COMPLEMENT-DEPENDENT ANTIBODY CYTOTOXICITY TEST OF CHICKEN ANTIBODY WITH DUCK COMPLEMENT USED AGAINST CELLS OF A MAREKS-DISEASE LYMPHOMA-DERIVED CELL-LINE (MSB-1)

Complement-dependent antibody cytotoxicity (CDAC) against cells of a lymphoblastoid cell line (MSB-1) derived from Marek's disease lymphoma was investigated in a chicken antibody system using complements from several animal species. Cytotoxicity was seldom observed when rabbit, guinea pig, or chicken complements were used in the presence of hyperimmune chicken serum against MSB-1. With duck complement, however, cytotoxicity was always observed. Therefore, duck complement appears to be suitable for assay of hyperimmune chicken serum against MSB-1 cells by the CDAC test.