scholarly journals Isolation of Lymphocytic Choriomeningitis Virus from Wild House Mice (Mus musculus) in Osaka Port, Japan.

1991 ◽  
Vol 53 (5) ◽  
pp. 889-892 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chiharu MORITA ◽  
Yoshiharu MATSUURA ◽  
Hiroki FUJII ◽  
Keiichiroh JOH ◽  
Kazuhiro BABA ◽  
...  
1996 ◽  
Vol 40 (4) ◽  
pp. 313-315 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chiharu Morita ◽  
Kimisachi Tsuchiya ◽  
Hiroshi Ueno ◽  
Yasukazu Muramatsu ◽  
Akiko Kojimahara ◽  
...  

1971 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 73-87 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. H. Skinner ◽  
E. H. Knight

Wild house mice ( Mus musculus) persistently infected with high titres of lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus (tolerant infection) are the source of human inapparent and overt infections, the latter sometimes being of a serious nature. Infections have also occurred in laboratory staff studying the virus and in others handling biological materials contaminated with it. The literature is reviewed. Great Britain is one of the countries in which pockets of infected wild house mice exist, and these can be a source of infection for laboratory mouse colonies within which congenital transmission through tolerantly infected females would be the main method of spread. Overt signs of the infection may not be detected in mice, and absence of the infection would be certain only if 100% of the litters from which future breeding stock are to be selected were monitored for infectivity and maintained in isolation from unmonitored mice. A suitable monitoring technique is described. It must be the aim of all breeders of mice to eliminate the possibility of their colonies being a potential hazard to human health. The life-long high infectivity of tolerantly infected mice provides a long-term source of infection for those who handle them and for other biological materials in which the virus can persist without recognition.


1976 ◽  
Vol 50 (3) ◽  
pp. 197-202 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Behnke Jerzy

AbstractWild house mice, naturally infected with Aspiculuris tetraptera were segregated according to their weight into six age groups. The prevalence of infection and the mean worm burden of these mice were studied in the different age groups. The overall prevalence of infection was high (57% or more) in all the groups except the youngest. Mice acquired larvae soon after weaning; the highest larval burdens were reached in juvenile mice and the highest mature worm burdens, a group later, in mature mice. Older mice had fewer larvae and fewer mature worms. The mature worm burdens decreased but relatively slower than the larval burdens. It is suggested that either innate or acquired resistance could account for these observations.


Reproduction ◽  
1966 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 233-236 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. K. CHIPMAN ◽  
K. A. FOX

1974 ◽  
Vol 73 (3) ◽  
pp. 353-360 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. P. Rowe ◽  
F. J. Smith ◽  
T. Swinney

SummaryA combination of calciferol (vitamin D2) and warfarin, each at 0·025% in medium oatmeal bait, failed to control six of seven house-mouse (Mus musculus L.) populations infesting urban and farm buildings. In three further treatments with both calciferol and warfarin at 0·05 % in dehusked canary seed bait plus 5% corn oil, mortality, estimated from the consumption of pre- and post-treatment census bait, ranged between 94·2 and 97·4%. Finally, among sixteen treatments done with calciferol at 0·1% and warfarin at 0·025% in various cereal baits, the best results (97·0–100%) were obtained in six treatments where the bait-base was whole canary seed; this was so whether the poison bait was applied directly or after a 3-day pre-baiting period. It is concluded that calciferol at 0·1 % plus warfarin at 0·025 % is an effective combination against house-mice, especially when used with whole canary seed. The role played by warfarin in the poison mixture needs to be investigated further.


1961 ◽  
Vol 59 (3) ◽  
pp. 335-341 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. P. Rowe

1. A 0·005% solution of the sodium salt of pindone was found to kill wild house-mice (Mus musculus) in 4–6 days. Mice offered a choice between this solution and water drank more water, but the difference in consumption was not statistically significant.2. The addition of 1% sugar did not appreciably alter the palatability of a 0·005% solution, but a solution of the anti-coagulant containing 10% sugar was more readily accepted than water. This preference was maintained with solution 4 months old.


1975 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
pp. 329-336 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. Q. Estep ◽  
D. L. Lanier ◽  
D. A. Dewsbury

1974 ◽  
Vol 73 (1) ◽  
pp. 49-52 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. P. Rowe ◽  
T. Swinney ◽  
A. Bradfield

SUMMARYThe performance of the rodenticide 5-p-chlorophenyl silatrane at 0.5% in a wholemeal flour/pinhead oatmeal/corn oil bait was compared with that of zinc phosphide at 3% in the same base in poison treatments carried out against urban infestations of the house mouse (Mus musculus L.). Each poison treatment was conducted for 1 day and after 3 days' pre-baiting. The success of the treatments was assessed from census baitings conducted before and after treatment. Treatment success varied considerably with both poisons used but in general 5-p-chlorophenyl silatrane proved to be at least as effective as zinc phosphide, a commonly used acute rodenticide for the control of mice.


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