title: Some clinical and epizootological observations of infectious sialoadenitis in rats.
abstract: Epizootological and clinical observation was made of infectious sialoadenitis ocurring at a rat facility. The disease occurred mostly among animals 8 to 64 weeks of age without specific relevance with sex and age, and clinical signs disappeared within 5 days after the onset. Morbidity rates and duration of epizootics ranged from 13 to 100% and from 5 to 32 days, respectively. Most rats having severe clinical signs of sialoadenitis showed decrease in food uptake, body weight loss and remarkable disorders of estrous cycles.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000032:analysis; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D006517:Murine hepatitis virus / Q000276:immunology; D051381:Rats; D012376:Rodent Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000276:immunology; D012466:Salivary Gland Diseases / Q000662:veterinary*; D012793:Sialadenitis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000276:immunology / Q000662:veterinary*
chemical_list: D000914:Antibodies, Viral