| infectivity of cryptosporidium muris (strain rn 66) in various laboratory animals. | the infectivity of cryptosporidium muris (strain rn 66), originally isolated from the house rat (iseki 1986), to various laboratory animals was studied by transmission experiments. after oral inoculation with 1 x 10(6) oocysts, mice, guinea pigs, rabbits, dogs, and cats all discharged endogenously produced oocysts in their feces. among these host species, mice and cats were highly susceptible to the parasite. the prepatent period for six 3-week-old specific pathogen-free (spf) mice was 5 days po ... | 1989 | 2523540 |