title: Epizootic guinea pig herpes-like virus infection in a breeding colony.
abstract: A breeding colony of strain-2 guinea pigs which had been relatively free of indigenous caviid herpesviruses experienced an explosive outbreak of guinea pig herpes-like virus apparently as a consequence of intermixing groups and contamination of the water supply. A new breeding colony has been established and has been maintained apparently free of recognized caviid herpesviruses.
authors.affiliation: Division of Infectious Disease, Children's Hospital Research Foundation, Cincinnati, Ohio 45229.
authors.forename: B L
authors.initials: BL
authors.lastname: Connelly
authors.forename: G L
authors.initials: GL
authors.lastname: Keller
authors.forename: M G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Myers
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000830:Animals, Laboratory; D001947:Breeding; D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000662:veterinary*; D006168:Guinea Pigs; D006566:Herpesviridae Infections / Q000635:transmission / Q000662:veterinary*; D012376:Rodent Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*; D014871:Water Microbiology