Early in 1961 it was brought to my attention that rabbits on a cholesterol diet were said to become anaemic. It was suggested that I perform haemograms on some cholesterol-fed and some normal animals to determine if the anaemia actually occurred. The results of this pilot experiment, recorded in the appendix, showed a significant degree of anaemia in six cholesterol- and fat-fed rabbits as compared with normal blood values in ten rabbits on a diet of unadulterated commercial chow. The animals on the atherogenic diet also showed leucocytesis and a quite marked reticulocytosis. The findings prompted a review of the literature on blood changes associated with atherogenic diets, and related regimes.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:LACETR/oai:collectionscanada.gc.ca:QMM.113772 |
| Date | January 1962 |
| Creators | Silver, Meredith. M. |
| Contributors | McMillan, G. (Supervisor) |
| Publisher | McGill University |
| Source Sets | Library and Archives Canada ETDs Repository / Centre d'archives des thèses électroniques de Bibliothèque et Archives Canada |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Electronic Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Coverage | Master of Science. (Department of Health Sciences.) |
| Rights | All items in eScholarship@McGill are protected by copyright with all rights reserved unless otherwise indicated. |
| Relation | alephsysno: NNNNNNNNN, Theses scanned by McGill Library. |
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