title: The role of zinc in endotoxin fever.
abstract: Compared to pair-fed controls, zinc deficient rats developed significantly smaller fevers in response to an injection of E. coli endotoxin.
authors.affiliation: McGill University, School of Dietetics and Human Nutrition, Ste Anne de Bellevue, Quebec, Canada.
authors.forename: Z T
authors.initials: ZT
authors.lastname: Cossack
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001835:Body Weight; D004435:Eating; D004731:Endotoxins; D004926:Escherichia coli; D005334:Fever / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000503:physiopathology; D008297:Male; D051381:Rats; D013977:Tibia / Q000378:metabolism; D015032:Zinc / Q000097:blood / Q000172:deficiency / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D004731:Endotoxins; C044101:endotoxin, Escherichia coli; D015032:Zinc