Twenty-eight wild rats were live-trapped in central Iowa (USA) to estimate the prevalence of the cilia-associated respiratory (CAR) bacillus. Both light and electron microscopy were used to look for the Gram-negative, filamentous bacterium among cilia in tracheal and lung tissue sections. The organism was observed in the trachea of 20 rats with chronic respiratory disease and in the trachea of three of eight normal rats. Therefore, the organism appears to be common among wild rats in central Iowa.
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1 January 1993
Cilia-associated Respiratory Bacillus in Wild Rats in Central Iowa
Kim A. Brogden,
Randall C. Cutlip,
Howard D. Lehmkuhl
Journal of Wildlife Diseases
Vol. 29 • No. 1
January 1993
Vol. 29 • No. 1
January 1993
CAR bacillus
Cilia-associated respiratory bacilli
Rattus norvegicus
respiratory disease
wild rats