The initiation and maintenance of a colony of coccidia-free wood mice (Apodemus sylvaticus).
Wood mice from a population showing enzootic infection with Eimeria were trapped and bred under laboratory conditions. The maintenance regime, which freed the animals from coccidia, and the breeding procedures used over several generations are described and discussed.
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Department of Pure and Applied Zoology, University of Reading, Berks, United Kingdom.
Nowell
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Ibrahim
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D000818:Animals; D001947:Breeding; D003048:Coccidiosis / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000662:veterinary*; D005260:Female; D006799:Housing, Animal; D008027:Light; D008297:Male; D009115:Muridae / Q000469:parasitology*; D011247:Pregnancy; D012376:Rodent Diseases / Q000517:prevention & control*; D012744:Sex Ratio; D013047:Specific Pathogen-Free Organisms; D013696:Temperature