Technique for transcervical intrauterine inoculation of the mouse.
Suspensions of india ink or gonococci were inoculated into the murine uterus through the cervix with a simple plastic vaginal speculum and a 23 gauge blunted needle. The inoculated suspensions were distributed throughout both uterine horns, cervix, and vagina, but did not flow into the peritoneal cavity. This method avoided surgical stress as well as being simple, fast, and reproducible.
D000818:Animals; D002584:Cervix Uteri; D005260:Female; D007267:Injections / Q000379:methods / Q000662:veterinary*; D007281:Ink; D051379:Mice / Q000382:microbiology*; D009344:Neisseria gonorrhoeae / Q000302:isolation & purification; D014599:Uterus / Q000382:microbiology*