Monitoring of Rat Colonies for Antibodies to CAR Bacillus

Authors

  • H C W Thuis Section of Laboratory Animal Microbiology, Diagnostic Laboratory for Infectious Diseases and Perinatal Screening, National Institute of Public Health and the Environment
  • R Boot Section of Laboratory Animal Microbiology, Diagnostic Laboratory for Infectious Diseases and Perinatal Screening, National Institute of Public Health and the Environment

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.23675/sjlas.v25i4.833

Abstract

The cilia associated respiratory (CAR) bacillus is a respiratory pathogenic bacterium of rats and other species of animal. We determined by enzymelinked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) antibudies t0 CAR bacillus antigen in sera from 20 colonies of rats. Six out of 10 Mycoplasma pulmoms ELISA positive experimental colonies contained CAR bacillus seropositive rats, comprising 26 out of 45 (58 %) samples. CAR bacillus infection was not diagnosed by ELISA in 183 samples from 10 M. pulmonis free SPF-rat breeding colonies.

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Published

01.12.1998

How to Cite

Thuis, H. C. W., & Boot, R. (1998). Monitoring of Rat Colonies for Antibodies to CAR Bacillus. Scandinavian Journal of Laboratory Animal Science, 25(4). https://doi.org/10.23675/sjlas.v25i4.833

Issue

Vol. 25 No. 4 (1998)

Section

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