{"title":"Diplococcus pneumoniae type 16 in laboratory rats.","authors":"H Baer","doi":"","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>An acute respiratory disease in a colony of Wistar-derived rats is described. The infection, due to Diplococcus pneumoniae type 16, has apparently not been described previously in the rat. Rigid sanitary measures and treatment with penicillin were effective in controlling the disease.</p>","PeriodicalId":72497,"journal":{"name":"Canadian journal of comparative medicine and veterinary science","volume":"31 9","pages":"216-8"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"1967-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1494729/pdf/vetsci00010-0006.pdf","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Canadian journal of comparative medicine and veterinary science","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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An acute respiratory disease in a colony of Wistar-derived rats is described. The infection, due to Diplococcus pneumoniae type 16, has apparently not been described previously in the rat. Rigid sanitary measures and treatment with penicillin were effective in controlling the disease.