AbstractsBiology & Animal Science
Etiology of chronic murine pneumonia.
| Institution: | McGill University |
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| Department: | Department of Agriculture. |
| Degree: | PhD |
| Year: | 1964 |
| Keywords: | Agricultural Bacteriology. |
| Record ID: | 1547289 |
| Full text PDF: | http://digitool.library.mcgill.ca/thesisfile115547.pdf |
Abstract
The etiology of endemic pneumonia in rats has been investigated, and the specific cause of the condition was established. A viral agent was isolated in rat embryo skin primary tissue cultures, and postulates have been fulfilled for identifying this viral agent with endemic pneumonia in rats. Some characteristics of this virus were established. A method for demonstrating the cytopathogenic agent, involving two-step incubation of inoculated tissue cultures at two different temperatures has been described. This technique was successfully employed for the isolation of the virus responsible for endemic pneumonia in rats.
