FURTHER-STUDIES ON THE SUSCEPTIBILITY OF RACCOONS (PROCYON-LOTOR) TO A RABIES VIRUS OF SKUNK ORIGIN AND COMPARATIVE SUSCEPTIBILITY OF STRIPED SKUNKS (MEPHITIS-MEPHITIS)

Authors
HILL RE SMITH KE BERAN GW BEARD PD
Citation
Re. Hill et al., FURTHER-STUDIES ON THE SUSCEPTIBILITY OF RACCOONS (PROCYON-LOTOR) TO A RABIES VIRUS OF SKUNK ORIGIN AND COMPARATIVE SUSCEPTIBILITY OF STRIPED SKUNKS (MEPHITIS-MEPHITIS), Journal of wildlife diseases, 29(3), 1993, pp. 475-477
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Veterinary Sciences
Journal title
Journal of wildlife diseases → ACNP
ISSN journal
00903558
Volume
29
Issue
3
Year of publication
1993
Pages
475 - 477
Database
ISI
SICI code
0090-3558(1993)29:3<475:FOTSOR>2.0.ZU;2-R
Abstract
Two raccoons (Procyon lotor) were inoculated in the masseter muscles w ith 10(5.9) mouse intracerebral lethal dose50 (MICLD50) of a rabies vi rus isolated from a naturally infected Iowa (USA) striped skunk (Mephi tis mephitis). Five striped skunks were inoculated with either 10(0.7) or 10(2.1) MICLD50 of the same isolate. All five skunks died within 3 5 days following inoculation. Both raccoons survived 273 days without adverse effects, and virus was not isolated from saliva samples taken at between 25 and 273 days following inoculation.