that he was able to distinguish the Japanese duck (Anas domestica erecta) from the Chinese goose (Anser cygnoides) with untreated sera and could distinguish the Japanese duck from the Muscovy duck (Cairina moschata) by specialized sera. These results would be more reliable were the possible error of the tests determined.…”