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1 January 1972 EXPERIMENTAL RABIES INFECTION IN WILD RODENTS
WILLIAM G. WINKLER, NATHAN J. SCHNEIDER, WILLIAM L. JENNINGS
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Abstract

The potential for wild rodents to serve as inapparent rabies reservoirs in nature has not been well evaluated. In this study five species of rodents were inoculated intramuscularly with rabies virus derived from naturally infected wild animals. Inoculated rodents were observed for behavioral changes, and those which died were tested for rabies. Differences in species susceptibility and salivary gland virus tropism were noted and discussed as these factors might affect the epidemiological potential of rabies in wild rodents.

WILLIAM G. WINKLER, NATHAN J. SCHNEIDER, and WILLIAM L. JENNINGS "EXPERIMENTAL RABIES INFECTION IN WILD RODENTS," Journal of Wildlife Diseases 8(1), 99-103, (1 January 1972). https://doi.org/10.7589/0090-3558-8.1.99
Received: 29 September 1971; Published: 1 January 1972
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