title: Experimental infection of the mouse mammary gland with Campylobacter coli.
abstract: Campylobacter coli strains of bovine and avian origin were inoculated into the mammary gland of mice. A bovine strain isolated from a case of mastitis produced gross and histological changes in most of the glands; one bovine and one avian faecal isolate did not. Histologically, lesions were characterised by neutrophil infiltration in the alveolar spaces and necrosis and oedema in the interalveolar tissue. On bacteriological examination, the bovine mastitis strain could be isolated from most of the glands, but neither of the faecal strains. The mouse, therefore, appears to provide a convenient model for studying campylobacter mastitis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ankara University, Turkey.
authors.forename: K S
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Diker
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Haziroglu
authors.forename: F S
authors.initials: FS
authors.lastname: Diker
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002169:Campylobacter Infections / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D017000:Campylobacter coli; D002417:Cattle; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D005260:Female; D008321:Mammary Glands, Animal / Q000473:pathology; D008414:Mastitis, Bovine / Q000473:pathology*; D051379:Mice; D009336:Necrosis; D009504:Neutrophils