THE EXPERIMENTAL INFECTION OF TICKS WITH BRUCELLOSIS UNDER LABORATORY CONDITIONS
Abstract
From the blood of twenty out of eighty gorged female ticks taken from guinea pigs suffering from brucellosis, a culture was made on a nutritive medium. An emulsion of the organs of the ticks was used to infect nine guinea pigs, of which six succumbed on the third to fifth day, before they were tested for brucellosis. Serum from three guinea pigs was tested for brucellosis by the agglutination reaction, with the following results: (1) Serum from guinea pig No. 28 gave a positive reaction in the Wright test for brucellosis, while serum from guinea pigs Nos. 25 and 26 gave negative results. (2) The cultures made from the ticks yielded no brucellae.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Feb 06, 1951
- Accession Number
- AD0682850
Entities
People
- A. A. Zotova
- K. S. Boldicina
Organizations
- United States Army Biological Warfare Laboratories