A Survey of Parasites in Commercially Available Small Laboratory Mammals

Tanaka, H.; Oshima, Syun-ichirou; Fujinami, Fujio

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“…High incidence of Syphacia infection in breeder mouse and rat colonies was already reported by some researchers [5,16], but actual status of P. pneumotropica infection in these colonies has been rarely investigated by previous workers. Iwai et al [4] found the organism in less than 10 per cent of user mouse and rat colonies, being significantly different from our cases.…”

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“…Pathogen status of laboratory mice and rats in this country has been extensively examined these 10 years by several investigators [3,4,14,16] Swab samples of the external nares and trachea including pharyngo-larynx area were cultured on blood agar, DHL agar (Eiken Co., Tokyo) and PPLO agar for detection of P. pneumotropica [11], B. bronchi septica [9] and M. pulmonis [12], respectively.…”

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Ten Years-long Survey on Pathogen Status of Mouse and Rat Breeding Colonies

Nakagawa

Saito

Suzuki

et al. 1984

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Ten Years-long Survey on Pathogen Status of Mouse and Rat Breeding Colonies

Nakagawa

Saito

Suzuki

et al. 1984

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“…Serological surveys of microbiological status of mice and rats in Japan have heen performed by several investgators [9,16,25,34,36]. However, the microbes checked in these surveys were limited to potential pathogens.…”

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A Serological Survey on 15 Murine Pathogens in Mice and Rats

Kagiyama

Takakura

Itoh

1986

Experimental Animals

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A serological survey for 15 murine pathogens was performed on 269 mouse sera collected from 21 conventional and 12 barrier colonies, and on 376 rat sera collected from 21 conventional and 23 barrier colonies.Animals having an antibody against at least one of the antigens were contained in 81.0% of conventional and 16.7% of barrier mouse colonies and also in 81.0% of conventional and 43.5% of barrier rat colonies. Main contaminants were mouse hepatitis virus and Sendai virus in mice, and Sendai virus and pneumonia virus of mice in rats. Results also indicated that antibodies to Toolan's H-1, minute virus of mice and PVM were positive in mice from a considerable number of colonies and those to Kilham rat virus, Mycoplasma pulmonis and Toolan's H-1 were sometimes detected in rats, suggesting prevalences of these pathogens in mice and rats in Japan.

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“…From the results it is clear the high prevalence of parasitic infection in rats exhibiting no signs in rats except in heavy infection (Tanaka et al,1974;Baker, 1998). The study throw light on the role of rodents in the spread of enteric parasite in environment and the need for application of appropriate control measures to prevent the human disease transmission.…”

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Rodents as a Potential Source of Some Zoonotic Enteric Parasites in Beni-Suef Province

Abdel-Latef¹,

Mahrous

2015

Assiut Veterinary Medical Journal

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Parasitic infections affecting the world's populations have a global significance. Infections are predominant in underdeveloped agricultural and rural areas of tropical and subtropical regions, causing reduced worker productivity and a waste of economic resources. The current study aimed to investigate epidemiological aspects and the occurrence of some zoonotic enteric parasites in different areas of Beni-Suef province, Egypt. Therefore, a total of 536 human stool samples (149 from diarrheic individuals of different ages and both sexes and 387 from apparently healthy individuals). Moreover, 95 fecal samples from rodents were collected from both rural and urban areas in Beni-Suefprovince for the detection of zoonotic enteric parasites by examination of direct fecal smears and concentration methods using different solutions (Shethear's solution, Zn sulphate and formol ether). Recovered parasites were Paragonimus-like (0.7%), Hymenolepis nana (12.5%), Hymenolepis diminuta (0.18%), Enterobius (7.1%), Giardia spp. (11%), Entamoeba histolytica (16.9%) and mixed infection with more than one parasite represent 1.7%. Abundance of positive cases show rural residence with both rats and animal contact, with the young age groups were more liable to the infestation than the other groups. Examination of fecal samples from rats revealed infection rates of 33.7%. Hymenolepis diminuta was the most common parasite (20%) followed by Hymenolepis nana (12.6%) and Capillaria hepatica (1.05%).

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A Survey of Parasites in Commercially Available Small Laboratory Mammals

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Ten Years-long Survey on Pathogen Status of Mouse and Rat Breeding Colonies

Ten Years-long Survey on Pathogen Status of Mouse and Rat Breeding Colonies

A Serological Survey on 15 Murine Pathogens in Mice and Rats

Rodents as a Potential Source of Some Zoonotic Enteric Parasites in Beni-Suef Province

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