The agglutination of cattle erythrocytes by plant extracts

Summary Seven of ten species of seed extracts which were tested exhibited differential agglutination of cattle cells. Repeatability studies indicated no differences in cells collected at different times or washed the previous day. Pronounced animal effects and storage time effects were detected, however. In an investigation of 1727 animals strong relationships were detected between six lectins and the V specificity. Other significant relationships may exist between certain lectin specificities in the Y1 and I antigens. The lectin reaction patterns were also shown to be highly related to each other. Breed frequencies for the lectin detected specificities were determined.