I want to move from OVA gavage to OVA in drinking water in a model of oral tolerance. Should I change the OVA containing water every other day or is it stable enough to stay an entire week ?
Hi Juliette! In my experience OVA solution for more than 24h became putrid and stinky and animals avoid drinking it. You can smell the bottles for yourself. I recommend you should change OVA solution every day during your oral protocol. I also use an egg white solution diluted 1:5 in water and tolerance obtained are even better, when we analyze difference of specific antibody titers between tolerant and immune mice.