Article
Pulmonary clearance of Mycoplasma pulmonis in rats with respiratory viral infections or of susceptible genotype.
Laboratory animal science - 1 Oct 1992
Nichols P W, Schoeb T R, Davis J K, Davidson M K, Lindsey J R
Abstract excerpt
We sought to determine whether or not increased severity of bronchopulmonary disease due to Mycoplasma pulmonis infection in rats with respiratory viral infections and in rats of susceptible genotype could result from altered pulmonary clearance. Pathogen-free rats were exposed to aerosols of radiolabeled M. pulmonis and the numbers of M. pulmonis colony-forming units, and amounts of radiolabel in the lungs were...
Topics
- Animals
- Disease Susceptibility
- Genotype
- Lung
- Male
- Mycoplasma Infections
- Rats
- Rats, Inbred F344
- Rats, Inbred Lew
- Rats, Inbred Strains
- Respiratory Tract Infections