Pox infection in white rats
Open Access
- 1 January 1978
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Laboratory Animals
- Vol. 12 (1) , 33-36
- https://doi.org/10.1258/002367778780953288
Abstract
2 pox outbreaks among white rats in a breeding colony are described. The infection occurred in 3 different forms: pulmonary, dermal and mixed. Apparently healthy animals appeared to be virus carriers. The virus isolated belonged to the genus Orthopoxvirus of Poxviridae family, and was very close to cowpox virus. It differed from reference strains of cowpox virus in having a lower ceiling temperature and a higher pathogenicity for white rats.This publication has 1 reference indexed in Scilit: