The transfer of cutaneous hypersensitivity was performed in humans, mo
nkeys, and dogs, using the Prausnitz-Kustner (PK) reaction. Quantitati
ve end point titrations were used to study reactions resulting from se
ra from allergic humans, monkeys, and canines. IgE antibody from dogs
sensitized human and rhesus monkey skin. IgE antibody from humans and
rhesus monkeys did not sensitize canine skin. The Fc receptors on prim
ate mast cells must have broader stoichiometric adaptation for IgE Fc
receptors than the analogous Fc receptors on canine mast cells.