(ii) Efficacy. Professor Wilson of the Emergency Public Health Laboratory Service, Oxford, has recently pointed out that although among a rat population that has not previously been exposed to it the 'virus' may kill a large proportion, the survivors acquire immunity. When experimentally the survivors of some mice which had been infected with a highly virulent organism closely related to Ratin bacillus were allowed to breed, they developed in each generation an increased resistance to infection with this organism.
- Civil Defence Region
- Nationwide
- Collection ID
- CAB71
- Document Reference
- CAB 71/14/3
- Document Types
- Memorandum
- File Reference
- CAB 71/14
- Former Department Reference
- LP(43) 217
- Identifier
- 10.1080/wtss.cab71.000014.003
- Keywords
- Agriculture Cattle Chickens Disease Livestock Pigs Poultry Public Health Vermin
- Language
- English
- Organizations Discussed
- Lord President's Committee Ministry of Health Scottish Office
- Pages
- 2
- Published in
- United Kingdom
- Themes
- Rationing Supply Agriculture Food Supply Health Welfare
