Type 3 diplococcus pneumonia in laboratory rats.
An acute respiratory disease, due to Diplococcus pneumoniae type 3, affecting Wistar and Sprague-Dawley rats is described. The infection was experimentally transmitted to Sprague-Dawley rats. The zoonotic potential of the condition dictated euthanasia of affected animals and instigation of rigid sanitary measures.
D000818:Animals; D000830:Animals, Laboratory; D011008:Pneumococcal Infections / Q000662:veterinary*; D051381:Rats; D012376:Rodent Diseases; D013296:Streptococcus pneumoniae