title: Differential susceptibility of two stocks of Mongolian gerbils (Meriones unguiculatus) to Leptospira.
abstract: Mongolian gerbils (Meriones unguiculatus) of Tumble Blook (TUM) and Japan Medical Science (JMS) stocks were compared with regard to susceptibility to Leptospira interrogans serovar copenhageni. The TUM gerbil died 6 to 9 d after intraperitoneal inoculation with 10 organisms, showing jaundice and systemic hemorrhage. However, 25% of the JMS gerbils survived infection with 10(3) or 10(4) organisms and there was no fatal case after infection with 10(2) organisms.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Biomedical Science, Nihon University, Veterinary School, Japan.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yukawa
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004198:Disease Susceptibility; D005260:Female; D005849:Gerbillinae; D008297:Male; D012376:Rodent Diseases / Q000276:immunology*; D014895:Weil Disease / Q000276:immunology / Q000662:veterinary*