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Table 9
Distribution of Antibody Forming Cells in Various Tissues
of Bluegill Immunized with Sheep Erythrocytes
White^
Cells
(xlO-6)
Number of
PFC
Fisha
Tissue
Per 106 Cells
Total
1
Blood (2 ml)
9
4
36
Kidney
100
70
7000
Thymus
18
53
954
Spleen
9
52
468
2
Blood (2 ml)
10
1
10
Kidney
 184
3
552
Thymus
30
4
120
Spleen
24
2
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(a) Bluegill were immunized intraperitoneally with 0.1 ml of 10% SRBC
and were sacrificed after two weeks.
(b) Hypaque-Ficoll fractionated peripheral blood cells and unfractionated
organ cell suspensions were assayed for the number of white cells and the
number of plaque forming cells (PFC).