title: Cowdria ruminantium infection in the mouse: a review.
abstract: The current knowledge of the pathogenicity, clinical signs and mortality of artificial infections by syringe inoculation of Cowdria ruminantium in laboratory and wild strains of mice is reviewed. It is concluded that a wide spectrum of pathogenicity for mice exists in stocks of the organism.
authors.affiliation: Coopers Animal Health Ltd, Kwanyanga Research Station, East London, South Africa.
authors.forename: P K
authors.initials: PK
authors.lastname: MacKenzie
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: McHardy
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D006357:Heartwater Disease; D051379:Mice