title: Experimentally induced plague infection in the northern grasshopper mouse (Onychomys leucogaster) acquired by consumption of infected prey.
abstract: In this study, 20 laboratory reared Onychomys leucogaster from a parental population that is naturally exposed to plague were each fed a white mouse that had been inoculated with Yersinia pestis. Three of the 20 O. leucogaster died, four survived with antibody titers against Y. pestis and 13 survived with no titer against Y. pestis. In contrast, when 20 O. leucogaster from a plague naive parental population were fed infected prey, seven died and 13 survived with no antibody titer against Y. pestis. Our results suggest another means by which O. leucogaster from populations that are naturally exposed to plague may acquire the disease.
authors: Department of Zoology, University of Oklahoma, Norman 73019.
authors: R E
authors: RE
authors: Thomas
authors: M L
authors: ML
authors: Beard
authors: T J
authors: TJ
authors: Quan
authors: L G
authors: LG
authors: Carter
authors: A M
authors: AM
authors: Barnes
authors: C E
authors: CE
authors: Hopla
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005502:Food; D051379:Mice; D009115:Muridae; D010930:Plague / Q000401:mortality / Q000635:transmission / Q000662:veterinary*; D012376:Rodent Diseases / Q000401:mortality / Q000635:transmission*; D015010:Yersinia pestis / Q000302:isolation & purification