The rat as an animal model for infant botulism.
Susceptibility to intraintestinal Clostridium botulinum colonization of conventional infant and germfree adult rats is comparable to that of mice. C. botulinum-monoassociated rats pass C. botulinum toxin in their milk.
D000367:Age Factors; D000818:Animals; D000831:Animals, Newborn; D000833:Animals, Suckling; D001905:Botulinum Toxins / Q000378:metabolism; D001906:Botulism / Q000378:metabolism / Q000635:transmission; D002432:Cecum / Q000378:metabolism; D003014:Clostridium botulinum / Q000378:metabolism*; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D007082:Ileum / Q000378:metabolism; D051379:Mice; D008892:Milk; D051381:Rats
D001905:Botulinum Toxins