Response of the Golden Hamster (Mesocricetus auratus) to the Newcastle Disease Virus

DEMODICOSIS IN GOLDEN HAMSTER (Mesocricetus auratus) - FIRST CASE IN BRAZIL (DEMODICIOSE EM GOLDEN HAMSTER (Mesocricetus auratus) - PRIMO RELATO NO BRASIL)

1 Professor de Semiologia e Clínica Médica – FFALM – Bandeirantes – PR e Doutorando do Depto. de Reprodução Veterinária e Radiologia Animal -FMVZ-UNESP/Botucatu – SP. Endereço para correspondência: Hospital Veterinário FFALM, BR 369, Km 54, Cx. Postal: 261, Bandeirantes PR, 86360-000. 2 Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia (FMVZ) – Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp), Distrito de Ru...

Persistence of experimental Rocio virus infection in the golden hamster (Mesocricetus auratus).

Rocio virus (ROCV) is an encephalitic flavivirus endemic to Brazil. Experimental flavivirus infections have previously demonstrated a persistent infection and, in this study, we investigated the persistence of ROCV infection in golden hamsters (Mesocricetus auratus). The hamsters were infected intraperitoneally with 9.8 LD50/0.02 mL of ROCV and later anaesthetised and sacrificed at various time...

West Nile virus infection in the golden hamster (Mesocricetus auratus): a model for West Nile encephalitis.

This report describes a new hamster model for West Nile (WN) virus encephalitis. Following intraperitoneal inoculation of a New York isolate of WN virus, hamsters had moderate viremia of 5 to 6 days in duration, followed by the development of humoral antibodies. Encephalitic symptoms began 6 days after infection; about half the animals died between the seventh and 14th days. The appearance of v...

Blood cell factors and tumor growth in the cheek pouch of the golden hamster (Mesocricetus auratus).

Fungal flora of the hair coat of domestic golden hamster (Mesocricetus auratus) with and without skin lesions in Mashhad, Iran

The objective of this study was to investigate fungal flora of the hair coat of domestic golden hamsterswith and without skin lesions. Sixty hamsters were examined in the Small Animal Teaching Hospitalof the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, and Mashhad, Iran. Asteriletoothbrush was used for sample collection, from the entire body of the hamsters, all skin lesions ...