Infectious sialodacryoadenitis and rat breeding

K Utsumi, Takashi Ishikawa, Toshihiro Maeda, Shinjiro Shimizu, Hiroshi Tatsumi, Kôsaku Fujiwara

Laboratory Animals · 1980 · 25 citations · 8 references

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Abstract

The littering rate of female rats was significantly lowered when they had been exposed to sialodacryoadenitis early in pregnancy. Rats of 8 weeks or more of age were highly susceptible to contact infection, showing marked decrease in bodyweight gain, whereas those of 5-6 weeks of age were resistant.

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